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ChadTower:
--- Quote from: shardian on February 08, 2008, 10:57:49 am --- I originally planned a frankenpanel modeled after Rampy's Taito cab, then I planned a switchable CP Mame cab, and finally, it is now going to be a replica Jungle king cab w/ MAME. That one cabinet best represents my evolving code of ethics in arcade gaming.
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You're still going with 4 cupholders though, right?
shardian:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 08, 2008, 11:00:50 am ---You're still going with 4 cupholders though, right?
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6, plus matching ashtrays and a bottle opener.
ChadTower:
Awesome. Replace the coinbox with a urinal drain and you're good to go.
hulkster:
--- Quote from: shardian on February 08, 2008, 11:03:30 am ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 08, 2008, 11:00:50 am ---You're still going with 4 cupholders though, right?
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6, plus matching ashtrays and a bottle opener.
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:laugh2:
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: hulkster on February 08, 2008, 10:34:10 am ---
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on February 08, 2008, 10:07:37 am ---
--- 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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:dizzy:
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then what do you suggest for someone just getting into the habit?
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Same thing I suggest for anybody in this hobby ... read a bit before you do something stupid.
Let's take a quote from someone you may recognize and whose opinion you hopefully respect:
--- Quote from: saint on February 06, 2008, 10:09:15 pm ---Actually, it's appendix B of the current book :)
--- Quote ---Preserving Versus MAME’ing the Past
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The problem is that classic arcade cabinets represent a finite resource. The arcades of yesterday are just that -- a thing of the past. Barring a scattering of reproduction projects, these classic cabinets cannot be replaced. As if these problems were not bad enough for classic arcade cabinet fans and collectors, suddenly home arcade cabinets (often referred to as MAME cabinets for the emulator most often used on them) started popping up. No one begrudges someone building a personal cabinet from scratch. However, every time a classic arcade cabinet is converted to a home arcade machine, somewhere someone cringes now there’s one fewer cabinet available to collectors.
To an arcade collector, modifying a classic arcade cabinet is akin to chopping down old growth redwood forests. The person doing so may have the legal right to their actions, but they are doing a disservice to humanity. Granted, the degree of the problem is certainly different. Hacking apart an old Robotron cabinet won’t cause environmental problems or displace animals (except, perhaps, a family of mice). It will mean, however, that there’s one less Robotron cabinet in the world. That same cabinet could be some collector’s “holy grail” -- the one item they’re looking for to complete their collection. Even if the cabinet is in bad shape, someone probably has the parts and desire to rebuild it and restore it, if only they had the cabinet.
...snip...
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Edit - couldn't stand posting only part of it. That's the entire appendix B. It's only 1 or so pages so I don't think anyone will mind my posting it. (I wrote it but don't own the copyright, the publisher does)
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I dunno if I can say it any better than that.
--- Quote from: hulkster on February 08, 2008, 10:34:10 am ---scenario: free original pacman was just given to someone who is starting out with this arcade stuff. they dont have a whole lot of room in their house, and the enjoy pacman, although they would love to have other games to play as well. their options are: restore the original cab and have only pacman, restore then sell even when they dont know anything about it, or mame it and play 10k games.
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Read the eleventy other threads on the topic ... there is an obvious option that you missed ...
--- Quote from: hulkster on February 08, 2008, 10:34:10 am ---morality and ethics and whatever you want to call dont really come into play here. it really just depends on your point of view.
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You don't actually understand what morality and ethics are, do you ?
EDIT: Quoted section snipped to reasonable use length to avoid getting saint into copyright trouble
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