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1980's Atari Pole Position PC mod
Gatsu:
no need to be an ass about it either though.
DaMulta:
--- Quote from: Malenko on April 19, 2009, 04:08:54 pm ---if hes posting here he should be expecting feedback; and there's nothing wrong with not liking the fact he killed a sit down pole position. And he did fail at keeping the outside looking as stock as possible. Unless hes going to strip the black paint he put on it, repaint it white/laminate it, then put NOS/Repro art on it, its going to stay in failed state.
the black paint looks like ---Cleveland steamer--- and the red lights make it look worse (didnt think it was possible) Restoring a Tron doesn't give you the right to think what you did to the SD-PP is acceptable. Hope you like your final product, and just because YOU do doesn't mean WE will. kk thnx bai
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The black paint was primer, but I am going to get some laminate tomorrow. Paint was just the first way I was going to go untill I releaed that the sticker on the Cab is more than one level, and painting it would be a big PAIN! Then I'm going to start hunting down someone to photoshop me a Dragon to go across the side, but well I would like to install the doors on it first before having that sticker even being made.
I really thought about it before I started, and yes I cried a little when I did it.....
I'm going to get some lawn Chair fabric also to install inside the cab, and the lights will go around that. I just kind of threw them in to see what they would look like inside.
I hope I do pull it off and a lot of people like it in the end.
I did except the bad feedback from doing it:) Also it's part of a project log when it's a work in progress. I used to restore natural gas comprossers for a living(just for example) They would come in just looking like total ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, and in the end after a month or so they would leave looking new again.
Good things take time, and I have had little funds for this.
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Tonight when the new AMD 955 is released I'm ordering that, and a GD70FX for the hardware that will be used inside to run the system,
GAJoe:
I converted a gutted Venture cabinet to Mr. Do! MAME myself, but the original artwork was long gone. I'm not a bleeding heart for every old cabinet, but when I saw that you painted it black I actually involuntarily yelled, "Nooo!" outloud. I thought you were going to restore it to a Pole Position with MAME under the hood, so it caught me off guard. Do you have something against classic 80s arcade artwork?
DaMulta:
--- Quote from: GAJoe on April 20, 2009, 10:54:11 am ---I converted a gutted Venture cabinet to Mr. Do! MAME myself, but the original artwork was long gone. I'm not a bleeding heart for every old cabinet, but when I saw that you painted it black I actually involuntarily yelled, "Nooo!" outloud. I thought you were going to restore it to a Pole Position with MAME under the hood, so it caught me off guard. Do you have something against classic 80s arcade artwork?
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NO I don't have anything against classic 80s arcade artwork. My mom took a look and said I should do the sides with the dragon like planned, but keep the back orignal to know where it came from. I have no plans to run mame under the hood. All it needed was a new power supply and it would of worked. The problem is that these old games are a pain in the ass to keep running, plus I waned to play other games in it.
We have been playing PS3 in 1080p non stop in it for the past few days lol......
TOK:
Well, at least your mom didn't tell you to paint flowers and unicorns on it.