do you catch yourself saying this while restoring games?

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do you catch yourself saying this while restoring games?

Tonight while pulling the POS Shinobi marquee off of my Tempest hellcade, I must have said to myself at least 6 or 7 times, "why in the hell would someone do this to this game". The funny part is, I know if they hadn't mutated it, I most likely wouldn't have had the opportunity to buy it like I did.

But I remember saying that about my TRON and Ms. Pac too while I was working on them.

Anyone else catch themselves mumbling similar statements?
 
While sitting on my near frozen concrete floor in my garage, late at night, with a flashlight in one hand, and multimeter in the other, I've wondered, why don't I just play X-Box? Why am I putting myself through this? I have this exact game I'm trying to fix on a "Arcade Greatest Hits" game for my X-Box, so why am I out here trying to fix this?
Because-In the end it's all worth it, thats why!
-Mark
 
Usually when I'm called upon to fix some game that somebody bought off the internet, and I see some hack job when there was an easier way to do it, I think:

"What the f**k where they thinking?"

or

"What dumba*s did this sh*t?"
 
or, you think "they seriously thought they could get XXX amount for selling this piece of shit?!?!" after opening the cab and seeing all the rat shit and hackjob wiring.
 
I just pulled the Marquee off the Pile-O-shit Pole Position I bought a week ago. I knew it was going to be nasty by the way the plastic overlay on the marquee has been pulled inward and ripped. Only one thing would do that.

After I pulled the last screw and it came away from the cab. I was pelted with mouse shit and dust. Thinking of the Hanta virus as I coughed, I asked myself why???

Then I realized I'm a glutton for punishment. Even when I do get this thing cleaned and repaired, it may work for a while, then quit.

I took another swig of beer and said F-it! At least when it does take a crap again I won't have to deal with mouse poo.

God this hobby is fun and I'm just beginning.
 
While sitting on my near frozen concrete floor in my garage, late at night, with a flashlight in one hand, and multimeter in the other, I've wondered, why don't I just play X-Box? Why am I putting myself through this? I have this exact game I'm trying to fix on a "Arcade Greatest Hits" game for my X-Box, so why am I out here trying to fix this?
Because-In the end it's all worth it, thats why!
-Mark

If you can swing it, buy that "race deck" they show on the Speed channel. It's the plastic tile stuff that connects together like Lego's. I put it in my garage and it makes those sitting on the floor moments 10x better.
 
I've often caught myself asking "Why the hell would a manufacturer design it this way???" I said that quite often while trying to repair a POS Cinematronics Baseball.
 
Keep in mind when a Operater has a game not making money anymore, they find it easier to install a new game in a old cabinet, over buying a new dedicated cabinet. So its money that destroyed your tempest, and many other classic games out there. Operators look to make money not collect games. And I have talked to several old Operators and they say conversions were most likely done onsite. So they would cut corners to get the game installed and working.
 
Keep in mind when a Operater has a game not making money anymore, they find it easier to install a new game in a old cabinet, over buying a new dedicated cabinet. So its money that destroyed your tempest, and many other classic games out there. Operators look to make money not collect games. And I have talked to several old Operators and they say conversions were most likely done onsite. So they would cut corners to get the game installed and working.

Oh I totally understand that one- I have to keep taking off my collector-colored glasses :D
 
I say the same exact thing while I am on location looking at a cab I want to buy lol. Oh the atrocity's I see weekly...........
 
The funny part is, I know if they hadn't mutated it, I most likely wouldn't have had the opportunity to buy it like I did.

So true. If some joker hadn't butchered this Journey cabinet into a Tetris, I would not have had the opportunity to buy it for $34 and then restore it into a Journey.

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When working on pinballs at work, and needing to remove some incredibly complicated mechanism or other just to change a light bulb, you'll often hear:

"Could they make this any more difficult to get to?"
 
When working on pinballs at work, and needing to remove some incredibly complicated mechanism or other just to change a light bulb, you'll often hear:

"Could they make this any more difficult to get to?"


Pfft...
piece of cake compared to trying to change the alternator in a 2000 V6 Ford Contour...


lol
 
Usually when I'm called upon to fix some game that somebody bought off the internet, and I see some hack job when there was an easier way to do it, I think:

"What the f**k where they thinking?"

or

"What dumba*s did this sh*t?"

+10000

I know why games were converted - to continue making money. What I don't understand is when they were doing it why did they not do it cleanly? Do it right the first time, save yourself time, money and aggravation.
 
Just picked this one up...
Started to undo a previous owners masterful work...
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Who ... what... WHY???

/t
 

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