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Jimmy Jingles:
Picked this cab up from a daycare that is closing. Looks to be an original Pac-Man cabinet that at one point was converted to a Ms. Pac-Man. I snapped the attached pics but I have not yet brought it home. Also was not able to power it up. The lady stated that "it powers on, but there is no picture". Will check the boards, monitor, etc when I get it back to my garage. Whatever, it only cost me $50!

Thinking of restoring it as a Galaga. I am a total noob and this will be my first attempt. Any thoughts/advice?


Thanks!

Spyridon:

--- Quote from: Jimmy Jingles on June 30, 2009, 07:04:47 pm ---Looks to be an original Pac-Man cabinet that at one point was converted to a Ms. Pac-Man... I am a total noob... 
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Well, considering that you are a total noob, you did a good job recognizing this as a Pac converted to Ms. Pac and not a Ms. Pac with a Pac-man control panel

+1 on the noob scale


--- Quote ---Thinking of restoring it as a Galaga.

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-1 on the noob scale  (shouldn't it be newb?)

You can go to Galaga, but the cab isn't correct.  Galaga and Ms. Pacman had (almost) identical cabs.  Pac-man and Galaxian shared the same cab.

Why not go pac-man?


EDIT:  Nice price and Welcome!

Jimmy Jingles:
Yeah...I know Galaga would not be 100% in this cab.

I have just have always been a huge Galaga fan, and I figured this would be close enough.  Not looking to resale or anything, this is just for me.

Still a bad idea though, huh?

Crap! What to do...

Spyridon:

--- Quote from: Jimmy Jingles on June 30, 2009, 07:30:44 pm ---Yeah...I know Galaga would not be 100% in this cab.

I have just have always been a huge Galaga fan, and I figured this would be close enough.  Not looking to resale or anything, this is just for me.

Still a bad idea though, huh?

Crap! What to do...

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If that is what you want go for it.  Won't be an exact restoration, but since the cab has already been converted it's not like you are destroying a dedicated machine.

King Nerd:
Man, I'd kill for an original Pac-Man, but money just seems to hate me. :P
Beautiful find, better price.

Personally, I'd go Pac-man, just because I like it and we're the same age (1980 baby!), but I don't think you'd have to hand over your Arcade Owner's badge for makin' your Pac into a Galaga.  :lol

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