Today, after digging for the right cab to bring back to life, I found a local guy with a garage full of cabs in progress, mostly MAME machines. Among the projects was a Konami Simpsons 4 player cab with nearly nothing to show of it's former identity.
The game was converted to a Golden Tee somewhere along the way. All artwork has been completely painted over and the original CP is hacked up.
The guy I bought it from had actually cut a new CP, but drilled a 2 player Street Fighter-esque button layout into the wood.
Shockingly... Whoever covered this cabinet in cheap black paint from top to bottom had the sense to mask over the original cabinet serial tag on the back of the cab - and then paint over the masking tape. Peeled back the masking tape and the original Simpsons tag was revealed.
I'm not a huge Simpsons fan, honestly I would have rather this been a TMNT cab, but I'm thankful to have found it. I think for the sake of original intention, I may return it to Simpsons as opposed to another Konami beat em up of the same era.
The best part? I literally know nothing about the inner workings of a cab. I'm a musician with engineers for brothers on either side. Damn you technical genes for skipping over me. This is indeed my cab to learn on.
The game was converted to a Golden Tee somewhere along the way. All artwork has been completely painted over and the original CP is hacked up.
The guy I bought it from had actually cut a new CP, but drilled a 2 player Street Fighter-esque button layout into the wood.
Shockingly... Whoever covered this cabinet in cheap black paint from top to bottom had the sense to mask over the original cabinet serial tag on the back of the cab - and then paint over the masking tape. Peeled back the masking tape and the original Simpsons tag was revealed.
I'm not a huge Simpsons fan, honestly I would have rather this been a TMNT cab, but I'm thankful to have found it. I think for the sake of original intention, I may return it to Simpsons as opposed to another Konami beat em up of the same era.
The best part? I literally know nothing about the inner workings of a cab. I'm a musician with engineers for brothers on either side. Damn you technical genes for skipping over me. This is indeed my cab to learn on.
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