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1980's Atari Pole Position PC mod
GAJoe:
That's brilliant MaximRecoil, except you have to explain in picture two why the cabinet has lights on it. I'm going with, "It's a paint heating strip that helps debond the spray cover from the work area."
thatpurplestuff:
It's the two year anniversary of this thread.
Somewhere, a sit-down Pole Position cabinet is cold and alone, haphazardly spraypainted black and with random disjointed holes cut everywhere. The roof of the cabinet bows under the weight of an unplugged mini fridge and random camping supplies. Long discarded french fries litter the drivers seat, and printouts of dragons and AMD processors sit where the pedals once were. It cries out for a restoration to its former glory, but no one is there to hear the call. No one is there.
Rest in peace sit-down Pole Position cabinet. Rest in peace.
ghettodish:
To the haters out there:
There are plenty of broke-down Pole Position cabs out there. Go get one and let's see what you can do with it.
taylormadelv:
A few good laughs in this thread and some **ahem** interesting comments.
I am guessing the OP became intimidated and just bailed on this thread and maybe even on the game itself...This reminds me of how long it's taken me, personally to become proficent at restoring old, beat up, cig burned and sometimes badly water damaged arcade cabinets. When I started working on cabinets over two years ago, I was a hack, almost as bad as this, almost. It takes me a lot of energy and much thought into restoring/rehabilitating an old arcade cabinet. It also takes lots of time and patience. I love taking junk and turning it into gold but it takes a lot of time, work and patience. It has been a learning experience for me, learning to bondo, learning to install t-moulding properly, painting properly and converting control panels. For me it's a labor of love, it's very satisfying to see an old, water damaged cabinet look real pretty again, even if it IS a mame! A sit down PP should be a driver mame IMO but hey, whatever floats yer boat!
HaRuMaN:
--- Quote from: ghettodish on April 16, 2011, 02:09:54 am ---To the haters out there:
There are plenty of broke-down Pole Position cabs out there. Go get one and let's see what you can do with it.
--- End quote ---
I wish that were true. I've been looking in my area for ~ two years and still haven't found one.