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Dartful Dodger:
The last auction I went to they had the back room filled with gutted cabs. They wouldn't be able to give them all away, so I assumed they were going to call one of those traveling dumpsters to pick them up.
These aren't irreplaceable works of art. They're flimsily nailed together pieces of plywood. Anyone with the skills needed to restore those cabinets could build new one 10x better at half the cost and energy it takes to restore it.
The irreplaceable parts have been saved, heck, they may have even been put into a new cabinet that’ll last years longer than the one they were removed from.
the people you should be mad at are the ones who are holding onto an original cabinet that they can't fix so it's being used as a condo for mice in their shed.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on March 05, 2009, 08:28:22 pm ---These aren't irreplaceable works of art. They're flimsily nailed together pieces of plywood. Anyone with the skills needed to restore those cabinets could build new one 10x better at half the cost and energy it takes to restore it.
The irreplaceable parts have been saved, heck, they may have even been put into a new cabinet that’ll last years longer than the one they were removed from.
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I see your point. However, it's not entirely true. Until many of these cabinets are archived in some manner, they are indeed irreplaceable. The death of a Death Race is a prime example. AFAIK, there are two versions of the cabinet and archiving the complete artwork is still not done. Much less any record of the actual construction of the cabinet itself.
I understand that not every cabinet can be saved. This is a fact that holds true for every archiving project. Something I had to deal with on a daily basis at my last job.
People have to keep in mind that one should save as much as feasibly possible, especially when there's a historical context. No matter how well we may record and reproduce the cabinets, I'll bet that in the next twenty years, techniques, or concepts, or new technologies or whatever will come within our grasp and our reproductions will be even better. Take for example the Hellomat (yes, I know it's not exactly an arcade game, that's not the point) marquee with the reflective surface. Would you rather someone who is looking to reproduce a marquee like that look at a scanned (and incorrect) image or look at the real thing?
vidkiller13:
--- Quote from: Kevin Mullins on February 28, 2009, 05:18:54 pm ---
--- Quote from: Malenko on February 28, 2009, 04:03:06 pm ---I digress, looking at your geocities-esque site for examples is just pissing me off.
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I agree..... about five minutes of scrolling left and right constantly and I was done looking. :P
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i offer cabs for sale all the time at the highest $25
as far as taking pride in killing off games you reading into things the wrong way im figuring if not worth anything at least get a couple pics out of them and really do you think im getting these games for free these are items i have pruchased to do with what i feel like and if i choose to burn junk instead of hauling to the dump its my choice . im sure most arcade ppl have scrapped out games unless brand new to this
if what im doing bothers you so much dont ever go by a vending company thats closing,relocating downsizing who would you complain too when you see 30 yard dumpsters full of the same kind of junk
If these are so worth saving im having a sale on empty cabs for $10 on 3- 20 to 3 -23
lets see if you even attempt to save just one
as far as comment on some of the games i put back together i know 4 people cant fit in front of that turtles it has 4 sticks to choose each of the 4 characters when was the last time you actually saw 4 people in front a game playing it who paid to play it
again a comment on that taito water swelled cab if that looked restorable to you i have a great deal for ya
and no im not a goth guy
its a theme the boneyard dont strain yourself trying to figure it out
http://TheArcadeboneyard.com
vidkiller13:
--- Quote from: Arcadiac on February 16, 2009, 01:07:52 pm ---The guy's censored by saint. :censored:
ARCADIAC!
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here is the link to the empty cab page
http://www.thearcadeboneyard.com/EmptyCabinets.html
looks like your censored by saint
vidkiller13:
--- Quote from: Malenko on February 17, 2009, 10:51:46 am ---
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on February 17, 2009, 04:23:55 am ---
--- Quote from: Malenko on February 15, 2009, 10:48:13 pm ---That jungle king was totally restorable.
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maybe. i remember there was a furore over a defender (i think) that shared a similar fate. might have even been the same guy. anyway, once you looked closer, it really was a write off. you could see the edges were all swollen from water ingress.
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at the volume at which this guy is destroying them, after stripping them for parts, theres no way hes taking a closer look or even bothering to restore. hes basically bragging about being an arcade chop shop and the pictures show he doesnt care about arcades at all and thinks its "cool" to ignite them.
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the volume is currently at 10 not quite a devastating blow to the arcade hobby
in the years ive been into arcade games ive restored or repaired more games than the average hobbiest by far
used to sell games retail and would get out about 1 to 5 a week back years ago in the north east
as far as that defender cab it is still available so is the dig dug gorf tempest come buy them and restore them
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