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Should I fix this, or gut it? (Head-On 1979)
ChadTower:
Generally speaking, if you're even asking the question, the answer is no. The ones that are partouts/conversion candidates are obvious.
Stray_Catalyst:
If it had been a good game, I'd agree with the people who say you should repair it... but I've gutted an Astro Fighter, partially because the game wasn't interesting. If it were one of the famous games (Space Invaders, Pacman, etc) then I'd say sell it. As it's neither fun nor famous, gut that thing and MAME it.
Stray Catalyst
ChadTower:
Interest is relative. Astrofighter could be someone else's all time favorite game - and they'd trade you three gutted cabs for it. I've never been a fan of gutting a reasonable game just because you, as current owner, don't like it.
Of course, the other has every right to do so, but I try to avoid it whenever possible myself.
Stray_Catalyst:
I got the Astro Fighter cab with a non-working PCB - the game was somebody else's project that they got tired of and left in their back yard for some unspecified length of time. As such, it was either a cab to salvage or trash to push to the curb. I've posted the PCB on the "free" list for anyone who wants it - so far there's been little interest, even for free. As I said, if it were a working game, or a popular game that didn't work, I'd have tried to keep it together. An unpopular game with bad reviews, that ALSO didn't work? Well, it'll have Astro Fighter again - it'll just have it running through a Pentium instead of the old PCB. (it will also have a variety of other games, of course - but Astro Fighter will be the default)
Stray Catalyst
ChadTower:
Well there you go - it was an obvious case, which fits my criteria. :)