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Tron Cabinet Conversion
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: jimmy_bored on August 28, 2006, 11:38:58 am ---I was browsing KLOV by year and Bally Midway for games between 1982 and 1984 that would have used the same cabinet, but i have not found one that matched the same tron cabinet.
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Because there wasn't one (that I know of, anyway).
You might want to try and trade it for whatever classic cabinet you want to convert to. Unless you go back to Tron with it, you will be mocked. That's just the way it is.
Putting a Galaga or Galaxian in a Tron cabinet will probably get you doubly-mocked -- the boards, artwork and sticks are far more expensive than the cabinets, so it makes little sense.
At the end of the day, it is your cabinet ... do what you will.
Cheers.
jimmy_bored:
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on August 28, 2006, 12:23:30 pm ---
Because there wasn't one (that I know of, anyway).
You might want to try and trade it for whatever classic cabinet you want to convert to. Unless you go back to Tron with it, you will be mocked. That's just the way it is.
Putting a Galaga or Galaxian in a Tron cabinet will probably get you doubly-mocked -- the boards, artwork and sticks are far more expensive than the cabinets, so it makes little sense.
At the end of the day, it is your cabinet ... do what you will.
Cheers.
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While I hear what your saying about be mocked, I just wish the mockers would have been around when the arcade operators converted it to Twin Tigers and then Silk Worm... :dizzy: From a purist view you are total right, but at the end of the day and maybe at the most only .03434343433 percent of the worlds population would even say, "That's a Tron cabinet. What moron would put Galaga in that cabinet". Out of all the cabs I have done this is the only one I am having problems with. I just don't want to spend the money to restore it and I really don't like the game (or the ones it was converted to). That's why I am at this dilemma.
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: jimmy_bored on August 28, 2006, 12:43:16 pm ---
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on August 28, 2006, 12:23:30 pm ---
Because there wasn't one (that I know of, anyway).
You might want to try and trade it for whatever classic cabinet you want to convert to. Unless you go back to Tron with it, you will be mocked. That's just the way it is.
Putting a Galaga or Galaxian in a Tron cabinet will probably get you doubly-mocked -- the boards, artwork and sticks are far more expensive than the cabinets, so it makes little sense.
At the end of the day, it is your cabinet ... do what you will.
Cheers.
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While I hear what your saying about be mocked, I just wish the mockers would have been around when the arcade operators converted it to Twin Tigers and then Silk Worm... :dizzy: From a purist view you are total right, but at the end of the day and maybe at the most only .03434343433 percent of the worlds population would even say, "That's a Tron cabinet. What moron would put Galaga in that cabinet". Out of all the cabs I have done this is the only one I am having problems with. I just don't want to spend the money to restore it and I really don't like the game (or the ones it was converted to). That's why I am at this dilemma.
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Your asking the wrong crowd. If you want something that 99.9656565657% of the world wouldn't recognize as a tron cabinet than you may not want to be asking the .03434343433% of the world who would.
I bet you could find someone who would trade you a tron cabinet for a classics cabinet that would look better. If that were mine, I would find someone to trade or sell it and buy a different cab. Not just because it's Tron, but because another cabinet would work and look better in my opinion.
ArtMAME:
--- Quote from: jimmy_bored on August 28, 2006, 11:38:58 am --- Don't like Tron either
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:censored:!!!
I think that calls out for a TRIPPLE MOCK!!! ...we don't have an emoticon for mock do we???
Just kidding dude ;), even though Tron is my favorite...
I know this may be a long-shot but why don't you try to sell the cab to some one who would do a restoration, then invest that into something you really want?
Just a suggestion... :)
ahofle:
You don't like Tron?!?
Talk about 0.03434343433% of the population! ;D