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UPDATE - TURNING BAD! found orig. side art under paint - now what?
pointdablame:
Just a note since you said you are new to this... don't go poking around near the monitor. If you say the monitor is glowing, there is a charge in the monitor at least. That suction cup that is attached to the tube (glass part) in the back has enough electricity to potentially kill you. Steer clear unless you know what you're doing.
megashock5:
^ thanks for the warning. I'd actually read that on here a few months ago and, as a result, didn't take the monitor out for the longest time.
I finally got it out though. I laid the cab on it's side and slid some styrofoam under the monitor. Then I undid all the screws/bolts (avoiding touching anything on the back of the monitor) so that the weight just transferred onto the styrofoam. Then I drug the whole thing out by the metal frame.
I'm glad I read that here though. Otherwise I would very likely have injured myself.
SirPoonga:
If you try and get the original art back you might have some trouble with this cabinet. The artwork is painted on. If you end up "going to far" with whatever method you can always get official repo art from www.twobits.com :)
RayB:
I don't think this guy will plunk down $285 for repro side-art.
My two cents (taing into consideration what a NOOB he is): Clean off all that black paint as best as you can. If the original artwork looks nice. Then leave it as is.
Next, does the control panel already have extra holes in it? It must at least have a couple holes in it for fire buttons. MAME it and run what games you can with those limited controls. And keep the original "guts" for if you sell the cab.
Now the thing is, someone mentioned you're INTENDING to sell this? In which case I'd say, don't bother wasting your time hacking up this cab, especially if you are a NOOB, if all you're going to do is sell it. Find someone who WANTS to restore it to a Pacman and then get yourself another stripped cab (which as we all know, can be easily found for free or $50 tops).
fredster:
He could try to make stencils. There's a couple of examples of stencils that helped restore a cab.
It would take some time, but the end result would be great.
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