Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Galaga restoration
Wade:
Thanks a lot guys! He is really enjoying it.
I will probably write up a tutorial on laminate soon because I get a lot of questions about it, and I've learned a lot from trial and error on several games.
TTYL!
Wade
spriggy:
Wade,
Noticed the old Taito cab, with what appears to be the remenants of our sideart test piece, sitting in the garage with the RX7.
Have you decided what your doing with the her yet??
Wade:
--- Quote from: spriggy on December 21, 2005, 02:08:23 am ---Wade,
Noticed the old Taito cab, with what appears to be the remenants of our sideart test piece, sitting in the garage with the RX7.
Have you decided what your doing with the her yet??
--- End quote ---
Hey Spriggy!
That's exactly what that is!
Well, my plans for that game have changed several times. Originally of course, I was going to restore it. Now that is out of the question, since I sold the marquee (for $1.50 on ebay... what a waste of effort and $).
Lately, I've been leaning towards making it a generic vertical MAME multigame, and selling it at a pinball show. Structurally, it is very nice, with only a tiny bit of moisture swelling (which could be fixed), so I really don't want to cut it up and throw it out.
Realistically... eventually I will probably end up selling it for a few dollars, or even giving it away to someone wanting to do their own MAME project (that is what I did with the Defender cabinet... it was not bad, but I didn't want another total restoration on my hands so I gave it away).
I picked this up quite a while ago because a buddy was giving it away, and it had a working monitor, so I spent a fair amount of money on gas and renting a vehicle to pick it up. At the time, I was of the attitude that any project is better than no project. :) Now, I have no problem passing up projects. Anyway, this is one game I wish I had never picked up. It will never be a keeper game for me so I figure its destiny is probably a multigame and making me a few bucks. Or, the trash can! ;)
TTYL,
Wade
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