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My first cabinet - Smash TV to MAME Conversion
TOK:
--- Quote from: blueznl on December 14, 2007, 12:40:19 pm ---Let me be the devils advocate: if people like that original cab so much they should buy it from you. If nobody does, feel free to do with it whatever you want. Although I'm all in favor of restoration not all of us have the luxury of overly large basements. It's YOUR call, not someone else's.
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Nobody told him he couldn't do it, in fact I prefaced my comments as did many others that it was his to do as he chose with. If you're looking to preserve the history and fun of classic games with a project like this, a good first step is not to destroy some of that history in the process.
Having a basement/space has absolutely nothing to do with that. That machine can easily be MAME'd in a totally reversible fashion.
MaximRecoil:
A dedicated, working, unmolested "Smash TV" in good shape and you are going to ruin it? I would love to have that machine.
If you insist on "MAMEing" one of the coolest arcade machines ever (you know, so you can have the fake thing, rather than the real thing), you should really consider getting a J-Pac and making a new control panel top, and doing nothing else to it. That way you don't ruin anything, and it can easily be reverted back to its original condition.
Namco:
I'll trade you that awesome SmashTV for this old thing I have laying around:
It would make a better candidate for Mame and I'm sure you can fit a nice big frankenpanel on it. I mean, who cares about old space shooter games anyway? :P ;D
shardian:
--- Quote from: Namco on December 14, 2007, 06:44:27 pm ---I'll trade you that awesome SmashTV for this old thing I have laying around:
It would make a better candidate for Mame and I'm sure you can fit a nice big frankenpanel on it. I mean, who cares about old space shooter games anyway? :P ;D
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In all honesty, I would totally take the Smash TV over Galaga. I'm a 90's brat. ;D
MaximRecoil:
--- Quote from: shardian on December 14, 2007, 10:32:47 pm ---In all honesty, I would totally take the Smash TV over Galaga. I'm a 90's brat. ;D
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I would take the Smash TV over the Galaga too. But either way, it is a shame to see dedicated, complete, and working machines get ruined for the sake of MAME, especially the ones that are widely considered to be classics or good games.
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