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| spystyle:
If you restore the cabinet and make a nice MAME machine out of it you've still saved a classic cabinet. Then everyone wins :) I recently restored a beat up and converted Gauntlet cabinet and MAME'd it - it's better than sending a broken TMNT cabinet to the dump (which is what it was before). Bondo, stripper, paint, markers, LCD, computer, and lots of work later and here is a nice machine with a thousand games on it : I don't see why an expensive PCB with a single game and an expensive arcade monitor are more virtuous than a versatile computer and a sharp LCD monitor... When were arcade machines ever virtuous anyway? They sucked all the quarters from our pockets! At least with a MAME machine my quarters are safe :) Cheers, Craig |
| Vicious Burger:
--- Quote from: spystyle on December 28, 2009, 08:33:04 pm ---If you restore the cabinet and make a nice MAME machine out of it you've still saved a classic cabinet. Then everyone wins :) I recently restored a beat up and converted Gauntlet cabinet and MAME'd it - it's better than sending a broken TMNT cabinet to the dump (which is what it was before). Bondo, stripper, paint, markers, LCD, computer, and lots of work later and here is a nice machine with a thousand games on it : I don't see why an expensive PCB with a single game and an expensive arcade monitor are more virtuous than a versatile computer and a sharp LCD monitor... When were arcade machines ever virtuous anyway? They sucked all the quarters from our pockets! At least with a MAME machine my quarters are safe :) Cheers, Craig --- End quote --- Yeah if its already beat up and converted to something else,its better than going to the dump,thats the way i see it. And if anyone wants to see real destruction of arcade machines,watch Human Wrecking Balls on G4 in a couple weeks. THEN you'll see destruction. I don't know if i can bring myself to watch it though, even the trailer had me cringing !! Sweet Gauntlet cab by the way ! |
| spystyle:
All sentimentality aside, speaking strictly from a technical standpoint, MAME and LCD is an upgrade to the old PCB and CRT tube - Controversial statement! Anyway, whatever you decide make sure to have fun with your new arcade cabinet. It's that fun which distracts us from the monotony of the daily grind :) |
| CheffoJeffo:
You definitely aren't doing anything wrong by MAMEing that cab, given the condition that it is in. I guess I am sad to see people randomly MAME cabinets just because they happen to come across cabinets to MAME. That particular cabinet has a purpose -- to play Defender. Defender is not a game that lends itself to a normal MAME CP. Putting in a CP designed to properly play Defender and avoiding the temptation to adapt the cabinet to play "1000s of games" would be a good thing. To spystyle, who has given the community much with his guides, I tip my hat, but suggest that perhaps he's missing the point of the suggestion that I was making. jrok's Williams board is NOT an old PCB (hell, both of mine were manufactured last year ... is the computer that you would put in there as new ?), is NOT expensive and supports VGA, so could be used with an LCD (although I wouldn't do that). It is also not emulation, except for the sound, so the gameplay is accurate (which has been an issue with MAME). Installing one is WAY less work than installing a MAME box. It's your cab and you will do what you want ... I'm just letting you know that there are easy and, to my mind, superior alternatives to what you may have had planned. :cheers: |
| spystyle:
Oh I can dig it Jeffo :) I was actually comparing the new guts in my Gauntlet to the original guts. I am not familiar with the PCB you suggested. Also it's nice to hear that PCB works with VGA - I'm on a LCD monitor kick lately - they are so sharp and lightweight :) I'm convinced the completely succeed the old tubes. So OK, I will check the Jrock kit out :) Coincidentally my brother is an original Defender fan from the 80's. Have fun, Craig |
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