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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: rlemmon on July 02, 2006, 07:36:44 pm

Title: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: rlemmon on July 02, 2006, 07:36:44 pm
I have seen some bad but thisone is plain ---smurfing--- ugly. :o :o :o

(http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/3885/ugly0ji.th.jpg) (http://img361.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ugly0ji.jpg)

eBay Link (http://cgi.ebay.com/Teenage-Muntant-Ninja-Turtles-TMNT-100-L-K-No-Reserve_W0QQitemZ180003019203QQihZ008QQcategoryZ13716QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: miles2912 on July 02, 2006, 08:35:46 pm
Just buy it for the mame factor alone.  Forget the fact that it has a turtles game in it.. the cab just screams MAME me.

D-
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: arcadefever on July 02, 2006, 08:36:33 pm
 :dizzy:
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: TOK on July 02, 2006, 09:01:08 pm
Nowhere close to the worst conversion ever. About a month ago, I saw pcis from an auction of a "dedicated" Centipede with a joystick in it. Also saw pics of a Star Wars turned into some godawful generic fighter game, but all the Star Wars artwork left on it.

All thats jarring on this thing here is the art. Paint over the motorcycle and it's just a big black cab with a fat, ugly control panel.
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: Q*Bert_OP on July 02, 2006, 10:11:43 pm
eBay Link (http://cgi.ebay.com/Moon-Patrol-Video-Arcade-game-Machine-Williams-NR_W0QQitemZ180003855157QQihZ008QQcategoryZ13716QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: grantspain on July 03, 2006, 07:12:30 am
its a 'made it in my shed job',that control panel is pathetic
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: Havok on July 03, 2006, 12:08:53 pm
"And rejuvenated the monitors tube itself."

How does one do that?

 :dizzy:
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: RayB on July 03, 2006, 03:09:37 pm
You use a tube rejuvenator.
(no joke)
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: Havok on July 03, 2006, 09:36:37 pm
You use a tube rejuvenator.
(no joke)


OK, now you're messing with me!
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: Kevin Mullins on July 04, 2006, 02:14:30 am
Yup, a rejuvenator.
The english just sounds wrong if you read it too fast.....

"And rejuvenated the monitors tube itself."
or
"And rejuvenated the monitors tube itself."
or
"And rejuvenated the monitor tube itself."
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: RayB on July 04, 2006, 11:02:34 am
Not to be confused with a Governator. That's that politician in California that used to be a big muscle-bound actor.
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: leapinlew on July 05, 2006, 06:28:10 pm
Half way down is the Star Wars converted to a Turtles In Time game

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=35784.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=35784.0)
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: hutch1980 on July 05, 2006, 08:34:37 pm
How about this:

ebay auction (http://cgi.ebay.com/Mortal-Kombat-2-Arcade-Game-in-MN-works-Fun_W0QQitemZ230004463155QQihZ013QQcategoryZ13716QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

a defender cab converted into a mortal kombat 2

Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: Q*Bert_OP on July 05, 2006, 10:14:37 pm
That's actually a pretty good quality conversion...but couldn't they have used a dynamo?
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: Crowquill on July 06, 2006, 12:10:15 pm
Obviously the box on the front of the WGP cab is ugly, what I'm wondering is how tall that cabinet is (and how tall the CP is) since it was originally a sit-down cabinet.

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=10384

Star Wars converted to anything is a travesty and just plain stupid. You'd think that if anyone was trying to convert it to anything they'd do a racing game or something.

The Defender is pretty well done. Why should an op spend money on a Dynamo cab when they had an old Defender cab sitting in the corner that they can't make money with anymore? Williams cabs seem to have been the most favored as conversions go. They were plentiful, had horizontal monitors, and control panels that were easy to modify.

One of the best collections of conversion pics I've seen (make sure you 'click here'):
http://www.hardmvs.com/xml/conv/conv.htm
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: hutch1980 on July 08, 2006, 03:32:33 pm
The MK in the defender was a fairly decent conversion. I did find another one (another MK nonetheless) in what looks like a tron cab, but i could be wrong. Either way, i think it looks like crap.

MK Cabinet converted (http://cgi.ebay.com/WOW-LOOK-MORTAL-KOMBAT-ARCADE-GAME_W0QQitemZ280005550517QQihZ018QQcategoryZ13716QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: D_Zoot on July 08, 2006, 03:43:09 pm
Boy,  this thread rings a bell with me !   The last load of crappy conversions that came into our shop included:

Track 'n Field -> Wrestlefest

Pac Man -> Heavy Barrel

Pac Man -> Kageki

Pac Man -> Gals Panic

Defender -> Vigilante

Tron -> Dodge Ball     (Of the horror of that one)

Donkey Kong Jr. -> Wrestle War


*Sigh*...   I think I'm gonna barf now....


D
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: Kevin Mullins on July 08, 2006, 06:55:06 pm
Speechless.....

http://www.alsarcade.com/Andy/arc/grose/ (http://www.alsarcade.com/Andy/arc/grose/)
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: arcadefever on July 08, 2006, 07:06:38 pm
 :dizzy: what is that !!!!!!!!!!!!

eBay Link (http://cgi.ebay.com/GOLDEN-AXE-SEGA-STANDUP-ARCADE-GAME-W-MANUAL-POWERPACK_W0QQitemZ150007978898QQihZ005QQcategoryZ13716QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

never saw a cab like that ... :o
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: Kevin Mullins on July 09, 2006, 02:06:52 am
:dizzy: what is that !!!!!!!!!!!!

Original version of the Bally\Sente cab.

Hat Trick
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8083 (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8083)
Gimme A Break
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7946 (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7946)
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: RayB on July 09, 2006, 11:29:44 am
also Snake Pit:
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9596

I've personally NEVER come across those cabs at auctions!
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: ArcadeMaze on July 09, 2006, 07:35:34 pm
Never being an absolute purist, I never understood this one....

Not the Indy, the one to the right.

I don't think my wrists could take the abuse...
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: Havok on July 09, 2006, 10:43:29 pm
Never being an absolute purist, I never understood this one....

Not the Indy, the one to the right.

I don't think my wrists could take the abuse...

Man, that brings a tear to my eye...

 :'(
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: hnugz on July 10, 2006, 04:46:58 pm
how funny...those are the guys i bought my knights of the round cab from.
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: Q*Bert_OP on July 12, 2006, 08:07:18 pm
(http://www.alsarcade.com/Andy/arc/grose/pics/conv11.jpg)
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: CheffoJeffo on July 16, 2006, 08:59:25 am
Brutalized SW cockpit ...

(http://www.happycampers.to/images/swcock1.jpg)

(http://www.happycampers.to/images/swcock2.jpg)

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/for/182259928.html

Cheers.
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: rohan on July 30, 2006, 03:38:55 am
 ???
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: TOK on July 30, 2006, 06:28:23 am
That Gauntlet/Primal Rage is heinous.
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: arcadefever on July 30, 2006, 02:00:38 pm
 :dizzy:
Title: Re: worst conversion ever ?
Post by: Kevin Mullins on July 30, 2006, 07:07:18 pm
One for the purists....  :'(