Re: [ukvac] MAMEing Classics [WAS: newbie. Dumb questions]
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John,
If the Robotron still has side art then it is one step up from Dave's (which had
been painted over) and mine, which is a Joust. Mine was horrifically Jamma'd to
the point where I would fear for any player's safety. It obviously had no
boardset (thanks Dave), has a pretty knackered ex-Pole Position monitor and a
drilled and battered CP which needs replacing. I'm still fantastically happy
that I have it and have been able to restore it to a playable state. When Rav's
repro panels, marquees and monitor glasses are available it will look
magnificent. There is no reason why your friend's Robotron couldn't be just as
well restored as Dave's or mine... and with good sideart too.
The reason nobody commented on the Gravitar is that it went to XY-Man who did the
decent thing and put Black Widow in it... in keeping with BW being a Gravitar
conversion for the most part. If that was off being MAME'd then I'd have spoken
up. I'd have everything bar a spare monitor and sideart to convert that to Space
Duel.
I suppose it's not, strictly speaking, a hanging offence to MAME a classic... but
when that classic is so desirable and (relatively) easily restorable it is quite
saddening. If I were still looking for a Roby of my own then I'd be pretty
pissed off reading that someone else had given up on restoring it and converted
it to something else.
Admittedly, my conversion of a Joust to a Robotron could upset a devout Joust fan
too, so I'd better shut up now before I shoot myself in the other foot. ;-)
BTW, of all the Robotrons I know of, not one of them languishes in a garage or
storage. It's a game that gets played a lot by its owners, which is why people
go to the effort of restoring them.
Cheers
Ian
Dave Langley wrote:
> At 10:32 18/09/00, you wrote:
> >Calm down, calm down... I was originally gonna restore it but with no
> >control panel (drilled out), no monitor glass (or monitor for that matter)
> >and no boardset I really didn't have the time/money to spend on it. It was
> >basically just the carcass (BTW I'm sure I did have a marquee but it was the
> >wrong size (possibly US?) so my m8 <cough> cut it down to fit) Sideart on it
> >was pretty good so my mate originally intended restore it back into a
> >Robotron, and then because he just couldn't source the parts into a Williams
> >multi-game. Eventually it's just gonna be a MAME cab but hey, that means
> >it's being used.. not stuck in a garage being stored. How many people here
> >collect and how many actually play the games they own with any regularity?
>
> OK here's the deal ....
>
> My robotron had no side art ... the insides had been knocked our with a
> sledge hammer to convert it to horizontal.
>
> It is now an almost perfect Robotron all that it waits on is the following:
>
> New side art (when I get time ... I have a tracing)
> Monitor Bezel (time again ... I have a scan)
> New CPO + extra JAMMA holes (Roby CPO art is ready for printing once a
> printer is found)
> New T-Moulding (the finishing touch!)
>
> Of course if anyone has a monitor bezel I'm happy to buy
>
> If you really wanted to restore this robotron you could ...
> (I'd even sell my spare Roby set to someone IF IT WAS GOING INTO A CAB)
>
> You can see the complete restoration (so far) of mine on my site:
>
http://www.robotron-2084.co.uk/indexroby.html
>
> Ask Ian Boffin or Phil Eaton, they have played it!
DATA Imported from archives: originally posted by Ian Boffin (ian@vaxxian.demon.co.uk)
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