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AmericanDemon:

--- Quote from: GGKoul on February 25, 2005, 09:48:10 am ---Figure, there is enough room in the tank to put a computer in there.  SO it could be done

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Talk about Water cooled systems.....

paigeoliver:

--- Quote from: tommy on February 25, 2005, 05:38:13 pm ---you guys are funny taking that bowl mame for a ride    ;D   thanks for explaining that wdog  but come on you wouldnt think you need to explain you wouldnt want to mame a dedicated cockpit ride

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Most older large cockpits are stripped for parts and dumpstered these days the minute ANYTHING goes wrong with them. Due to their size, weight, and the game you get for the money there is almost no demand for them. GO to any auction and wait around for the cockpit games, the pre-90 ones go for almost nothing, especially the broken ones.

tommy:
Id take a afterburner cockpit for almost nothing ,ill fix her up good

tommy:
kremmit  post a pic pf your afterburner

Kremmit:

--- Quote --- Id take a afterburner cockpit for almost nothing ,ill fix her up good 
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Come to California, my friend.  I need my game room back.

Seriously, I'm not into MAIMing classic dedicated cabs if it can be saved- Right now I'm restoring my other Afterburner, an Exidy Victory, and a Sega Super Hang-On - but this game could be restored only by stripping another one.  (You know, if I wasn't spending so much energy on restorations, I'd probably have gotten around to building my MAME cab by now...)  It's obviously already been used as a parts donor.  The electronics seem to be mostly all there, but lots of other parts are gone or cracked up pretty bad.  I never see those parts on ebay or anywhere else.   It could be gotten back to "playable" status (without motion) pretty easy, but "complete & fully working" would be a nightmare.  If I thought it was save-able, I'd do it, as I am with my other one- but really, it's MAME bait at this point.

That said, it really would make a nice MAME cab for somebody who's not afraid of the size/weight issue.  While it'd be hard to get the PROPER parts to restore it, it wouldn't be hard at all to MAKE perfectly good looking REPLACEMENTS for the missing stuff.  For that matter, it could be JAMMAtized just as easy.  And how cool would it be for PC gaming- or even web surfing, movies, etc.?  I'd do it, but my game room just can't spare the real estate for TWO of the things!  ;D

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