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Should I MAME a Tempest Cab?
brandon:
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--- Quote from: dhansen on March 14, 2003, 09:10:53 am ---You can Mame it with out destroying it...make it reversible in case parts come available. It kinda make you sick thinking of the arcade operator slopping laminate adhesive on this beautiful sideart.
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great job...really keeps the spirit of the orginal... :D
peter
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Hey dhansen what did you use to get that glue off? I have a Stargate cab with they same stuff on it and get this... It was converted to Tetris :'( oh BTW, great job on your cab...
As far as Mameing Tempest I would say go for it as long as your dont hack it all up. Keep it as original as possible and don't do any undoable things to it.
eightbit:
--- Quote from: johnpurs on March 13, 2003, 11:52:18 pm ---
--- Quote ---I just threw this together and never got around to finishing it.
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The downfall of every cabinet builder. Gettting it to the point of play testing and never getting back to working on it because the play testing isn't complete...
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dhansen:
--- Quote ---great job...really keeps the spirit of the orginal...
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Thanks Peter...that was the idea..
--- Quote ---Hey dhansen what did you use to get that glue off? I have a Stargate cab with they same stuff on it and get this... It was converted to Tetris oh BTW, great job on your cab...
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Thanks again! I used Goof Off and Paint Thinner. Make sure you work in a well ventilated area Goof Off is strong smelling stuff. I soaked a rag in Goof Off and rubbed it on the adhesive this really softened it up, I then went over it with a rag soaked with paint thinner and the goo came right off. No paint was removed during this process (which suprised the hell out of me).
--- Quote ---Yeah I'll agree with that except for the trigger joystick thing...it seems to detract from the cabinet as well as block the screen.
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Yeah, this was one of those "point of no return" things, I had already made the stick hack, and had my CP all cut out so I couldn't start over again. Actually when you are standing at the game, it only covers a very small portion of the screen.
Doug
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Kilgore:
--- Quote from: Magnet_Eye on March 12, 2003, 10:43:34 pm ---
I don't know what to do! I thought about ripping out the Shadow Dancer stuff and MAME it. ???
Please give some input. If I had the resources I would try to restore it to tempest...even if it meant using MAME and an Oscar spinner instead of actual parts.
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Do what you want to do. To many of us any classic cabinet is a valuable commodity, but to the majority of the world a classic with a crappy game in it, is a crappy game.
I have one MAME cabinet made from a Super Cobra cabinet, and a converted Gaunlet and Ms. Pac-Man cabinet waiting for their MAME day. Do I feel guilty? No. I have even recently offered the Ms. Pac-Man to someone on this board who was trying to recreate a Ms. Pac-Man. If anyone is interested let me know and I would happy to work out something.
The person I got all of these games from has a warehouse full and he is slowly but surely parting them out and selling the parts on Ebay. At least someone gets use of them. Any cabinets that I don't take or get my friends to take eventually gets dumped. Sad, but true. Arcade cabinets are expensive to store. I have ten cabinets and am looking for more places to put more. This also includes a Asteroids slated for restoration. Anyone want a Superman cabinet? The same guy says its mine or it is trash.
If anyone is in the Oklahoma City area looking for cabinets let me know.
- Kilgore