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Title: Mad Planets Mini Cab by Oscar
Post by: rotheblog on March 11, 2009, 08:16:28 am: I don't know too many users by handles here, but I assume Oscar is still around...

There was an old thread about the mini Mad Planets cabinet he built, but his website is just a shell now, and the links are broken.

Does anyone know Oscar? I would be really interested to see those photos if someone has them, or knows who I can contact to see them...
Title: Re: Mad Planets Mini Cab by Oscar
Post by: saint on March 11, 2009, 08:26:23 am: http://mirrors.arcadecontrols.com/OscarControls/

http://mirrors.arcadecontrols.com/OscarControls/sinistar/cabs-marquees.jpg

Don't know that there are any more than that picture though. What's the thread with the original links?
Title: Re: Mad Planets Mini Cab by Oscar
Post by: rotheblog on March 11, 2009, 08:28:20 am: I thought I had bookmarked it, but I hadn't, so I found what I think was the original topic before I started this new thread.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=27299.0

But I was thinking it said definitely that he did a Mad Planets mini, not just a cabinet of that shape with a Q*Bert theme....

Does that help any?
Title: Re: Mad Planets Mini Cab by Oscar
Post by: Ginsu Victim on March 11, 2009, 08:28:28 am: The last time he popped in was back in July '08 and it was brief.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=82447.msg862086#msg862086
Title: Re: Mad Planets Mini Cab by Oscar
Post by: saint on March 11, 2009, 08:28:59 am: There is this:

http://mirrors.arcadecontrols.com/OscarControls/miniplanets/

but it wasn't very far along.
Title: Re: Mad Planets Mini Cab by Oscar
Post by: rotheblog on March 11, 2009, 08:31:13 am: I had seen that it had been awhile, I checked his profile for his activity. I thought the name sounded familiar, just couldn't think of the new web address off the top of my head.

Thanks for the link. That was it.....
Title: Re: Mad Planets Mini Cab by Oscar
Post by: saint on March 11, 2009, 08:33:09 am: In his post he references cab13.jpg, cab16.jpg, and cab17.jpg. They aren't on my online mirror. I have a DVD at home I will check to see if I have more pictures.
Title: Re: Mad Planets Mini Cab by Oscar
Post by: rotheblog on March 11, 2009, 08:34:25 am: Awesome. Thanks.

So....why do you have a mirror of this website? Was there some connection between BYOAC and his site back in the day?
Title: Re: Mad Planets Mini Cab by Oscar
Post by: saint on March 11, 2009, 09:39:38 am: I have a mirror of a bajillion websites related to this hobby, since they tend to come and go :) This one specifically when he got out of the business he gave me a complete archive. If I ever stop running BYOAC I will 1) turn it over to someone else if someone else is willing to run it, and 2) archive the entire thing on to multiple DVDs and distribute them to several people in case the person I turned it over to ends up not keeping it online.
Title: Re: Mad Planets Mini Cab by Oscar
Post by: BASS! on March 12, 2009, 05:22:30 am: Man I'd hate to see your garage:-D
Title: Re: Mad Planets Mini Cab by Oscar
Post by: Ummon on March 12, 2009, 09:55:01 pm: New management is always an un-easy prospect.
Title: Re: Mad Planets Mini Cab by Oscar
Post by: saint on March 13, 2009, 10:14:18 am: Quote from: Ummon on March 12, 2009, 09:55:01 pm
New management is always an un-easy prospect.

Well, unless I keel over dead anytime soon I have no plans of giving up BYOAC. I go through phases of interest. When I'm really interested in the hobby I put a lot of time in. When I'm not really motivated directly by arcade stuff, I still feel keenly an obligation to keep the site running. My wife knows that I want BYOAC to go on if I die as well. BYOAC is kind of like having a pet - I brought it into this world, it's my responsibility to care for it until it dies. Death of BYOAC will be defined by no one visiting anymore. So far that doesn't seem to be a danger...

--- saint