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SirPoonga:

--- Quote from: hevnsnt on April 08, 2003, 05:58:14 pm ---well anyone who knows me, knows I voted.. Its mine and I can do what I want! :)

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Hey, have you checked your PM?  Still wondering if you would be willing to trade that digdug pcb.

Sasquatch!:
I checked "If you're real careful, maybe".  

Using a classic cab to play MAME ain't no big deal, but I disagree with making irrersible changes to it (cutting into it) to do so.

Brax:

--- Quote from: Brad Lee on April 08, 2003, 05:58:30 pm ---Without even clicking, I can geuss that thread above is about the guy with the Tempest..
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Nope he killed a Dig Dug... The Tempest guy is a different Mutilator.
And then of course there's the Defender guy.....

*sigh*
It seems the more people that get into this, the more classic cabs get destroyed.

And I don't want to hear some dumb arguement about it going into the trash if you didn't kill it yourself. You found it, it's your job to preserve it or pass it along to someone else who wants to. Its not all that hard.

I'm done.

I've made a cocktail from scratch. I'm going to make a 1up replica. Then you know what I'm going to do? I just thought of this.... I have the skills now.... I'm going to rescue a cabinet. I may keep it or I may sell it after restoration but I'm going to preserve a piece of gaming history because I get so much enjoyment out of them. Why don't you do the same?

ok, now I'm done.
*sits down*

Xphile:

--- Quote from: Brax on April 08, 2003, 07:15:59 pm ---<snip>
Then you know what I'm going to do? I just thought of this.... I have the skills now.... I'm going to rescue a cabinet. I may keep it or I may sell it after restoration but I'm going to preserve a piece of gaming history because I get so much enjoyment out of them. Why don't you do the same?

ok, now I'm done.
*sits down*

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that's a damn good idea..I'm proud of being able to bring my space harrier cab back from the dead - and it's not even a true blue golden-age classic!

 it's a distinctive cab, sure.. the Sprite-based 3D gameplay was one of the best(and one of the last) but I'd love to pick up a true "golden age of arcade" cab and bring back from the dead.. But in all likelihood, I'm prolley gonna pick up a non-working semi-classic (won't even be able to afford a golden ager...maybe silver or bronze..:-)

...we have *one* auction company around here once or twice a year. with maybe 50-100 cabs each time...the prices do get up there, anything recent (or even just >27" monitor ) - or old (even for the classic dead cabs..)

middle of the road cabs are dirt cheap tho'.. non-descript 19" -25" neo-geo/ jamma conversion cabs go anywhere from $25- $150 working, so it's a mamer's paradise..

I wanna rescue a cab!  :'(

anthony691:
Maybe we should all restore a cab, you know; I think it would be cool. What better way to preserve the classics? We could make it into a gentleman's contest to see who can turn the worst cab into the best. We can all also each make some cash off of this.

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