Author Topic: worst conversion ever ? (Read 4587 times)

rlemmon · « **on:** July 02, 2006, 07:36:44 pm »

I have seen some bad but thisone is plain ---smurfing--- ugly.

miles2912 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 02, 2006, 08:35:46 pm »

Just buy it for the mame factor alone. Forget the fact that it has a turtles game in it.. the cab just screams MAME me.

D-

arcadefever · « **Reply #2 on:** July 02, 2006, 08:36:33 pm »

TOK · « **Reply #3 on:** July 02, 2006, 09:01:08 pm »

Nowhere close to the worst conversion ever. About a month ago, I saw pcis from an auction of a "dedicated" Centipede with a joystick in it. Also saw pics of a Star Wars turned into some godawful generic fighter game, but all the Star Wars artwork left on it.

All thats jarring on this thing here is the art. Paint over the motorcycle and it's just a big black cab with a fat, ugly control panel.

Q*Bert_OP · « **Reply #4 on:** July 02, 2006, 10:11:43 pm »

eBay Link

grantspain · « **Reply #5 on:** July 03, 2006, 07:12:30 am »

its a 'made it in my shed job',that control panel is pathetic

Havok · « **Reply #6 on:** July 03, 2006, 12:08:53 pm »

"And rejuvenated the monitors tube itself."

How does one do that?

RayB · « **Reply #7 on:** July 03, 2006, 03:09:37 pm »

You use a tube rejuvenator.
(no joke)

Havok · « **Reply #8 on:** July 03, 2006, 09:36:37 pm »

Quote from: RayB on July 03, 2006, 03:09:37 pm

You use a tube rejuvenator.
(no joke)

OK, now you're messing with me!

Kevin Mullins · « **Reply #9 on:** July 04, 2006, 02:14:30 am »

Yup, a rejuvenator.
The english just sounds wrong if you read it too fast.....

"And rejuvenated the ~~monitors~~ tube itself."
or
"And rejuvenated the ~~monitors~~ tube ~~itself~~."
or
"And rejuvenated the monitor tube ~~itself~~."

RayB · « **Reply #10 on:** July 04, 2006, 11:02:34 am »

Not to be confused with a Governator. That's that politician in California that used to be a big muscle-bound actor.

leapinlew · « **Reply #11 on:** July 05, 2006, 06:28:10 pm »

Half way down is the Star Wars converted to a Turtles In Time game

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=35784.0

hutch1980 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 05, 2006, 08:34:37 pm »

How about this:

ebay auction

a defender cab converted into a mortal kombat 2

Q*Bert_OP · « **Reply #13 on:** July 05, 2006, 10:14:37 pm »

That's actually a pretty good quality conversion...but couldn't they have used a dynamo?

Crowquill · « **Reply #14 on:** July 06, 2006, 12:10:15 pm »

Obviously the box on the front of the WGP cab is ugly, what I'm wondering is how tall that cabinet is (and how tall the CP is) since it was originally a sit-down cabinet.

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=10384

Star Wars converted to anything is a travesty and just plain stupid. You'd think that if anyone was trying to convert it to anything they'd do a racing game or something.

The Defender is pretty well done. Why should an op spend money on a Dynamo cab when they had an old Defender cab sitting in the corner that they can't make money with anymore? Williams cabs seem to have been the most favored as conversions go. They were plentiful, had horizontal monitors, and control panels that were easy to modify.

One of the best collections of conversion pics I've seen (make sure you 'click here'):
http://www.hardmvs.com/xml/conv/conv.htm

hutch1980 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 08, 2006, 03:32:33 pm »

The MK in the defender was a fairly decent conversion. I did find another one (another MK nonetheless) in what looks like a tron cab, but i could be wrong. Either way, i think it looks like crap.

MK Cabinet converted

D_Zoot · « **Reply #16 on:** July 08, 2006, 03:43:09 pm »

Boy, this thread rings a bell with me ! The last load of crappy conversions that came into our shop included:

Track 'n Field -> Wrestlefest

Pac Man -> Heavy Barrel

Pac Man -> Kageki

Pac Man -> Gals Panic

Defender -> Vigilante

Tron -> Dodge Ball (Of the horror of that one)

Donkey Kong Jr. -> Wrestle War

*Sigh*... I think I'm gonna barf now....

D

Kevin Mullins · « **Reply #17 on:** July 08, 2006, 06:55:06 pm »

Speechless.....

http://www.alsarcade.com/Andy/arc/grose/

arcadefever · « **Reply #18 on:** July 08, 2006, 07:06:38 pm »

what is that !!!!!!!!!!!!

eBay Link

never saw a cab like that ...

Kevin Mullins · « **Reply #19 on:** July 09, 2006, 02:06:52 am »

Quote from: arcadefever on July 08, 2006, 07:06:38 pm

what is that !!!!!!!!!!!!

Original version of the Bally\Sente cab.

Hat Trick
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8083
Gimme A Break
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7946

RayB · « **Reply #20 on:** July 09, 2006, 11:29:44 am »

also Snake Pit:
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9596

I've personally NEVER come across those cabs at auctions!

ArcadeMaze · « **Reply #21 on:** July 09, 2006, 07:35:34 pm »

Never being an absolute purist, I never understood this one....

Not the Indy, the one to the right.

I don't think my wrists could take the abuse...

Havok · « **Reply #22 on:** July 09, 2006, 10:43:29 pm »

Quote from: ArcadeMaze on July 09, 2006, 07:35:34 pm

Never being an absolute purist, I never understood this one....

Not the Indy, the one to the right.

I don't think my wrists could take the abuse...

Man, that brings a tear to my eye...

hnugz · « **Reply #23 on:** July 10, 2006, 04:46:58 pm »

how funny...those are the guys i bought my knights of the round cab from.

Q*Bert_OP · « **Reply #24 on:** July 12, 2006, 08:07:18 pm »

CheffoJeffo · « **Reply #25 on:** July 16, 2006, 08:59:25 am »

Brutalized SW cockpit ...

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/for/182259928.html

Cheers.

rohan · « **Reply #26 on:** July 30, 2006, 03:38:55 am »

TOK · « **Reply #27 on:** July 30, 2006, 06:28:23 am »

That Gauntlet/Primal Rage is heinous.

arcadefever · « **Reply #28 on:** July 30, 2006, 02:00:38 pm »

Kevin Mullins · « **Reply #29 on:** July 30, 2006, 07:07:18 pm »

One for the purists....


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