Buying and Assembling Possibilities...

ZackScott

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I registered here about 5 years ago when I got a working Centipede with rat nests and urine-soaked wood. After spending weeks with painting and taking it apart and trying to clean stuff, I realized I hated the process. I love arcades and their electronics, but I don't like working with paint and wood.

However, I just looked over fizgig's gallery, and man...that's some amazing work. Of course, it'd be nice to somehow find a Centipede that someone in 1980 bought for their house and then never touched, but I really doubt that's a possibility. So, for a common game like Centipede (or even Galaga and Donkey Kong), how far could I go by buying each part new from various sources and just assembling it on my own? I'm talking no wood repair and minimal painting. How close to the original would it be?
 
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I guess ultimately what I'd be looking for as a final product would be a quasi-replica. Original board, mostly original electronics, but with a shiny new exterior. Does anyone else do restores to the degree that fizgig does?
 
Sounds like you'd want a new cabinet, which a few people here produce. Hopefully DPWitz or someone is within driving distance from you. Phoenixarcade sells awesome sideart. If you've never applied full cabinet art, it's intimidating and takes a lot of patience and planning. Actually.. if one of the repro cabinet guys was willing to sell you a cabinet, I'd bet they'd also install the art for a nominal fee.
 
Sounds like you'd want a new cabinet, which a few people here produce. Hopefully DPWitz or someone is within driving distance from you. Phoenixarcade sells awesome sideart. If you've never applied full cabinet art, it's intimidating and takes a lot of patience and planning. Actually.. if one of the repro cabinet guys was willing to sell you a cabinet, I'd bet they'd also install the art for a nominal fee.

I think you've pretty much hit the nail on the head. Ideally, I think a lot of us would love to get a time machine and just buy one back then. I've seen some websites where they sell complete restores for like $2500. At that price, I'd want to know every detail that went into the restoration process, but sites like that seem to lack a lot of info (including photos)
 
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