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MAME a Donkey Kong cab and sell it?
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leapinlew:

--- Quote from: RayB on June 27, 2008, 06:30:21 pm ---DK converted to... AFTERBURNER?!?!?!  :dizzy:

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HA! Afterburner, Top Gun... you know what I mean.  ;)
Turnarcades:
That's not so bad as you've rescued it from a bad conversion and kept the panel classic.
Timstuff:
2 grand for hellcade potentials?  ???

I'll admit, I'm not exactly a saint when it comes to preservation-- my cabinet began life as a Bagman machine, and I'm doing a pretty extreme Mame-over on it. However, the cab that Bagman used was actually used for a few games from that period, and mine had already been converted to death. I really have no sentimental feelings for Bagman whatsoever, and while I'm sure there's someone out there who does, to me it just did not seem like it was something that'd be worth my time to restore.

I think that there should be some kind of statute of limitations when it comes to MAMEing. Has the machine been converted to death already? Was the original game an actual classic, or just old? Is the cabinet unique to a specific game, or were there a lot of games that used the same kind? In the end it really comes down to the individual. The machine is your property to do with as you please, however you do need to exercise some judgment before Mameing.

Really, the simplest question to ask yourself before MAMEing would be this one: how badly is this cab going to be missed if I Mame it?
leapinlew:

--- Quote from: Timstuff on June 28, 2008, 01:11:11 am ---Really, the simplest question to ask yourself before MAMEing would be this one: how badly is this cab going to be missed if I Mame it?

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Too many variables. Thats why this topic comes up again and again.

What it comes down to is... if you own it, you can do what you want to it. Everyone is using a different definition of "classic" and whats considered an acceptable amount of modification.

The one thing we know for sure, what he's doing isn't legal.
Timstuff:
That's very true... I might not consider Bagman a classic, but I'm sure that there's someone out there who does (that "someone" would also include David Foley, since he saw it fit to include with his Ultraflop machines). This debate always continues to come up, but no matter how much the community may or may not approve of a certain conversion, in the end people can do with their property what they see fit.
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