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shardian:
Post some pictures of the Pit Fighter if you can. If the monitor is in good shape, that is an ideal cabinet. The dedicated cabinet is very generic. You could cut a new control top the same size as the orignal and you would have plenty of room for 2 sets of controls and a trackball.

oneknightr:

--- Quote from: Bluedeath on February 29, 2008, 11:26:56 am ---If yopu really want to do a mame conversion on the cabinet whitout runining it just buy a j-pack interface and set the output of your video card to 15KHz (either with a software or by buying an Arcade vga) and realize a reversibile conversion.

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That was all Greek to me, but thanks for the advice. Maybe I'll understand what you're saying after I read the book.  ;D

Bluedeath:

--- Quote from: oneknightr on February 29, 2008, 11:54:36 am ---
--- Quote from: Bluedeath on February 29, 2008, 11:26:56 am ---If yopu really want to do a mame conversion on the cabinet whitout runining it just buy a j-pack interface and set the output of your video card to 15KHz (either with a software or by buying an Arcade vga) and realize a reversibile conversion.

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That was all Greek to me, but thanks for the advice. Maybe I'll understand what you're saying after I read the book.  ;D

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It's "tecnical" jargon is more easy to understand once you are into it, just don't do anything that can't be undone to the cab. Honesttly i hated pit figher but tell to you to gut it (especially if is in good condition) would be a crime, an original unmodified cab is a rare specimen.

DrumAnBass:
Funny, those Costco arcade games is what got me interested in this hobby as well, back when they carried the $3000 Ultracade... Once I found this site I realized that I could build something better for way less $$$. I combed ebay and craigslist for a few months before finding a super pacman "project" cabinet listed in the Videogame category on ebay instead of the Collectibles / Arcade-Jukebox category, that happened to be a few miles from me. Won it for around $70. I did a reversible Mame on it; keeping all the parts to easily convert it back to it's original form. Have fun!

Sir Auros:
If it's a Pit Fighter, then I see no harm whatsoever in gutting and MAMEing it. Hell, I wouldn't pay that much and keep it dedicated...although maybe the post about preserving it to avoid repeating such gaming mistakes in the future has some merit. Of course, there will be people who'll butt into your project thread and harass you for mutilating a "classic," but just ignore them.

If I were just starting out and had access to a crappy game like Pit Fighter with a working monitor, coin door, and controls, I'd bite for that price for a MAME cabinet.

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