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ChadTower:

We should focus on ancient pickup trucks instead.  Good call.

hulkster:
well i will speak for both sides of the fence here:

its okay to mame a classic when you are starting out.  when i first thought about building my own arcade machine, i was just desperate to find any arcade cabinet and gut it to put my frankpanel on.  i was so excited about the possibility of playing mortal kombat, donkey kong, and street fighter all on the same cabinet with joysticks and buttons instead of a keyboard, that it didnt really matter what cab i got...it was going to be gutted.  so for beginners, i would say its just fine to mame a classic.

now, on the other hand, knowing what i know now, i would not mame a classic cab like a pacman or galaga cab.  however, the only reason i wouldnt is because if i redo it and fix it up and stuff....i can sell it and make money off of it.  i dont have the means or space to put 30 machines in my house so my thought process is "hmmm....do i preserve this pacman cab, or do i mame it so i can play pacman and 10,000 other games?".  yeah, no brainer for me.  classics are great and all, but if my objective is to play other games, then i would probably end up keeping the original art and paint, and then mameing it. 

point being, not everyone can put multiple cabs in their house, and not everyone has the skill to make one themselves, or the patience...hence the reason people mame classic cabs.  there are plans out that you can build your own pacman cab inch by inch and no one would ever know the difference (for the most part)...so its like the tree hugger hippie people say....if you kill a tree, you need to plant one.  well they dont actually say that, but hey, it meets my needs here.  if someone destroys a cab, and it pisses you off....then go build one to replace it, or shutup.

ChadTower:

I don't agree that a person's knowledge level dictates the morality of their actions in this case.  It may be worse if an experienced guy mames a classic but that doesn't make it right if a newbie does it.

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: hulkster on February 08, 2008, 09:51:39 am ---for beginners, i would say its just fine to mame a classic.

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hulkster:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 08, 2008, 10:04:06 am ---
I don't agree that a person's knowledge level dictates the morality of their actions in this case.  It may be worse if an experienced guy mames a classic but that doesn't make it right if a newbie does it.

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i agree, however mameing classics now even with what i know isnt necessarily a "moral issue" for me.  its more of a financial decision.  if i got a free pacman cab with original art, and just needed new paint.  i would preserve and sell it to make some good money.  if i could not sell and make enough money however, i would mame it, but keep the original art, cp, etc....but just take out the circuitry.  but id sell the circuitry to people like you  :angel:

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