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steveh:
i hunted high and low for arcade machines, to mame.  I ended up finding 2 one capcom bowling that i paid 50$ for (which i think only has a cap problem)  and a gutted nba jam, i found during junk week.   

although im taking my sweet time on the project, im starting to think it would have been better starting from scratch and building something from MDF the way i wanted it rather then try to clean up this old machine. 

Just my 2 cents for what its worth.

paigeoliver:
Scratchbuild costs go through the roof because of all the metal and glass bits you have to buy that would have been free with the existing cabinet.


--- Quote from: steveh on November 02, 2012, 01:46:22 pm ---i hunted high and low for arcade machines, to mame.  I ended up finding 2 one capcom bowling that i paid 50$ for (which i think only has a cap problem)  and a gutted nba jam, i found during junk week.   

although im taking my sweet time on the project, im starting to think it would have been better starting from scratch and building something from MDF the way i wanted it rather then try to clean up this old machine. 

Just my 2 cents for what its worth.

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steveh:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on November 02, 2012, 03:49:53 pm ---Scratchbuild costs go through the roof because of all the metal and glass bits you have to buy that would have been free with the existing cabinet.
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the gutted NBA jam i got has none of those metal and glass bits.  So im no better off, but i can see your point.

jennifer:
    Searching laundry mats in search of a cab?.... Jennifer is quite impressed, This to me shows innovation, Buying a machine off route is
not necessarily a sure way to get the shaft. These games are tired, the ops know it, And rather than have to bust them up and dispose
of the monitors Would rather make a few bucks and give it a good home. I buy game off route all the time. Some are quite nasty,
steering wheels ripped out, cash boxes busted out, I got one in back that was peed in. Some are nice but tired. And some have been
under a tarp for 30yrs... Make a deal you feel comfortable with.

paigeoliver:
Are you misunderstanding what we are talking about here?

You seem to be talking about buying old used games in general and the original poster is talking about trying to buy the machines that are actively set up to accept quarters in his local laundrymat and you are referring to broken, peed in machines with the steering wheels ripped out and cash box kicked in. In no way are those the same thing.

Today the monitors are usually the single most valuable part of the machine since they stopped making them.

Trying to buy games by finding places operating them and trying to buy them is about like trying to buy a car by driving down the street until you see one you want and knocking on the door and trying to buy it.


--- Quote from: jennifer on November 20, 2012, 10:39:40 pm ---    Searching laundry mats in search of a cab?.... Jennifer is quite impressed, This to me shows innovation, Buying a machine off route is
not necessarily a sure way to get the shaft. These games are tired, the ops know it, And rather than have to bust them up and dispose
of the monitors Would rather make a few bucks and give it a good home. I buy game off route all the time. Some are quite nasty,
steering wheels ripped out, cash boxes busted out, I got one in back that was peed in. Some are nice but tired. And some have been
under a tarp for 30yrs... Make a deal you feel comfortable with.

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