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Title: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: Ummon on May 31, 2009, 08:48:02 pm
Um, yeah. Not quite. It had a 48 or 60-in-1. Had a nice monitor in it, though. And, lastly, the rest of their unsurprising games - although he said the owner of the joint owned the machines, and that the multi got decent play. Hmm.  (My phone takes pretty damn good pics.)
Title: Re: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: IG-88 on May 31, 2009, 09:41:39 pm
That looks so wrong with that joystick in there.... :P
Title: Re: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: Malenko on June 01, 2009, 12:29:59 am
whats the deal with everyone raping and converting MKIIs? I mean at least that one can be reverted, but Tekken?
Title: Re: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 01, 2009, 09:26:11 am
The horror!
Title: Re: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: Namco on June 01, 2009, 11:15:04 am
whats the deal with everyone raping and converting MKIIs? I mean at least that one can be reverted, but Tekken?
Hey, what's wrong with Tekken?  :'(   What's funny is it's Tekken 2 with a Tekken 3 marquee and MK2 artwork.  ;D
Title: Re: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: Trebeck on June 01, 2009, 02:10:53 pm
Whoo that thing is ugly.
But fun.....
Title: Re: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: 1UP on June 01, 2009, 03:54:22 pm
That's got to be hard to play at such a steep angle.  Not a good conversion.
Title: Re: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: channelmaniac on June 01, 2009, 05:41:49 pm
Not to mention the raping that guy will get if he gets busted for having that 48-in-1 board on location earning money.

Namco is keen on protecting their IP rights.
Title: Re: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: Namco on June 01, 2009, 05:56:50 pm
The MS Word born paper marquee is a nice touch. Is Blinky in the wingdings font somewhere or is that clipart?  :P

Not to mention the raping that guy will get if he gets busted for having that 48-in-1 board on location earning money.

Namco is keen on protecting their IP rights.

I'm dreading the day when they come to take my Twitter account and BYOAC account away.  ;D
Title: Re: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: Ginsu Victim on June 02, 2009, 10:07:15 am
It's an awful conversion, but what are you supposed to do with a Pole Position anyway?

A) Throw it out
B) Hey, it's a working machine! Awesome! Wait....now it's dead.
C) I want to restore it......how much of pain is this gonna be?
D) MAME / 48-in-1!
Title: Re: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: Spyridon on June 02, 2009, 11:05:18 am
It's an awful conversion, but what are you supposed to do with a Pole Position anyway?

A) Throw it out
B) Hey, it's a working machine! Awesome! Wait....now it's dead.
C) I want to restore it......how much of pain is this gonna be?
D) MAME / 48-in-1!

The correct answer is C) - restore it.

Title: Re: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: Ginsu Victim on June 02, 2009, 11:44:47 am
Everyone I know that has done a restoration on these has shaved a few years off their lives from the frustration. They can be a real pain in the ass.
Title: Re: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 02, 2009, 11:47:04 am
Everyone I know that has done a restoration on these has shaved a few years off their lives from the frustration. They can be a real pain in the ass.

Yeah...  but I want one.  It's my wife's holy grail...  everytime I see one hacked up here (or getting hacked up here) I have to cringe.
Title: Re: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: MrMojoZ on June 02, 2009, 12:20:13 pm
Sad day when a generic Capcom setup is your best looking cabinet.  :-\
Title: Re: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: Malenko on June 02, 2009, 07:53:48 pm
Sad day when a generic Capcom setup is your best looking cabinet.  :-\

is it sadder that its  either a converted MK1 or a Midway Universal Cab?
Title: Re: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: Ummon on June 02, 2009, 08:33:21 pm
Not to mention the raping that guy will get if he gets busted for having that 48-in-1 board on location earning money.

Namco is keen on protecting their IP rights.

You know, I hadn't thought of that.


That's got to be hard to play at such a steep angle.  Not a good conversion.

That's what I was thinking this morning, too. I didn't play the machine; probly should've as it was a quiet night. Maybe if I run by there, again. However, that angle may not be as bad as some old cocktails and those weird Euro bartops or whatever that have the stick horizontal.
Title: Re: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: Drews Arcade on June 03, 2009, 05:13:17 pm
Are you sure you didn't get mixed up and ended up at a super auctions selling pizza?
Title: Re: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: RayB on June 04, 2009, 11:57:27 pm
The MS Word born paper marquee is a nice touch. Is Blinky in the wingdings font somewhere or is that clipart?  :P
It's worse than that. The 48-in-1 comes with a little 6x8 paper manual. That guy's "marquee" is a photocopy of the manual's cover.
Title: Re: <drives by pizza place> Hey, a Pole Position!
Post by: Ummon on June 07, 2009, 12:19:02 am
The MS Word born paper marquee is a nice touch. Is Blinky in the wingdings font somewhere or is that clipart?  :P
It's worse than that. The 48-in-1 comes with a little 6x8 paper manual. That guy's "marquee" is a photocopy of the manual's cover.


I noticed that. Pretty tacky, but what can ya do?