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UPDATE - TURNING BAD! found orig. side art under paint - now what?

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megashock5:

Just to clear some things up:

It wasn't originally my intent to sell anything.

I had an old Galaga 3 that stopped working (and never looked very nice - I won it years ago and it looked like this).

Since I don't know how to fix these old machines, I thought I'd convert it to a MAME cabinet. HOWEVER, now that I've found this art underneath I just want to see if anyone wants to buy it or trade me for another cab so I can make my MAME machine.

What I want is a 2-play cabinet to run MAME as well as the NES, SNES, Genesis & TG16 console emulators. That's all, I want to build something where I can play the games I remember so fondly. That's it. Not to try and sell anything.

I was going to use this cabinet since I have it. If someone wants to try to restore this, however, I'm willing to do another cabinet instead. I just don't have another one.

And yes, I am a NOOB. Just a guy who loves these old games and wanted to build something to play them on. A true restoration is beyond what I can do.


ps. tried Lowe's and Home Depot for the 3M Safe Stripper with no luck. Has anyone used Goof Off? They had that both places. If I can get the rest of the paint off, I'll post another pic.

spriggy:

Don't you love mild mamepolitical opinion-based banter?  :)

Anyway..... Just a quick side note for reference!

In relation to the 'safe stripper', go to my reply on another thread for a brief glimpse of what this stuff can do.  I'm not complaining!!  

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=21121;start=msg170837#msg170837

This 'Cosmic Guerilla' resto is a little bit different to your job, as your Pac sideart was originally stenciled, unlike the 'Guerilla's', so increased care and more frequent paint testing would have to apply.



Magnet_Eye:


--- Quote ---As far as my plan - while I am looking to have two 8-way sticks, one 4-way, trackball and spinner, I am going to do everything I can to make this look nice and tasteful.

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Yeah, this just won't be possible with this cabinet. It would be best to let someone else have a go at it and get yourself a more suitable cab.

Best of luck to ya!  ;D

Todd H:

I'd restore all of the Pac-Man artwork, marquee, etc. but still use MAME to play as many vertical 4-way games as I could on it.  I'd put one 4-way joystick with one or two buttons and leave it at that.

SaiNRuB:


--- Quote from: megashock5 on July 26, 2004, 05:19:46 pm ---ps. tried Lowe's and Home Depot for the 3M Safe Stripper with no luck. Has anyone used Goof Off? They had that both places. If I can get the rest of the paint off, I'll post another pic.

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The lowes in my area didnt have it either , I ended up finding it at Menards.

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