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Restoring a R-Type... worthy or no?
Gunstar Hero:
So I have a chance to pick up a solid, but certainly not perfect, R-Type machine locally.
I know it's less than a classic, but I love R-Type and I like the design/shape of the cabinet. An example...
It plays well, but the monitor is a little dim. The sideart is there, but could use replacing. The marquee looks good, but the light seems to be missing or just not on. The CPO is mostly there and is covered by plexiglass, but is missing a chunk or two. The cab is pretty solid, complete with back door. The owner also showed me how to swap the board for a nintendo VS. board and will include Excitebike with it.
He wants $200 for it. Is this... A) a decent deal, and B) does it sound like a good candidate for a refurbish/restoration?
Ken Layton:
My buddy Steve still has two R-Types out on his game route. They are still good money makers. You have a great bargain in that price! It's worth restoring. I just did a monitor capkit to one of Steve's R-Types on location two months ago. Fixed it right up (it was dim before the kit and nice, bright, and perfect after the kit).
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: Ken Layton on October 10, 2004, 09:36:10 pm --- I just did a monitor capkit to one of Steve's R-Types on location two months ago. Fixed it right up (it was dim before the kit and nice, bright, and perfect after the kit).
--- End quote ---
i LOVE this about arcade machines!! it sounds so much like 'yeah, just put a gasket kit through the carby and now she runs like a dream' ! ;D . i'm more and more getting a hankering to get a machine to restore. the R-type sounds like a fixer then if ken is saying their still pulling in the coins...
mahuti:
I pumped hundreds of dollars into r-type when I was a kid. I still love that game, and I'd put at least a fiver into it if I saw it again.
In my book it is a classic.
CthulhuLuke:
R-type in my book is a serious classic. Unfortunately I didn't play this one in the arcade as much as I played this one non-stop on my Sega Master System when I was very young. It's sad but I actually had the first 4 levels of that game memorized from obsessively playing it, and I didn't realize that till the other year I was playing and was like "Holy crap, I know where everything is!!"
-R-type is a serious classic in my book. Restore it and worship it.
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