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I'm looking for opinions, to help me make up my mind on some of points.
1. I've stripped the old paint off my pac, and I've purchased stencils. But I'm not sure how "perfect" of a restoration I want to do. Most of my machines are somewhat "battle-scarred," and I'm fine with that. But since I'm going to go through the effort of using stencils, I guess I'm leaning towards a pristine surface.
2. Should I bother with blue splatter? It's a high serial # cabinet, if that makes a difference. While stripping the old paint, I didn't find any sign of splatter, so I have no idea if it originally had any.
My biggest quandary:
3. Original or multi? I had been planning on an original board, with multi-pac roms. But I saw Phet's restore, and thought his multi control panel looked really nice. The original harness is chopped all to hell, so it would be less work to wire up a multi. How do the pac games play on 60-in-1's (or ArcadeSD)? Pretty indistinguishable?
I realize it's my cabinet and my decision, but I'd appreciate your input as I ponder.
-Jim
1. I've stripped the old paint off my pac, and I've purchased stencils. But I'm not sure how "perfect" of a restoration I want to do. Most of my machines are somewhat "battle-scarred," and I'm fine with that. But since I'm going to go through the effort of using stencils, I guess I'm leaning towards a pristine surface.
2. Should I bother with blue splatter? It's a high serial # cabinet, if that makes a difference. While stripping the old paint, I didn't find any sign of splatter, so I have no idea if it originally had any.
My biggest quandary:
3. Original or multi? I had been planning on an original board, with multi-pac roms. But I saw Phet's restore, and thought his multi control panel looked really nice. The original harness is chopped all to hell, so it would be less work to wire up a multi. How do the pac games play on 60-in-1's (or ArcadeSD)? Pretty indistinguishable?
I realize it's my cabinet and my decision, but I'd appreciate your input as I ponder.
-Jim