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star wars arcade cabinet partial restore
RayB:
ABZ, just post photos. Your descriptions of the condition are too cryptic and people aren't getting the fact that all you're left with is a box stripped of all its essential original parts.
It would cost him a fortune to locate and purchase everything needed to restore this (if Im reading his "hints" correctly).
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on January 05, 2009, 10:21:00 am ---Have mercy on the poor SW upright sole. Let it go. To MAME it would be a travesty of the highest order. I am pretty sure there are some out there who'd trade a JAMMA cab you can beat-up on all day long for the SW cab. MAME + SW Cab = Very very bad. The arcade gods would surely frown upon thee' forever making your arcade collecting/restoring years mired in misery.
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I guess I'm in the minority here. It really depends on how he intends to MAME the cab. If someone gets an empty beat to hell SW cab and MAMEs the cab in order to play SFII, then yeah, eternal flat tires from the Highway Gods would probably be in order. If, however, he MAMEs that same cab in order to play SW games, then what's the problem?
I think the fine line with me about restoring these SW cabs is whether the cab in question still has its (working) vector monitor. Not having the monitor makes it kind of pointless to truly restore since the vector monitor has to come from somewhere. Another Vector has to die to resurrect this one. Quite frankly, I'm not seeing a lot of Vector cabs up for grabs, much less any that are candidate donors.
If he's got one of the later raster cabs, then it's just a question of how much it costs to do the restore vs MAMEing the cabinet. No plastics and no controls might push it into MAMEing. It'd be best to see photos before one jumps all over the OP.
Look at the OP's original comment:
--- Quote from: abzman2000 on December 30, 2008, 05:23:33 pm ---A hint at how bad it is: someone into arcade restoration (usenet) gave it away for free, and after 2 days of explaining, to what was probably a lot more discerning group of people than than me, it's condition.
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It couldn't even be given away? This poor cab would have to be in really bad shape if no one is humping to own it.
BASS!:
Just mame it to play star wars. It will be a heck of a lot more reliable. If you want after you are done, start getting all the boards so one day you can set it right.
abzman2000:
my intention is to mame it to play star wars, and to fabricate the missing parts to a point where it looks passable, then start gathering authentic parts.
the entire top has been sheared off, then screwed back together. in addition to these pictures I took the power supply out to examine it, although it appears to be in good working order. I am also going to need to know exactly how to put it back together and what wood and hardware is authentic, and what was added by the previous owner.
BASS!:
Awesome! Yeah I see nothing wrong in mameing an original cab if you cant afford the parts, just do it right. You have a great start there, and I envy you for your cl find. Good luck, I'll be keeping my eye on this one.
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