Need advice on restoring Galaga cabinet

AaronGNP

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First time post, so I'm hoping this is going to the right spot.

I recently bought an arcade cabinet (well, several) from an on-line auction. One of them was Cadash (by Taito), and after I picked it up, I noticed that this game was a conversion tossed into an old cabinet. After some further poking around, I figured out that it was formerly a Galaga cabinet. I would like to restore this back into a Galaga machine, but I'm trying to figure out what the best way to go is as far as replacing the PCB.

Since it is running Cadash, at some point this thing was switched over to JAMMA compatibility. I have previously converted a Gauntlet machine with a dead PCB into a MAME machine, so I'm not certain that I'll end up keeping this (or more correctly, that the wife will let me keep it :D). What I really need to know is that, say I end up trying to sell this thing, what is going to be the most desirable? I figure I've got a few options, such as tossing a 60-in-1 in there or one of the 25th anniversary Pacman/Galaga boards. I could even track down an original board and put that in there, but I figure that could end up being a bit more work since it's non-JAMMA (and I don't think the boards are cheap).

I'm just looking for some guidance on what you experts out there think is the most prudent course of action.

Thanks!

AGNP
 

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all the things to convert it back to original galaga are readily available in the states.i live in uk,so i would be lucky to find a cab never mind a converted one.

sell the kit thats currently in it and get some funds from that.artwork,paint all readily available also.
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Since it's already JAMMA just put a 48 or 60:1 in there. Paint it black and order a new Galaga CP form arcade shop. The Galaga art is easy to find also.

If you have the money then find an Arcade shop PCB so that it's a multicade.

Galaga is easy to restore since the art is reprinted all over and it's black. That's the easiest paint job you can find.
 
Let's put it this way...

It's easy to find all the parts to convert it back to original Galaga. But If you do that, unless you get really lucky on finding cheap parts, you're going to end up paying almost as much to restore it as you'll sell it for. And you'll have to put in all the hours to strip it, repaint it, and install all the stuff.

If you're restoring a Galaga for yourself it makes sense. If you're planning on flipping it, it doesn't. If you spend $400 on parts and 40 hours of your time restoring it and then sell it for $600, then you've just earned $5 an hour for your efforts. And that's 40 hours that you could have been playing or restoring your other games.

If it's already JAMMA, your best bet is just to drop in a 60-in-1 for $100ish and sell it off.

John
 
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