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| CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: brandon on February 05, 2008, 05:30:34 pm ---Trying to talk somebody out of it is one thing.. but to continuely bust his balls after the fact... what's the point? Trying to make an example of him? --- End quote --- My point there was that I didn't think that was a bad thread or that it devolved into a lynch all that much. People kept trying to make their points, sure, but there were a lot of people with the same opinion and I didn't think it was nearly as bad as it was made out to be. |
| brandon:
--- Quote from: Sir Auros on February 05, 2008, 04:33:30 pm ---In case anyone wants to see an example of what I'm talking about... BYOAC regulars scare off newb. Congratulations, you guys saved a cabinet...in Estonia. --- End quote --- they didnt save anything.. he just quit posting.. There's probably a pink fluffy monstrosity in his room as we speak.. The Smash TV and the Dig Dug examples are light years beyond what's been done to that Galaxian. He's actually keeping the original artwork theme intact and integrating his monitor and controls into the available space.. Its by no means the hack job of the former two examples.. |
| FrizzleFried:
--- Quote from: brandon on February 05, 2008, 05:49:39 pm --- --- Quote from: Sir Auros on February 05, 2008, 04:33:30 pm ---In case anyone wants to see an example of what I'm talking about... BYOAC regulars scare off newb. Congratulations, you guys saved a cabinet...in Estonia. --- End quote --- they didnt save anything.. he just quit posting.. There's probably a pink fluffy monstrosity in his room as we speak.. The Smash TV and the Dig Dug examples are light years beyond what's been done to that Galaxian. He's actually keeping the original artwork theme intact and integrating his monitor and controls into the available space.. Its by no means the hack job of the former two examples.. --- End quote --- Please explain how that is different? Seriously...just playing devils advocate. If it's uncool to destroy an arcade machine badly (IE: The Dig Dug & Smash TV examples), then what makes it OK to destroy an arcade machine well (IE: Galaxian)? Isn't the end result the same...a dedicated classic arcade that will never be again? Does anyone here REALLY think this Galaxian will ever house another set of Galaxian boards....ever? |
| brandon:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on February 05, 2008, 06:00:30 pm ---Isn't the end result the same...a dedicated classic arcade that will never be again? Does anyone here REALLY think this Galaxian will ever house another set of Galaxian boards....ever? --- End quote --- how do you know it wont? Maybe the guys grandkids will restore it original some day... maybe he'll build a scratch built cab in a few years and ebay that one.. Somebody else can put a wire harness, monitor, etc back in it then. What if he had bought a Galaxian to Jamma adaptor and then installed a J-Pac and Mamed it that way... would the cabinet have been anymore likely to ever have original PCBs installed at a later date? sure, it would've been easier but its not impossible now. If I had the parts I could undo what he has done in a week or less. Maybe the fact that I've undone so many BAD conversion is why this doesnt bother me that much. There really isnt that much to the internals of these machines... |
| MaximRecoil:
--- Quote from: brandon on February 05, 2008, 06:08:27 pm ---If I had the parts I could undo what he has done in a week or less. --- End quote --- He mangled the speaker panel pretty good, not to mention what he did to the monitor mounts and such. Regardless of that, your claim doesn't mean much. There are plenty of people that could build a Galaxian from the ground-up in a week or less if they had all the parts. |
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