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robot8319:
i was going to build a cab but i found out the hardway thats its impossible with $40...

so i did some searching and the same exact thrift store i bought my 17" monitor from for $4.. had 3 WORKING arcade machines in the back waiting to be priced...but the funny thing is that they were NOT working until i secured the jamma harness it was completely unplugged in all of them...

here is what i got..

1.snk neo geo big red with 25" monitor 1 slot with art of fighting 2

2.the combatribes "dedicated" cab with 25" monitor this baby  real nice

3.street fighter 2 "dedicated" cab with 19" monitor in good conditon


the price i paid for all three was $150......thats what i offered the first time and the thrift store accepted...i was both stunned and happy as hell at the same time..the real surpprise was findingout there was not a thing in the world wrong with the games just the usual sticky buttons and minor dings..

best of all three of them have working coinmechs and coin chutes,,

i am so lucky and blessed its "UNREAL"...

now the sad thing is which one do i want to MAME or butcher as i would call it..

i was thinking i would do the street fighter 2 machine as its so common..

any ideas what i would need to make a mame machine out of an arcade machine??



AlanS17:
That's an easy one... Kill the Combatribes. It's got the 25" monitor and it doesn't have interchangeable game boards like the others... Plus it's a truly crappy game.

... and next time, take 3 machines of MY hands! :-)
ahofle:
So where did this mystical $150 come from if you were limited to only $40 in building a cab?   :laugh2:

Congrats on the score BTW.
spacies:

--- Quote from: ahofle on October 31, 2006, 01:08:04 am ---So where did this mystical $150 come from if you were limited to only $40 in building a cab?   :laugh2:

Congrats on the score BTW.

--- End quote ---

Good call LOL.

Sell all the machines and build yourself a BEAST!
AlanS17:
By selling two machines and using the third for MAME, you can come pretty close to breaking even and getting a free MAME machine out of the deal. It all depends on what parts you already have and how much you plan to do.

The NeoGeo and SF2 will fetch better money, and it sounds like the Combatribes is your best bet to butcher, anyways. It's a no-brainer. As cool as having 3 machines would be, you'll have the other two emulated in which one you decide to MAME. So it would be redundant.

Of course, they're your machines...
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