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| Wade:
Hey Zakk, don't sweat it!! There are always going to be some people who criticize what you are doing, no matter how "clean" it is. A lot of people who will make a big fuss are either just being jerks, or they don't yet understand that "restoring" one of these games usually costs a lot more than just buying a really nice one and it really isn't worth the time and money to fix one up. This is even true of most of the really valuable classics! I appreciate that you didn't do anything destructive to the cabinet. I'm not a big fan of the large control panels you put on most of the Mame's you make, but hey, it's your stuff and you can do with it what you want. Besides, that's just a matter of taste anyway. Personally, I'd love to see you restore more of those cabs to their original state, but I know I wouldn't go through the trouble and expense. And at least, you are trying not to damage the cabinet just in case (unlikely!) someone wants to restore it to original down the road. Guess i should post this in rgvac rather than here... :) Wade |
| Zakk:
Thanks Wade, no sweat about the flak I take from that group, I've suffered through it before. Don't think dude needed to say "he should be shot" though, sheesh :) For the record, I agree with you, I think the huge oversized frankenpanels are ugly, but that's the way they were ordered. For me a nice clean 2 player setup is killer (or the rotating panels, very clever). Zelda mame was out of control (bad pun), and I even argued with the owner about the design, but hey, that's what he paid for...crazy. Exempt are cabs that were once 4 player cabs. I have a golden axe 2 cab that I wanted to make into a 2 player mame, but I'd like a tron stick on there, and damn it's hard to make one of those look right on a combo panel. I suppose I will make "player 4" the tron stick, but it just doesn't look right wne I mock it up. See, I do put a lot of thought into these :)) |
| Tailgunner:
--- Quote from: Zakk on May 12, 2004, 01:42:21 pm ---Thanks Wade, no sweat about the flak I take from that group, I've suffered through it before. Don't think dude needed to say "he should be shot" though, sheesh :) --- End quote --- To be fair, he retracted the bit about you needing to be shot after learning the pains you took to keep the cab restorable. I'm one of the few Gravitar fans, and I'm much happier knowing the cab is no longer rotting in a barn. Thanks for saving it and not ruining the cab. :) |
| Zakk:
True, but still... :o I've tangled with them before, you're either a mame guy, or you're a purist (and most of them are closet mame guys too)...I once posted a link to this pic on there....whoo they were ready for a lynchin that day! The cabinet is a great looking piece, and one day someone could get it off the guy I sold it to, unbolt the panel, find a working boardset and vector monitor, and have a dedicated cabinet. Probably take 2 hours or less if they knew what they were doing. It's not very likely considering the value of a fully functional 4 player mame cabinet nowdays, but could happen. Now there's a guy on there implying that I "stole the deal" from him, I mean, how do you even answer that nonsense ??? Oh yeah, it looks like I raced him to that cab, got there in the nick of time and all ::) |
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