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Cabinet murder in China
Well Fed Games:
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One thing I've noticed from working on the ones we have is a lot of people have no recollection of some of the machines we have roms for at all, yet they must have all had cabinet designs, artwork etc. which may well have already been lost to time.
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I think about that a lot... for instance, Mr. TNT is a favorite on my 4-way MAME cab, but there is literally nothing about it on the net other than the fact it had an early Atari computer port.
That's why I love to see roms dumped, instead of hoarded.
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There are a lot of games that received no art, cab or anything beyond the board. I have Monster Maulers which was a promotional give-away. No cabinet. Look at the Mr. TNT example. Three "owned" by VAPS. Did you read the comments? None are original boards.
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Its too bad no history was kept (publicly, at least) about where the ROMs in mame came from. There had to be one board, at some point, and maybe the person who had it dumped knows more info. Of course I just like geeking out about game history, etc., and am always curious about where things came from.
vanrose72:
I love Arcade Fire!
danny_galaga:
I don't understand, why would we care on an arcade forum about illegal gambling machines being destroyed in China?
The police have pretty snappy uniforms I must say...
Vigo:
I care about the defenseless photoshopped cabinets more than the PCB boards to be honest. It looks like some good monitors may have bit the dust.
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: Vigo on August 28, 2012, 11:41:03 am ---I care about the defenseless photoshopped cabinets more than the PCB boards to be honest. It looks like some good monitors may have bit the dust.
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I'm guessing there aren't a lot of arcade/mame freaks in China, so I still don't see the tragedy :dunno