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| Jack Burton:
Yep, if they get new monitors they're gonna have to be for cheap. I already have some big CRT computer monitors that I can put in that I picked up at the university auction for a dollar each. But that's only if I use mame or a multi-board. The locksmith is one of my friends and he still owes me a favor for helping him fix his pinball machine so that's no problem. I already have plenty of hardware laying around for fixing these things up so I don't think it's gonna be that tough. The real problem will be fixing up the Ms. Pac. I think I'm gonna do a full restore on that, so that means getting a real 19" arcade monitor working, something I haven't done before. Well, there's a first time for everything, so I'll get started on it soon. |
| RayB:
--- Quote from: megaultrasuper on September 23, 2008, 02:02:41 am ---Hmm, Ms. Pac-man. Didn't think I would be so lucky. I would still like to have a Galaga, but I don't think I could bring myself to deface a Ms. Pac to do it. I suppose the only thing I can do is restore it and sell it at this point, huh? --- End quote --- Seems SELLING is your favorite option here for all three? (That's what you seem to be saying). I just want you to know that after all the money put into "restoration" you'd be lucky to get your money back. People restore for their own personal satisfaction of bringing back a machine they personally want to keep. If you don't want any of those, then just sell them as is to someone who will make better use of them. |
| Jack Burton:
Nah, I probably wouldn't sell the Ms. Pac after I got done restoring it. I have a hard time selling things that I put a lot of work into or were my first project of such a kind. I still have the old ps1 arcade sticks that I made years ago, even though they haven't seen action since 2005. |
| TheShanMan:
--- Quote from: RayB on September 23, 2008, 02:26:55 pm ---Seems SELLING is your favorite option here for all three? (That's what you seem to be saying). I just want you to know that after all the money put into "restoration" you'd be lucky to get your money back. --- End quote --- That's for sure. I've been talking periodically to a couple of different guys locally who are trying to sell their Tron's without luck and when I try to talk them down to what I believe to be a more reasonable amount, they basically say "if you only knew how much I have into it". Well, that's fine and dandy, but it's only worth what someone will pay. And the last 20% of a complete, perfect restoration probably takes 80% of the time and money, and people who want to buy a nice, working cab won't generally see the value in paying what you put into that last 20%. |
| Jack Burton:
yeah, my definition fo restore is probably different from most of the guys on this board. When I say "restore" the cab back to being a Ms. Pac-man, that's about it. That means that I'm going to strip off the old black paint and see if I can get the old artwork to show back up. Then I will put a new control panel in place for the proper controls. After that comes a Ms. Pac board and whatever else internally. I will either repair the monitor or put in something that works. I will make a new marquee or see if I can find one for cheap. I'm not going to go for a restoration to a brand new, looks like it just came off the assembly line look, just to merely being a cabinet that plays the game that it was built to play. My dad's favorite game is Pac-man, so I'm thinking a good place to store the cabinet when it's up and running is at his house. |
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