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Crowquill:

I'd definitely say to go for all 4. I'd probably try to keep as many as I could. You've got a pretty good variety there. You could make the 4-player Konami cab into a nice MAME machine, the Dynamo cabs are good all-purpose cabs for MAME or generic JAMMA, and I'd make a vertical classic MAME machine out of the Make Trax. Are you sure the X-Men panel doesn't go with the Konami cab? I can't imagine one of those on a Dynamo.


spriggy:

I'd restore the 'Make Trax'.. especially if the sides are good.  It's not the most exciting game to play.. but it can still hook ya in.  And it is gettin on abit being from the golden era ('81)..

TNT Amusements sells a Cheap NOS Marquee and the Bezel.
Scott @ Mamemarquees might have the CPO file for printing (if the one sitting on the machine is shite). 
Arcadeoverlays.com (don't know anything about them unfort!) sells a digital print of the CPO..
http://www.usamusement.com/nos_list.html have a NOS CPO as well
Good Luck

crpngdth2001:

Ok, you all have twisted my arm. I'm going to make an offer on all 4 of them, figuring i'll do something with them. I "might" use the 4 player cabinet for another Mame project down the road, and one of Dynamo cabs for a Jamma setup. The wife would love me if I made the Make Trax into a ded. vertical setup (all of her fav games are vert), but I might be leaning towards a resto on that one.

ArtMAME:


--- Quote from: crpngdth2001 on March 21, 2007, 09:50:42 pm ---The wife would love me if I made the Make Trax into a ded. vertical setup (all of her fav games are vert), but I might be leaning towards a resto on that one.

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The dedicated vertical out of the Make Trax may be a good idea, anything to get your spouse on board and excited for this hobby... Can I get a "Amen" on that fellas... ;D

The cabinet looks pretty much gutted, so it may take some $$$ to fully restore... Restorations usually cost more than you initially think, check out this thread:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64560.0

You may get more usage and enjoyment out of a dedicated vertical, not to mention tons of spousal approval!!!

You can always just pretty up the cabinet and use it for vertical multi games... then after you have bargain hunted for parts, you could restore the Make Trax internally...

Just some suggestions...

spriggy:

Look's like Zorg's been at it again..  The Trax Bezel is up at the Arcade Art Library.

If you wanted to go the mame route... still keep her looking original, especially when the sides are done for you (quite easy to touch them up, since they were stencilled).. just run a decased 19"-21" monitor running an older PC and an older version of Mame.  Will keep the price down whilst still giving it that original nostalgic feel.  Looks like you'll have a few cabs to play with if you want to go a full mame themed cab!
IMO anyway  :)

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