Favorite conversion titles..

Final Fight. Probably the best 2 player beat em up out there.
Golden Axe, Final Fight with swords, although it plays a bit slower.
Bubble Bobble.
City Connection and Penguin Kun Wars. Been tracking these since 2001 and not once has a full kit or a machine with a full kit surfaced.
Magical Tetris with Micky Mouse. Simply superior to Atari Tetris in every way possible, even if it is in Japanese. While not as available as it used to be, this import board still barely cracks $100 and makes women excited in a way that the other Tetris versions never will.
Pole Position 2. Hey, choose from 4 different tracks, otherwise exactly the same as far as I can tell, I have no idea why the two boardsets have so many differences.
Do Run Run is awesome, however its status as a conversion game is disputed as 2-3 dedicated one's have surfaced since I was in the hobby, with the one I used to own probably being the best example.

Final Fight was my first thought too. I'm glad to see someone else enjoys Disney's Magical Tetris. I don't know how we came across that board 10 years ago at my first arcade but we fell in love with it. I intend to have one at some point when I can justify the space. It is indeed better than Atari Tetris, although I do love it too. I think Tetris The Grandmaster has the best soundtrack though.
 
I remember a while back seeing a Gunsmoke on KLOV that was put into a Pac cabinet that had some awesome sideart. I thought it looked great and fit the cab really well. If I remember correctly it was custom made and the stencil may have been available somewhere online. I've never played Gunsmoke, but thought the conversion cab looked awesome.
 
I remember a while back seeing a Gunsmoke on KLOV that was put into a Pac cabinet that had some awesome sideart.

Hells yeah.

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two tigertrons

I'd also like to have a Tron -> Two Tigers conversion with the full side-art and everything. That's one of the best conversions of all time IMO.

I don't know about best. I got one of those in order to deconvert it. The upshot was that the Two Tigers artwork almost perfectly preserved the Tron side art.

I've deconverted 1 and sent 3-4 to the arcade afterlife. Darn Two Tigers conversion throws away a lot of the parts needed to deconvert. Had 3 Ajax's that were Tron conversions and they would have been much easier to convert back because the entire control panel and shroud were still there.

My favorite games that were only conversions... Hmm..... everytime I think a game was only sold as a conversion kit, I learn that it also had a limited cab release somewhere. However, I don't think that Pretty Sailor Soldier Moon had a dedicated cabinet, and it would be my favorite because of how many hours I spent with my daughter playing that godawful game (because she always wanted to play it). Good times, bad game :)
 
I agree! That is some smokin' sideart. Looks like it came from the factory.
Best conversions in my mind are: Mario Bros in DK cabinet, Rygar, Rastan, Strider and a few others. Without conversions, I would of never known and loved these games.

Scott C.
 
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