Okay, so if anybody reading this thinks of "gutting" a classic cabinet like Defender or Tron, then just have a look around ebay or the many other arcade related sites and you will see that they are worth A LOT OF MONEY. People regularly pay into the 1000's for a classic cabinet - even without the gameboard!

There are THOUSANDS of generic cabinets (Electrocoin etc.) which are ideal for MAME'ING. With ones of JAMMA type, you can even build an interface to use the original arcade controls and not have to even bother touching anything. But it would not matter with these cabs.

This is a plea. Please to not kill classic cabinets, they are becoming more and more rare. Sometimes these cabinets were only made in the 100's. Just think, your original Dragon's Lair cab could reach up to $10,000!! NO JOKE!

Killing classic cabinets is a mortal sin and I think that the author of this article should think twice about what they are saying in future.

Fiath.

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