Hi all,
I'd like to get some expert opinions on this. I've been offered a few cabinets with functional but junky games in them for $50 each. The cabinets are good condition Galaga-style that were repainted, the control panels hacked up for the new games, and all artwork replaced with either something generic, nothing, or the new junky-looking artwork. In a couple of cases, the 19" monitor works in the game too. In others, the monitor has an issue and the game plays blind.
Is it worth the effort to snag these cabinets at that price and spend the time to strip everything, then either put an original game back into that cabinet (or potentially a multi-cade)? It'd be a lot of elbow-grease to get them back into near-original shape, but the cabinets are in good physical shape except for the cosmetics.
Also, I've got several existing games in my restoration queue that are destined for my finished rec room. So, these would have to be stored somewhere offsite until I get to them.
Thoughts? I hate to see good and solid cabinets go to waste, but it'll be a while before I get to them. Or I could get them and offer them up to someone here for what I paid for them.
Any and all input is appreciated...
Thanks,
Greg
I'd like to get some expert opinions on this. I've been offered a few cabinets with functional but junky games in them for $50 each. The cabinets are good condition Galaga-style that were repainted, the control panels hacked up for the new games, and all artwork replaced with either something generic, nothing, or the new junky-looking artwork. In a couple of cases, the 19" monitor works in the game too. In others, the monitor has an issue and the game plays blind.
Is it worth the effort to snag these cabinets at that price and spend the time to strip everything, then either put an original game back into that cabinet (or potentially a multi-cade)? It'd be a lot of elbow-grease to get them back into near-original shape, but the cabinets are in good physical shape except for the cosmetics.
Also, I've got several existing games in my restoration queue that are destined for my finished rec room. So, these would have to be stored somewhere offsite until I get to them.
Thoughts? I hate to see good and solid cabinets go to waste, but it'll be a while before I get to them. Or I could get them and offer them up to someone here for what I paid for them.
Any and all input is appreciated...
Thanks,
Greg


