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Preserve the Classics OR It's Just Particle Board
rampy:
On one hand, I think it's just smelly old particle board and not that important... Does it really matter in the grand scheme of things?
BUT I have a visceral reaction whenever I see a MAME'd star wars or a sawed up dig dug, or butchered Tempest, tron, or *Gasp* mix-mashed 4 player MAME button factory explosion Mr. Do conversion (thankfully haven't seent THAT yet).... but probably just get upset/naseus cause those are my favorite cab(s) -- I don't shed a tear for a MAME'd kangaroo or rally-x or whatever...
*Shrug* --- so i'm a preservationist, but i'm not sure why... it's as if 1000 classic cabs cried out at once and then were silenced... =P
rampy
u_rebelscum:
"One man's trash is another's treasure."
"Another" can't tell "one man" what to do or not to do, but "one man" would be stupid not to sell the "trash" at a treasure's price to "another." Either that, or a cold hearted rich person, or an ignorant poor person who never will be rich.
If it's in perfect condition, I'd put a small computer with arcadeVGA and jpac in there like SirPoonga said. If you do any irrersible changes to a classic, you're killing a great investment. You can make money by selling the perfect classic cab and buying two working generics.
If it's in good shape, I'd either restore or trade it with someone who will restore for a generic or parts. Maybe (probably, actually) use it as a template first, though, and build my own.
If the classic cab is in really bad shape that none will trade for it, I'd say duplicate it and retire the old, broken pile of wood and let it rest in peace. :'(
SONIC:
Voted "It's my cab..."!
Yes! I would might MAME a classic cab, but only if the game itself didn't mean that much to me! Cabs I would never do anything to but polish are cabs like Bubble Bobble, Outrun, R-Type, Jackal or other games that meant allot to me as a kid! But if I became a Tetris or somewhat other cab where the original game didn't mean sh*t to me, I would have no bad feelings maming the sh*t out of it :D Call me terrorist, but in the end everything the most of us seek is the original arcade feel about playing the old games, and a cab that looks seriously good in our living-room :) But if I could get hold of a Bubble Bobble... sweet jesus :) Would let it stay like it was for ever, that's for sure!!!
Btw... now I'm talking about Bubble Bobble... how comes it lags at times when playing 2 players??? I mean, it can't be THAT demanding, or???
Cheers doods!!!
Keep it real, and don't hate eachother :)
Brax:
--- Quote from: SONIC on April 09, 2003, 05:31:47 pm ---Voted "It's my cab..."!
Yes! I would might MAME a classic cab, but only if the game itself didn't mean that much to me! Cabs I would never do anything to but polish are cabs like Bubble Bobble, Outrun, R-Type, Jackal or other games that meant allot to me as a kid! But if I became a Tetris or somewhat other cab where the original game didn't mean sh*t to me, I would have no bad feelings maming the sh*t out of it :D Call me terrorist, but in the end everything the most of us seek is the original arcade feel about playing the old games, and a cab that looks seriously good in our living-room :) But if I could get hold of a Bubble Bobble... sweet jesus :) Would let it stay like it was for ever, that's for sure!!!
Btw... now I'm talking about Bubble Bobble... how comes it lags at times when playing 2 players??? I mean, it can't be THAT demanding, or???
Cheers doods!!!
Keep it real, and don't hate eachother :)
--- End quote ---
Didn't you kill the Defender?
If so, I need to find myself a nice Bubble Bobble......... and put an AXE in it! *grin*
No hard feelings. ;D
Chris:
The question, of course, is "what is a classic"? This answer may be different for everybody...
My cabinet started life as a Super Contra. It's in just about the most generic looking cabinet I've seen, so I had no problem MAMEing it. But cabinets that can be recognized on sight as Defender, Galaxian, Pac-Man, Tempest... well, I might MAME it, but only in such a way that a complete reversal and restoration was possible: restore the sideart and marquee, store the CP and bezel, and don't cut into the cabinet. More likely, I'd try to trade for a generic cab. Since I have a MAME cab now, if I came upon one of these classic cabs I'd probably attempt a full restoration.
--Chris
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