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Time Pilot Cab - To destroy or Rebuild?
jsw2068:
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on February 12, 2006, 03:44:15 pm ---Sure is a great title ... I have a board just waiting for an original cabinet ... jsw2068, you don't happen to be local to Toronto, are you ?
Cheers.
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I also liked the game. I remember playing it quite a bit.
I am in the chicago Area sorry...
I really want to keep the cabinet and restore it. I just want the best of both worlds.
Mark70:
Restore the art. leave the hardware dormant. Put a PC in it. Isn't that the logical option? That way it's one step better than it is now. Art restored, hardware waiting to be restored.
CheffoJeffo:
In that case, I would consider another option ... leave the cabinet wired as it is and use a JAMMA to Konami adapter to interface a JPac:
http://www.arcadeshop.com/parts.htm
http://www.arcadeshop.com/pics/jamma2konami-adapter.jpg
You may or may not need to add buttons (just create a replica CP with the additional buttons), but that ought to work better than my original suggestion (I took a beam to the forehead Friday night, so you'll have to pardon me).
Oh yeah, the more I think about this, the more I like this project ... keep us posted.
Cheers.
Fozzy The Bear:
As you already made clear that you have room for two cabinets.... Why not just restore this to absolutely original condition. Even if that means a new monitor. If later you want to sell it on it'll be worth WAY more money! look at it as a well invested pension fund.
Stick mame in your other cabinet, and you've got the best of both worlds.
I've got a Star Wars Sit Down Cab.... That I originally aquired in far worse condition than this one, with the intention of putting driving games into it. But the thought of completely ruining forever and original Atari cab just pulled me up. The Star Wars is now being fully restored and my driving games are just going into the regular mame cab with an alternate control panel instead.
RESTORE RESTORE RESTORE!! That's my vote.... Once they're gone, they're gone forever!
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: Mark70 on February 12, 2006, 03:53:48 pm ---Restore the art. leave the hardware dormant. Put a PC in it. Isn't that the logical option? That way it's one step better than it is now.
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Not necessarily ... anything that wrecks the CP, harness or monitor mounting would be a big step backwards. A tasteful MAMEing can be more work and more expensive than authentic restoration.
Cheers.
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