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Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: oneknightr on February 29, 2008, 12:48:11 am ---I found a Pit Fighter arcade game that is in great shape with nothing wrong for $175.
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Gutting fully working original dedicated cabinets is not looked on kindly in here! This forum is about building your own..... However if you find a cabinet that has already been gutted by an operator, or is so badly damaged as to make it impossible for anybody to repair, then that is an option.

From the front page cabinets section here: "Please do be mindful that we don't destroy what we're trying to re-create.  Many classic arcade machines are rare and worth a heck of a lot more intact than altered.  Ideal candidates for this type of project are machines that have already been abused by previous owners - artwork destroyed, poorly converted, etc..."

First of all buy Saint's book as you were planning to, and read it cover to cover, and note his further comments on the above in Apendix B.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

oneknightr:
Thank you all for the great input! It never crossed my mind to leave well enough alone if the machine is working properly and in good condition. I'm glad I posted my question here first.

Next step: Buy Saint's book!  ;)

Bluedeath:
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.

csa3d:

--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on February 29, 2008, 06:49:33 am ---
--- Quote from: oneknightr on February 29, 2008, 12:48:11 am ---I found a Pit Fighter arcade game that is in great shape with nothing wrong for $175.
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Gutting fully working original dedicated cabinets is not looked on kindly in here! This forum is about building your own..... However if you find a cabinet that has already been gutted by an operator, or is so badly damaged as to make it impossible for anybody to repair, then that is an option.

From the front page cabinets section here: "Please do be mindful that we don't destroy what we're trying to re-create.  Many classic arcade machines are rare and worth a heck of a lot more intact than altered.  Ideal candidates for this type of project are machines that have already been abused by previous owners - artwork destroyed, poorly converted, etc..."

First of all buy Saint's book as you were planning to, and read it cover to cover, and note his further comments on the above in Apendix B.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

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Something tells me you never slept well keeping lightning bugs in a jar either.. ;)  Just messin' with ya.
-csa

Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: csa3d on February 29, 2008, 11:28:45 am ---Something tells me you never slept well keeping lightning bugs in a jar either.. ;)  Just messin' with ya.
-csa

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Good job we don't have any Lightning Bugs in the UK isn't it.  :censored:

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

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