what is your rarest converted cabinet?

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we all know conversions happened to just about every type of cabinet, even (or most especially!) some that would now be highly prized by collectors. and sometimes for one reason or another you just don't get around to de-converting it and leave it as is; maybe parts are too expensive or the original game just sucked.

what are the rarest games in your collection that you've left in a converted state?

for me, i've got a very water-damaged Springer cabinet that was converted to a Ladybug at some point.

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the monitor was shot and the Ladybug PCB has some issues but i could make it playable again if i really wanted to. i've been trying to give it away for a restore but so far nobody's taken me up on the offer so it languishes in the back of my garage awaiting an uncertain fate.


and i just brought home my Krazy Bowl (it's been at my wife's work since i got it cheap off of CL back in the winter.) originally the Sente SAC-1 cabinet was a Stompin'!

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if i could find the parts i'd put it back as it was originally but the chances of that are pretty much nill. so far now, despite it being an incredibly ungainly and unattractive cabinet, it does a very excellent job housing a bowling game! in fact, the even transition to the glass from the huge CP makes it perfectly suited to it. might eventually turn it into a World Class Bowling to upgrade the game.
 
I have a Robotron cabinet that was converted to a Haunted Castle, some kung-fu game (I don't remember which one now) and then to a Splatterhouse before I converted it back to a Robotron and then found out that it had been factory converted and sold as a Stargate.

ken
 
The only conversion I have is my Bad Dudes/Mortal Kombat. It could be considered rare because I have never seen another Bad Dudes in a 25" cabinet. But it was dedicated.

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Under the MK control panel:
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You can see the shadow of the DE sideart one the grey vinyl.

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The curved marquee from the 19" cabinet fits perfectly when flattened:

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I picked up 2 duramolds converted to 10 yard fight and some other generic jamma(I converted 1 back).

reactor converted to trivia wiz.

quantum converted to jamma (tmnt I think)

I did not own it, but I knew a huy who had an EDOT converted to section z.
 
I have currently.

Video Trivia in a Crazy Climber Deluxe cabinet.
19 in 1 in a Cliff Hanger cabinet.

In the less rare category I have a Tekken in a Robotron.
 
I found some pictures of a few of the mutations I have collected.

Tetris-Joust (with Superman-Joust in the background):
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Comando-Centipede
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Championship Baseball - Defender
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And the Trifecta. A Centuri cabinet, another Centipede and another Defender, all converted to Commando (or Green Beret):

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A closer look at the Commandopede:
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I have de-converted a couple of these. The others are waiting in storage.

ken
 

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Poor Joust cocktails got picked on a lot too. I have one that had been a ghostbusters and another that was converted to LifeForce. The second one, I think I will be using for either Gate of Doom or Magical Tetris Adventure with Mickey. I have been looking at making a 2 player horizontal JAMMA cab so I can swap those two in and out.

ken
 
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