I take pride in the games I restore. So when product I use to restore said games self-destructs it discourages me from even bothering. Case in point... I have a CPO for a game that I installed only 6 months ago (2/21)... that is starting to crack. We're not talking about a cheap-shit Inkjet repro picked up on ebay (BTW... ironically EVERY GameonGraphix Ink Jet CPO I own has ZERO cracking and some are over 6 years old)... but rather proper silk-screened reproduction artwork created and sold by reputable sources (and yes, I have more than one issue with more than one restoration sold by more than one vendor)... it just makes me not want to bother restoring these games.
This shit is expensive stuff and it should last longer than 6 fucking months. Period. I have a Star Wars marquee overlay that started cracking in less than 6 months... here we are 2 years in and it looks like complete dog shit. I have another CPO for another machine that is about 2 years old and cracking at the bottom curve (thankfully) and it too will look like dog shit eventually. My latest discovery was installed 6 fucking months ago ... properly ... without issue... until today... when I noticed it is cracking at the top "front" curve. SHIT! This should NOT be happening to a product that is only 6 months old. 6 years... maybe... 6 months. NO!
The garagecade only gets to the mid-80's during the summer and lower 60's during the winter ... which isn't extreme... but I digress as this particular CPO only has experienced SPRING and SUMMER... it's not even made it to WINTER yet.
No... I am not going to expose what game it is... or who produced the artwork... I am just venting... but it makes it hard for me to WANT to spend my fucking time and money restoring a piece "properly" with "proper" silk-screened artwork when it self-destructs in less than a 1/2 of a year.
Damnit... I'm discouraged over this shit...
This shit is expensive stuff and it should last longer than 6 fucking months. Period. I have a Star Wars marquee overlay that started cracking in less than 6 months... here we are 2 years in and it looks like complete dog shit. I have another CPO for another machine that is about 2 years old and cracking at the bottom curve (thankfully) and it too will look like dog shit eventually. My latest discovery was installed 6 fucking months ago ... properly ... without issue... until today... when I noticed it is cracking at the top "front" curve. SHIT! This should NOT be happening to a product that is only 6 months old. 6 years... maybe... 6 months. NO!
The garagecade only gets to the mid-80's during the summer and lower 60's during the winter ... which isn't extreme... but I digress as this particular CPO only has experienced SPRING and SUMMER... it's not even made it to WINTER yet.
No... I am not going to expose what game it is... or who produced the artwork... I am just venting... but it makes it hard for me to WANT to spend my fucking time and money restoring a piece "properly" with "proper" silk-screened artwork when it self-destructs in less than a 1/2 of a year.
Damnit... I'm discouraged over this shit...




