I use original boards in all my games, except when we have someone over and then I put the BitKit2 in my Eyes cabinet so guests can play Ms Pac-man & Galaga 
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Murphy ALWAYS gets a vote.I have fpga for several of my games that I keep as backups so Murphy's law doesn't kill my original boards at inopportune times.


This is why I haven't played my Donkey Kong cabinet more than once in the last 3 years. It has the DoubleDK, and the sounds are HORRIBLE for me! I play my OG DK cocktail instead.
This is the way. Have the machine set up so that it isn't hacked up and can accept the original boards or a modern solution with a simple swap.Here was one I did for a customer where I utilized all the original wiring and internals, but grabbed an AC/Jamma adapter and threw in a 60 in 1 board. In this case, she wanted a Pacman machine, but she also wanted to play other games. If anybody ever buys this off of her in the future, all they have to do is install a Pacman board and it's back to original. (PS: I have the original Pac board that was supposed to go in this machine.)
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And how many times we can have a thread about the same subjectI'm going to have to start keeping track of how often classic cars are compared to arcade games.
And how many times we can have a thread about the same subject
Ditto. This entire thread is a duplicate of several others. I'm glad you got your personal version of it.A beautiful and well-crafted post. Thanks for bringing so much insight and value to the conversation.
Next you'll be complaining about the endless plethora of arcade-focused posts in this arcade-focused forum.Ditto. This entire thread is a duplicate of several others. I'm glad you got your personal version of it.
Next you'll be complaining about the endless plethora of arcade-focused posts in this arcade-focused forum.
nothing lasts forever but silicone doesn't exactly have an expiration date. Stress migration or degradation of packaging, temp and humidity are factors but these are more likely to occur under normal use. i would imagine a working pcb kept in a dry static bag maybe even sealed with an inert gas would last much longer than one exposed to the elements.Is not using the original boards really protecting them? Isn't not using them for an extended period of time worse than using them?
Is not using the original boards really protecting them? Isn't not using them for an extended period of time worse than using them?