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ahofle:

--- Quote from: stan2323 on February 04, 2008, 06:09:11 pm ---I am sick to death of people that care more about preserving history, animals, or any other thing at the expense of someone else’s health or finances but not there own.

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Yeah.  It's well known that original Tron cabinets cause explosive diarrhea and urinary incontinence.  The only known remedy is to remove the black lights and attach a 4 player frankenpanel.
CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: stan2323 on February 04, 2008, 06:09:11 pm ---
--- Quote from: bigh4th on February 04, 2008, 04:25:06 pm ---Lastly, A lot of you seem to be under the impression than anyone can pick up a phone book or get on craigslist and just find a worthless generic cabinet to mame.....This isn't the case.  In the last year in a 100 mile radius of my location, there have been maybe 3 generic cabinets in the area that weren't selling for an insane price.  A sente, double dragon, and cobal.  all three sold for 75 or less on ebay.  Guess who got them?  An amusement opperator who used e-snipe and then fitted them with poker machine internals.

Aside from those cabinets, the others you see are TMNT, MS. Pac, SFII, and the like all asking $700 or more.

So finding a generic cabinet is not a simple task in many parts of the country.

-Harry
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People seem to forget this.
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Actually, people just seem to disagree, because they became dialed in and have no problems finding games.

Harry lives in central VA -- I have friends in Richmond and have on occasion considered having them pick up cabs for me. If *I* can find cabs in that area when I live in a different country, I'm pretty sure that Harry should be able to find some too.


--- Quote from: stan2323 on February 04, 2008, 06:09:11 pm --- I am sick to death of people that care more about preserving history, animals, or any other thing at the expense of someone else’s health or finances but not there own.

That is what you sound like to me.  “Everyone be dam$$ed just save the games.”  IT IS ONLY A GAME.  There are better things to get wound up about. 

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Hey, Stan ... IT IS ONLY A THREAD.

 ;)
brandon:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 04, 2008, 04:40:01 pm ---
I definitely don't see how a game can be both unpopular and common.  Production titles were based on sales which were based on popularity. 

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The Atari version of ET comes to mind... :D
brandon:

--- Quote from: stan2323 on February 04, 2008, 06:09:11 pm ---I am sick to death of people that care more about preserving history, animals, or any other thing at the expense of someone else’s health or finances but not there own.

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yeah.. like treehuggers that would rather us be at the whim of foreign oil because we cant drill for oil in our own damn country.. BUT thats another topic for another place :P

As far as the arcade restoration is concerned..  Well, I've restored several games that I didnt even really like just because they were bought as part of the lot.. and when it comes time to sell them you can barely make your money back.   I have a fully restored Ms Pacman cocktail that I'd practically have to give away to sell because they market has been flooded with so many knockoffs... either folks dont know the difference or they'd rather have a 60 in 1 bootleg vs an original PCB that plays one game..  but in many ways I dont blame them.
Sir Auros:
Honestly, the more I read these stupid, ****ing flamefests and bashing on excited newbies with cabinets some consider classics, the more I want to just buy and destroy an old cab, post the video to youtube, and post a link to it in every active thread here.  :soapbox:

This is one of the most newbie-hostile online communities I've ever joined, and the MAME vs. Restore crap is a big part of it. At least, that's how I perceive it.

Edited because the autocensor doesn't pick up the f-word for some reason.
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