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Should I MAME a Tempest Cab?
Magnet_Eye:
thanks for replies so far...
speaking of Tempest..check this out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3213294777&category=13718
Check his other auctions...this guy seems to have ripped apart a complete Tempest machine and is "parting it out" now. WTH?
-----I still haven't made a decision yet for my Tempest Cabinet.
More input please!
Chris:
--- Quote from: Brad Lee on March 12, 2003, 10:50:23 pm ---One of the drawbacks is that with no cutting of the cabinet side, the control panel can be somewhat restricting- the width from inside edge to inside edge is 23-3/4", and if you keep it to where the monitor glass would go, it can only be about 7" deep
--- End quote ---
This is actually slightly larger than my control panel (23"x7").
So you can fit a 2-player CP in a Tempest cab.... I've never cared for cabinets with oversized control panels anyway, arcade or MAME... I prefer the classic look of a cabinet with a control panel no wider than the machine. But that's just me....
I would experiment with a light stripper to see if you can expose and preserve the original art, and then go ahead and MAME it, but without modifying the cab so it can be restored later if you have the money and inclination.
--Chris
Smittydc:
Chris: I too like the smaller control panels that keep the original shape of the cabinets.
I mame'd a space invaders deluxe cabinet. BUT! it had no electronics, no monitor, somebody had scrapped the art off of the front glass, and the cabinet was going to be thrown out if I didn't take it.
Brax:
My vote is NO.
It's never ok to Mame a classic.
Here's a few of the top excuses I hear:
"Oh there's lots of this game though" There quickly won't be if everyone has this attitude.
"The sideart is destroyed." You should see what lengths collectors go to restore a cab. I guarantee somewhere, somehow a collector restored a machine in even worse shape than yours.
"It was just going to be thrown out if I didn't Mame it." Good for you for rescueing it. That doesn't mean you have to Mame it though. Trade to a collector for a generic.
These cabinets are a dying resource. I don't know about you, but in 10 years if I had a hacked up Tempest cabinet in my basement I wouldn't be too proud of myself.
But looking around..... That's just me.
)p(:
i have no problems with mameing an empty classic cab as long as you don't change anything that can not be changed back...ie don't cut or drill holes through the existing wood. Replace th cp with a new one.
I got my galaxian cab pretty much empty and without a monitor glass. I now got all parts to convert the cab back to a galaxian within an hour...not that I will ever do that..but it feels right that I can :D
peter