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A Pit-Fighter cabinet bought
DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: rcoltrane on August 07, 2009, 09:11:13 am ---PLEASE, JUST RESTORE IT!!!!!!!!! I love this game and this cabinet is great!
If you want to MAMEfy a cabinet, please, take a generic one. A decent and complete dedicated Pit-Fighter cabinet is extremely rare these days. Take care of it.
Regards,
Roger.
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I dunno. Pit-Fighter may not be "generic" in the proper sense of the term, but it sure is generic looking. The sideart is nothing more than a poster. The CPO is probably the most unique thing about it. And it's just black.
On the other hand, I agree with you. I don't like seeing perfectly fine dedicated machines (crappy game or otherwise) irreversibly MAME'd with ugly CPs, bad art, etc. for no reason. There's always a fan or collector out there.
I think the OP is going to correct route with this - leaving as-is and putting a PC in there (fully reversible). I would maybe replace the CP - that is, build a new one and leave the original stored away somewhere (you can even order a Pit-Fighter overlay with your specific controls to keep the "theme" going). You never know when someone looking for a dedicated PF wants to make you a decent offer. (Two VAPS members are looking for one, according to KLOV - however accurate or inaccurate it may be).
By the way, good score! :cheers:
Raitsa:
Just a quick update on this project: i ended up selling the Pit-Fighter in the very same condition i originally bought it at.
And i went full on Mame with this one instead:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=90892.msg1029473#msg1029473