Is it wrong to multicade a space invaders?

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Would it be wrong to multicade a space invaders? Just throw in a 9 in 1 jamma deal,4 way joystick, and a color monitor for a quick resale in my area, would that be so wrong? I just dont really feel like fixing the space invaders that much
 
If what you have is a gutted cab then I guess it's not too bad. If you basically have a complete but nonworking game then I'm not a fan of gutting and multi ing it. Even if you don't like the game it still amounts to killing another classic. Your game though, your call.
 
Would it be wrong to multicade a space invaders? Just throw in a 9 in 1 jamma deal,4 way joystick, and a color monitor for a quick resale in my area, would that be so wrong? I just dont really feel like fixing the space invaders that much

Short answer: yes.

Longer answer: yessssssss. Sell it cheap to someone who will restore it.
 
Although i think the game sucks ass, anything is wrong to gut it if it's considered a classic. If it's an empty cab then more power to you and put whatever in it!
 
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Yes but just tired of looking at it not working, unless I can get a cheap working board set from some one, I just think the wife would have more fun with it having frogger and galaga and such and lets face it multi games sale better to non collectors
 
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Yes. I have mine because I saved it from my work where it would have been Multi'd. I'm currently trying to save another. This one doesn't belong to us, so I need to find another cab to multi that the owner of the SI will accept as a replacement...
 
Do you really have to ask this? If so turn in your KLOV card NOW!!!

Would it be wrong to multicade a space invaders? Just throw in a 9 in 1 jamma deal,4 way joystick, and a color monitor for a quick resale in my area, would that be so wrong? I just dont really feel like fixing the space invaders that much
 
Do you really have to ask this? If so turn in your KLOV card NOW!!!

Dont give me this bs, there are allot of sellers on here that sale the 60-1 deals, so how are they any better promoting that?i just decided to keep its original form and just set it to the side for now untill it strikes my interest in fixing
 
I don't know anyone that sells those pos 60-1 deals and by posting this here you can only expect this bs.

Dont give me this bs, there are allot of sellers on here that sale the 60-1 deals, so how are they any better promoting that?i just decided to keep its original form and just set it to the side for now untill it strikes my interest in fixing
 
Dont give me this bs, there are allot of sellers on here that sale the 60-1 deals, so how are they any better promoting that?i just decided to keep its original form and just set it to the side for now untill it strikes my interest in fixing

Yes, my work sells a lot of 60-in-1. There are quite a few less Ms. Pac-Man's and Froggers now then there were before, as well as a bunch of other no-name cabs that most people don't care about. But most of these games came to us non-working, incomplete, or already converted.

Now, taking something gutted or in bad shape and converting it isn't a sin. Taking a beautiful classic and converting it because of something minor like a non-working monitor or bad power supply isn't. If you still want a 60-in-1, I'm sure you can find someone to trade you a suitable cab for your SI...
 
I'm sorry, I fall on the other side of this issue.
If it is non-working and you want to make some money in a sale, then add a 60-in-1 and sell it for a profit. If it was fully working, I would cringe, but it is still your game to do what you want with.

I did a multicade in a pacman cabinet, spent a LOT of time restoring the cabinet and making it run. It had a dead monitor, but was otherwise working. I sold all the old parts on Ebay to restore other games, nothing wasted, even sold the control panel. I ENABLED other people to restore their classics!!
I would encourage you to sell good condition original parts rather than hack them. Make new if needed as I did for my pacman.

Now I did not hack the cabinet, if someone wanted to make it back into a dedicated pacman, then they could do that provided I sold it. Bottom line, it was, and still is my game. It was a lot of work on my part to take a barn stored cabinet and make it presentable again, I am only guilty of not making it original. Besides, with the electronics getting older, multicades do offer an alternative to frequent repairs or for the crapshoot of buying "working" boards off Ebay.

Besides, multicades do some games very well, space invaders and pacman are kinda hard to screw up.

Do what YOU want to do, make some money and use it to restore a classic you want!!
 
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Ok, I can see your point, but you had a Pac-Man, not a Space Invaders. The amount of work required to turn a Space Invaders into a 60-in-1 is HUGE compared to a Pac-man:

1) Space Invaders had a B&W monitor, so you have to install a color monitor.

2) The B&W monitor mounts differently than the color monitor, so you'll have to build and adapt the interior to get the color monitor to fit properly.

3) The SI has no isolation transformer, so you'll have to put one of those in.

4) The SI had a mirror system, so you may not like the look of it when it's on, and if you take the mirror out, then you have to redo the entire monitor mounting again.

5) There is no SI-to-JAMMA adaptor, so installing an entirely new harness is necessary.

6) SI has no joystick, so you have to mount one, meaning you have to drill holes in the original CP. At least with Pac-Man, you can use the start buttons for firing, or install a new repro panel.

7) And since there is no SI-to-JAMMA adapter, it also means you'll need to install a switching power supply for power.

The monitor crap alone can make this conversion a big headache. I have no problem with wanting a 60-in-1, and I'm sure you can find someone to trade you a cab that will be MUCH easier to convert than SI...
 
Yes but just tired of looking at it not working, unless I can get a cheap working board set from some one, I just think the wife would have more fun with it having frogger and galaga and such and lets face it multi games sale better to non collectors

Hey its your cabinet, do what you want with it. However if the board is the only thing wrong with it, they are fairly cheap and floating around all over this forum.

Let me help you.

The picture you saw Frizz post was from MY Space Invaders. I was in the same boat, I liked the cabinet, I liked the arts, I liked the nostalgia, however the game was dumped on me because my buddy didn't want to deal with it and it was free. Everything in mine worked but it had no monitor going. My wife also liked to play many of the classics, not just SID. It sat for months while I waited for a monitor to show up. I basically got sick of seeing it sit around like a dead weight in my "every-square-foot-counts-arcade" garage.

SO what did I do? I bought a 48-in-1 board and used a 19" CRT computer monitor and installed it after all the parts were gutted out. Cost me the same as if I were to get the monitor going.
Now I didn't just slap a LCD in there. I flipped the yoke after custom mounting the monitor. So, the Black Light effect would still work and look all badass. I'm a tinkerer. So although I built it to be able to play more games at home, I also did it just to see if it could be done. I did not have to drill a single hole into the cp and all the parts were salvaged and resold right here to fellow gamers. And yes, in the end I did end up selling it to a fellow gamer, and it sold for roughly 3 times as much as a working SID goes for in my area.

Now, these guys are right. Raping a game so close to fully working is a little sad, and they gave me quite a hazing for it, but in the end I was happy with how it turned out.

Feel free to preview what it could look like here to help you make your decision:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iihMytykScU

I'm the local guinea pig 'round these parts. ;)
 
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