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Restoring vs. Maming a cabinet - The complete rule book

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patrickl:
If you want a midway cabinet for your MAME project then simply buy a kit instead of damaging an original:
Midway Upright PC Cabinet - fully assembled arcade cabinet $375.00

FrizzleFried:

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--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on February 03, 2008, 04:12:13 pm ---Are there exceptions to the rule?   Surely... but not many.

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This uncertainty and grey area is exactly what this thread is here for.  Please list be more specific so that others know the rules better.


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Grey areas:  Previous dedicated cabinets that have already been JAMMAtized and/or converted to something completely different than what the original cabinet housed (note - these cab's are STILL prime for restoration,  but MAMEing most of them isn't considered a major sin).  Also,  certain dedicated cabinets are acceptable to MAME if the original hardware isn't operational...Pole Position is a title that comes to mind...they are a ---smurfette--- to get running and there are a shitload of them everywhere to the point that people are sending them to the bonfire.

I am sure there are other other exceptions for sure.  A dedicated Galaxian isn't one of them though.

leapinlew:
Some more gray area: what defines a classic? One mans Kangaroo is another mans holy grail.

pcb:

--- Quote from: patrickl on February 03, 2008, 04:35:43 pm ---If you want a midway cabinet for your MAME project then simply buy a kit instead of damaging an original:
Midway Upright PC Cabinet - fully assembled arcade cabinet $375.00

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Thanks for the plug!  We can do the same with Galaxian/Pac-man style cabs, or Joust style.  We are even considering doing the mini in a PC style with a drawer and computer bay.

 - Mike -

csa3d:
at $175, a project Galaxian seemed like a better deal then these kits.  I did look into those fyi..
-csa

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