Re: Remanufacturing FAQ

If there is no art, or if it is damaged, it always sells for a higher price
in my shop if I get my artist, Barb, to touch it up (or repaint it...)

So, I think it increases the value to restore, not as high as a perfect
original, but...we aren't talking about the Mona Lisa here.

John :-#)#

At 09:32 PM 9/7/1999 +0000, you wrote:
>I would have to agree with the last paragraph. I took a painted black Stargate
>cab, stripped it, made templates, sprayed on the new graphics, and tuned the
>monitor, controls etc to make it look and play close to new. I did
>everything to
>this one game that would need to be done to any game to "restore" it.
>There are
>minor diff's like fixing extra holes in a metal CP as opposed to a wooden one,
>but seems easy enough to have a section on control panels then sub
>sections for
>the different types.
>
>One thing that may create controversy ( I'm sure there are more) is whether it
>is acceptable to respray graphics, use repro overlays, etc or does this
>decrease
>the value as opposed to an all original?
>
>I'd be willing to help,
>
>Dan
>
>
>On Tue, 07 Sep 1999 16:22:07 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >> G'day folks,
> >>
> >> I agree with Mark that a FAQ is quite static. That's why only the most
> >> common and typical techniques are documented in it. The idea is that no
> >> matter what happens, this information will always be useful. Also as Dave
> >> said, a FAQ does serve a central permanent repository.
> >>
> >> When Doug and I attempted the Conversion FAQ, we had the same concern that
> >> Mark voiced. Each game's hardware was too unique. Remember back then,
> >> JAMMA wasn't as prevalent as today. The Conversion FAQ ended up showing
> >> people how to identify games that were similar enough to be a
> candidate for
> >> conversion. Then using the top 10 games in VAPS at the time, we
> showed that
> >> _MOST_ of these popular games were similar enough to other games in
> the top
> >> 10 so that you'd only need three cabinets!
> >>
> >> I'd suggest a similar format for any Remanufacturing/Restoration
> FAQ. Use a
> >> single game (like Robotron?) to show the techniques that could be
> applied to
> >> _MOST_ cabinets with commonly available materials. The WWW sites will
> >> document the more unique cases.

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Received on Tue Sep 7 23:58:08 1999