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paigeoliver:
If the circuit board for the game you want to play is $200 or less then you are better off making a real machine than you are a mame replica.
Well Fed Games:

--- Quote from: southpaw13 on May 14, 2014, 02:26:27 pm ---Ok!  Then if it used to be an arcade game, then keep it original.  If it is a hard to find game and you only have the cabinet, then invest in finding the rest and you will have no problem getting your money back.  Do not Mame a classic just because you didn't do your best to find the original parts!  Just say no to Maming something worth restoring!!!

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--- Quote from: southpaw13 on May 14, 2014, 04:08:05 pm ---Man up and buy a new cab for Mame and quit destroying our past.  Let someone who knows the importance of preservation have it.  Just say no to Mame!

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I don't think you are reading the same thread we are, the OP has only been talking about building a cab all along, and has already built one. In fact so far this thread has just been brainstorming.

Also, leave that knee-jerk preservation rage ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow--- at KLOV.  :tool:
southpaw13:
Building a ground up Mame cab is crazy for just one game.  Use Mala to start with a single game and then exit to a menu of additional games.

Maming an arcade game for one game is also crazy.  Buy the original hardware.
rCadeGaming:
Bayne, what are your thoughts?  There is an Aliens PCB and an AVP CPS-2 board on eBay right now:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aliens-1990-Konami-Video-Arcade-Game-Pcb-board-/251528695108?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a90474d44

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CPS2-Alien-vs-Predator-940520-B-Board-blue-USA-with-manual-/271486939119?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f35e1efef

The AVP board would need a CPS-2 A board to run it.
Well Fed Games:

--- Quote from: southpaw13 on May 14, 2014, 07:24:28 pm ---Maming an arcade game for one game is also crazy.  Buy the original hardware.

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Well, that depends on the game, doesn't it? What if it is the builder's favorite game? What if the actual cabinets or PCBs are extremely rare or expensive? Or the builder is looking for a different form factor than the original cabinet? Your generalizations are helping no one here.

And part of me is pretty sure you still haven't read the thread.
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