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dax:


--- Quote ---My answers to your questions.

1. None.  Build dont convert.
2. I don't know.
3. $0. 

Not helpful answers, but since you asked, I will answer.

Now will you answer the question?

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Thanks.

mahuti:

For mame conversion, I generally buy interesting or unusual cabs that have been converted from something cool to something dumb and non working already and that are under $125, or dynamo cabs which are generic boxes anyway with no inherint historical value. I usually try to get at least 1 interesting thing, marquee, bezel, stick, or cab shape. If I can't find something interesting and already ruined I go for super cheap and generic.

As for reselling. Don't bother. You'll have more luck buying and selling stock.

I would personally never pay a premium for  a working game, unless I had it on my list. I generally leave those to the collectors, though.

dax:


--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on February 17, 2006, 11:53:29 am ---
--- Quote from: dax on February 17, 2006, 11:20:54 am ---I don't have a problem saying where the auction is (it's a live auction - not online), but I'm amused that nobody answered any of my questions...   this place is dog-eat-dog isn't it?  Hehehe

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Not-at-all.

I haven't followed your previous posts, so I'll let HooPz voice his own opinions . . .

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Hoopz seems to want to manufacture drama.  I am not inclined to feed the fires of his apparently fragile sensibilities.


--- Quote ---Regarding your questions:

a)  How the h-e-double toothpicks can any of us tell without seeing these games - how much are they asking - working monitor, etc.  Anything JAMMA would be easier to MAME with a J-PAC.  SF II was a very common game, so would be a good candidate for conversion, (especially if you like that style game) except it was also very popular, so might go for a higher price.  Arch Rivals used 49-way joysticks, so could be good for conversion with a GP-Wiz49, or might be better (worth more) to preserve as original b/c of that.  Except for it, and Red Baron, the others are all about the same, mame-wise, IMHO.
b)  The fact that both myself and Witchboard stated that Red Baron would be nice to have but not to MAME suggests that it might be worth more restored.  Also, Arch Rivals b/c of the 49-way sticks.
c)  I don't know pricing, so not the one to ask. . .

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I am thinking I will go to the inspection in a few days and see what the condition of the cabs are.  At this point I don't know.  I assume they will fire up the games, and if they were non-working, it would be listed, but they're not so I assume the monitors work.  If they don't, IMO, I wouldn't bid on any of the cabs unless they appeared operational.

I have been to these auctions before.  This is how I got my NeoGeo cab (I paid $250 for it) but it was the cleanest cab in the whole auction.  I can't imagine these going for that much, but I don't know. 

So I was just wondering what you guys think.  Obviously condition is TBA, but you could speculate if x game were in y type of condition, anything under $z would be a good deal.

It's also possible that if someone wanted a particular game that I didn't, and set a price they'd pay, that I'd be willing to pick the cab up for them.  I am mainly interested in picking up one of these, maybe two, but I am getting a friend with a big truck so we could possibly load four or more in a single trip.

Hoopz:

You didn't have to delete your posts Ahigh, I mean dax.

Your previous posts don't show you apologizing.  I think Brophog, DrewKaree and others would agree that you owe Minwah an apology which you have not done yet.  Everyone gets frustrated when things don't work properly the first time.  Adults don't attack others when they are asking for help.


--- Quote from: dax on January 08, 2006, 08:17:39 pm ---
Welcome to the club.  Ironically there's a developer in here too, but it's like pulling teeth to get straight answers.   I asked the same question as you and still didn't get a good answer.

I don't know what the deal is with MameWah.  I got every other FE and version of mame working.  And the damn creator lurks around here, but there must be some little clicke or private club where they only help each other out and get their jollies watching other people flounder around in frustration.  I think there may be some sort of scoreboard in a private forum where they take pleasure in frustrating newbies.

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--- Quote from: Minwah on January 09, 2006, 05:06:32 am ---
--- Quote from: dax on January 08, 2006, 08:17:39 pm ---I don't know what the deal is with MameWah.  I got every other FE and version of mame working.  And the damn creator lurks around here, but there must be some little clicke or private club where they only help each other out and get their jollies watching other people flounder around in frustration.  I think there may be some sort of scoreboard in a private forum where they take pleasure in frustrating newbies.

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Frankly I'm quite offended by that...if you bothered to search you would see up until recently I answer pretty much all questions about Mamewah.  I just haven't been around much over the last month or so, I haven't been 'lurking' anywhere.


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To address one point you made before you deleted your posts, I could and should have provided more context to my answers.  Allow me to remedy that:

1. I dont believe you should convert a cabinet IMHO.
2. I don't know.  Sorry, I don't have more information on that question.
3. These items would not be where I would chose to put my disposable income at this time purely for personal reasons which are in no way indicative of the games themselves.



Tiger-Heli:


--- Quote from: HooPZ on February 17, 2006, 12:11:38 pm ---
--- Quote from: dax on January 08, 2006, 08:17:39 pm ---
Welcome to the club.  Ironically there's a developer in here too, but it's like pulling teeth to get straight answers.   I asked the same question as you and still didn't get a good answer.

I don't know what the deal is with MameWah.  I got every other FE and version of mame working.  And the damn creator lurks around here, but there must be some little clicke or private club where they only help each other out and get their jollies watching other people flounder around in frustration.  I think there may be some sort of scoreboard in a private forum where they take pleasure in frustrating newbies.

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--- Quote from: Minwah on January 09, 2006, 05:06:32 am ---
--- Quote from: dax on January 08, 2006, 08:17:39 pm ---I don't know what the deal is with MameWah.  I got every other FE and version of mame working.  And the damn creator lurks around here, but there must be some little clicke or private club where they only help each other out and get their jollies watching other people flounder around in frustration.  I think there may be some sort of scoreboard in a private forum where they take pleasure in frustrating newbies.

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Frankly I'm quite offended by that...if you bothered to search you would see up until recently I answer pretty much all questions about Mamewah.  I just haven't been around much over the last month or so, I haven't been 'lurking' anywhere.


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I missed this exchange, but I somewhat sympathize with both parties.

MAMEwah is a great frontend, one of the easiest to setup graphically, and MinWah does a great job of supporting it in the forums.

It is also undoubtedly the most difficult FE to setup that I have ever tried.  I never got any games to show up until I stumbled across a tutorial at screenshotarchive that got it working.  Then with the new version, that method didn't work, and I ended up having to copy my config file over from the previous version to get it to list games. . .

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