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Jack Burton:

--- Quote from: Peale on May 03, 2008, 08:22:42 am ---
--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on May 03, 2008, 05:52:48 am ---As far as this cabint is concerned, it's not a classic, it's been converted to JAMMA then probably had more than one different JAMMA board in it, then you say there is some case damage and timber swelling. As far as I can see this is a prime for Mame conversion cab.

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Definitely not a classic.  Classic era falls from 1978 thru 1987 or so.  This figure isn't set in stone, so to speak.

Also, this cabinet was already JAMMA setup, and already converted.  Mame away.

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Being a classic is relative.  Keep in mind that fighting games are among the last popular arcade games, and Soul Edge is a favorite among them.  It may not be a "classic" now, but in 10 years or so, with this kind of mindset it might be pretty tought to find a dedicated Soul Edge. 

I can see that this cab was originally a Tekken Tag.  Where's the imperative to restore it to that game?  Tekken Tag was a very very popular game in it's time among fighting gamers.   

I don't think the classic era ever really goes away.  The entire history of arcade fighting games was written after 1987 and is still going.  I don't think any dedicated cabinet that is unique and still working should be irreversibly converted to MAME.

dislikedword:
I think that as a prequel to soul caliber it has some historical value to it but I also think that unless your cutting irreversible holes in it go for it! I am doing the same to a street fighter 2 champion edition.

Malenko:
I didnt think you could call a cabinet/game that isnt a dedicated cab a "classic" anyway?

that board set sells for a nice piece of change, if you do plan on mame'ing the cab and not playing Soul Calibur/Edge in it, then sell the boards and fund the cab.

TOK:

--- Quote from: Malenko on May 03, 2008, 09:01:27 pm ---I didnt think you could call a cabinet/game that isnt a dedicated cab a "classic" anyway?

that board set sells for a nice piece of change, if you do plan on mame'ing the cab and not playing Soul Calibur/Edge in it, then sell the boards and fund the cab.

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I don't really think the board goes for much.

Jack Burton:

--- Quote from: Malenko on May 03, 2008, 09:01:27 pm ---I didnt think you could call a cabinet/game that isnt a dedicated cab a "classic" anyway?

that board set sells for a nice piece of change, if you do plan on mame'ing the cab and not playing Soul Calibur/Edge in it, then sell the boards and fund the cab.

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I think cabs that are manufactured and released with a certain set of games in them, like Namco or Sega usually does, then they are considered the dedicated versions of that game.  Putting them in anything else I would consider a conversion.

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