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Galaxian Mame Conversion
CrazyKongFan:
I MAME'd a former Robotron cabinet, but it was completely gutted, the control panel drilled out with different relocated joysticks and buttons, CP covered over with new artwork, side art painted over with aqua blue, then black on top of it. About the only thing original inside was the Williams power supply and the glass bezel (which had the instruction card removed/painted over and a little flaking on the paint). I still have the power supply and haven't really done anything extra to to the cab, so I guess it could always be converted back if someone wanted to do the work. I've only drilled a couple of tiny holes for admin buttons (tab, esc and pause), but the CP would need to be replaced anyway on a restoration. The only other stuff in the cabinet was a Final Fight marquee and Final Fight PCB (which I assume is either non-functional, or not worth anything, or it wouldn't have been left in ;) ) I only paid 10 bucks for the cab at an auction, so the price was right. The bottom of the cab is a little rough too.
Avrus:
Well I don't know if it's relevant or not ...
I do feel that a semi-rare or rare cabinet should be restored if possible. That being said -- I tried to contact *ALL* of the owners of the trackball version of Rampart to see if I could get the side art recreated (furthermore so it would be available to others trying to reproduce it) and not ONE owner of the cabinet was willing to take the 5 minutes required to snap a picture and email it to me.
Not one.
Now imagine how pissed off I'd be if I had managed to snag a Rampart cabinet and was trying to restore it?
Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: Avrus on February 04, 2008, 10:21:44 pm ---not ONE owner of the cabinet was willing to take the 5 minutes required to snap a picture and email it to me.
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Good job that's in hand now ;)
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
Avrus:
--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on February 04, 2008, 10:28:44 pm ---
--- Quote from: Avrus on February 04, 2008, 10:21:44 pm ---not ONE owner of the cabinet was willing to take the 5 minutes required to snap a picture and email it to me.
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Good job that's in hand now ;)
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
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;D
Avrus:
Control panel and wiring look top notch! :cheers: