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Restoring vs. Maming a cabinet - The complete rule book
brandon:
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--- Quote from: brandon on February 04, 2008, 06:48:17 pm ---The Atari version of ET comes to mind... :D
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The Atari version of ET was not commercial equipment costing thousands of dollars per unit. :)
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true.. but to say that only popular items are ever produced in quantity is not necessary true.. with arcade games or anything else
brandon:
--- Quote from: TelcoLou on February 05, 2008, 10:47:50 am ---
--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on February 05, 2008, 10:37:34 am ---
--- Quote from: TelcoLou on February 05, 2008, 10:27:28 am ---Hmm. I'm confused. This site's acronym (and a quick check on the wiki) suggests to me, that it's about "Building you own" stuff, not "Restoring Beat-up cabinets back to their original luster" :dizzy:
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Pardon me for pointing out the obvious here, but the classic arcade machines have already been built, by someone else, many years ago.
If you are going to take the initialism of this site to heart, then if you want a cabinet, you should be Building Your Own.
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Understood ;D It just pains me a bit, being so new to this "scene", to see angry posts arguing about morality and all ... (games ... they're just games)
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Not to mention the fact that its "Build Your Own Controls" not "Build Your Own Cabinet" :D but like I said before.. I've never Mamed anything and I AM building my own cabinet but I can't get upset about what somebody else does to their own property. Think of it this way... If he'd restored it back to Galaxian 100% how would this effect me? Is my quality of life suddenly improved? Does an angel get their wings? Does the hole in the ozone layer shrink? see, I'm not effected by the outcome of his Galaxian project.. therefore I'm not going to get emotional about it.
Oh, and to suggest that MAME kills classic cabinets... well, that's about the most rediculous thing I've ever heard. Mame is a piece of software ya know... Unless we live in the Matrix I'm not sure how its responsible for destroying cabinets... Mame doesnt kill cabinets, People kill cabinets :D
--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on February 05, 2008, 10:19:28 am ---
This is what I've been trying to get through to them. That the collecting community literally hates the BYOAC and Mame,
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I'm a proud member of BYOAC and think that Mame is the greatest thing since sliced bread... So quite frankly the "collecting community" can kiss my white ass
FrizzleFried:
--- Quote from: TelcoLou on February 05, 2008, 10:27:28 am ---Hmm. I'm confused. This site's acronym (and a quick check on the wiki) suggests to me, that it's about "Building you own" stuff, not "Restoring Beat-up cabinets back to their original luster" :dizzy:
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Well...why not BUILD YOUR OWN STUFF instead of killing a classic dedicated cabinet? Give me a break.
::)
TelcoLou:
Taken to the extreme, yes, but I wonder ... would we be able to hear the collective shriek world-wide if this were MAME'd?
RayB:
heh. Wow, we've seen mame and arcade cabinets compared to:
- classic cars
- faberge eggs
- the plight of the baby seal
- the environment
- abortion
- the right to bear arms
wow!
Let me add to the list: Think of the starving children in Africa!!
thank you.
PS: I blame SAINT for all this! It's his fault for writing that stupid book! ;D
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