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The mame of shame

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Wow...


  • Registered Users Posts: 34,283 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    It's so horrific that the podium is actually crying tears of blood from the shame.


  • Registered Users Posts: 34,283 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Just saw this over on AO. Poor Pony II :( - absolutely destroyed. Just look at the LED fans ffs.

    WTF is with all the holes?

    file.php?id=7504&mode=view


  • Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Sweet baby jesus


  • Registered Users Posts: 34,283 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Here's the full thread if you'd like to witness the horror.

    The really sad thing is that after he cleaned it up, it looked really well.

    He then goes and destroys it! :eek:

    http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?32720-The-quot-restoration-quot-of-a-Jaleco-Pony-28-quot-Candy-Cab&

    Check out the anger in the last comment :eek:

    Wow,
    just wow is all I can say.
    Why didnt you just build your own instead of destroying a nice original cabinet?
    You should be ashamed of yourself,you turned gold into a turd.
    btw your a laughing stock in the arcade community


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  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 2,965 Mod ✭✭✭✭LoGiE


    :eek:

    WHY! WHHY!


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,035 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Check out the anger in the last comment :eek:

    Wow,
    just wow is all I can say.
    Why didnt you just build your own instead of destroying a nice original cabinet?
    You should be ashamed of yourself,you turned gold into a turd.
    btw your a laughing stock in the arcade community

    What a nice first post. :rolleyes:

    Whereas the others are saying it's 'beautiful', 'looks amazing'... Strange bunch that think it looks good. Horrendous what he's done to the poor candy. :(


  • Registered Users Posts: 34,283 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Andrew76 wrote: »
    What a nice first post. :rolleyes:

    Whereas the others are saying it's 'beautiful', 'looks amazing'... Strange bunch that think it looks good. Horrendous what he's done to the poor candy. :(

    Yeah, bit over the top alright. You can be horrified without being an arse.

    Although the fact that someone would sign up to a website to go on a rant about what he did just shows the stupidity of the modifications.

    A lot of folks in the US see candy cabs as generic junk or don't really know what they are. I specifically remember reading a thread where someone was ruining a Jaleco Pony II 19 (with a value of about €2000) and one of the responses was something like - 'and it's only a little generic cabinet, so you don't need to feel guilty about Maming it!'


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    Oh dear, by post 9 on that thread I was like:

    293344f48efe539b968f7883b2585494bf7426c9d092c7af894a1efd0b14aba4.jpg


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,524 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I left a post there myself, trying to be just a little more positive about it but pointing out the folly of his/her work.
    I wonder if they will take it well?
    Seems that previous poster was banned for suggesting that the cab work was a bad idea, although his language was slightly more colourful than that.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 34,283 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Nice post :)

    Unfortunately this poor Pony can't be saved, but it's nice to even make folks aware of the potential value of these things (both monetary and historical, it's it's not like the world is full of Pony IIs!)


  • Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    I have to say **** that lad.
    that was the first time I've ever been properly angry at a picture of a mame cab.
    he deserves every bit of abuse thrown at him imo!


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,139 ✭✭✭Ronan|Raven


    Oh my..


  • Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Apty named "grounds for divorce"
    If my SO ever made a monstrosity like it they'd most certainly be divorced :D
    DSC04991.jpg

    http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,136221.0.html

    that pinball :eek:


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,771 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Oh Christ


    And that cost a lot to build I reckon!

    That pony thread has the best quote ever on any arcade site

    "Fans are mostly for show"

    What a plonker


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,146 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    The workmanship that go's into these horrific creations:eek:


  • Registered Users Posts: 34,283 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    The workmanship that go's into these horrific creations:eek:

    And the subsequent back patting and high fives. It's insane :eek:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    o1s1n wrote: »
    And the subsequent back patting and high fives. It's insane :eek:

    Is everyone just too polite to say it, or are cabs like that a 'culture thing'?


  • Registered Users Posts: 34,283 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    It's possible they just have a really warped view of what a MAME machine should look like as it's a forum dedicated to builds.

    I guess for some people, building is the enjoyment. So they just keep adding more and more and more and end up with these monstrosities.

    It doesn't take must of an eye to see these are in really bad taste though, so you do have to wonder!


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,524 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I wonder what responses I might get, when the Americans finally decide to get the hell up.
    I tried to be as polite as I could.

    O1s1n, you've one of those cabs, why not post up what it is supposed to look like.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 34,283 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    My one is the sleeker Pony III, the one in the link is an older Pony II. They actually look quite different :)

    Well, maybe to the trained eye. I do remember someone here saying that candy cabs all look the same :D

    I'm sure the Americans on that forum would just tell me it looks like a washing machine!

    15-DSC01829.jpg


  • Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    You need more buttons


  • Registered Users Posts: 34,283 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    If that were my photo, it would mean I also have a Pony II :pac:


  • Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    I cant believe im saying this but check out this grounds4devorce vid!
    Fair play on the rotate mech
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIznd52hnQg


  • Registered Users Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    urbanledge wrote: »
    I cant believe im saying this but check out this grounds4devorce vid!
    Fair play on the rotate mech
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIznd52hnQg

    The rotate mech in particular is nicely done, and other than all the unnecessary lights and what looks like a customised X arcade CP, it's not the worst I've seen. I quite like the way he's got the two screens too, especially for the pinball. I've never been the biggest fan of digital pinballs, but it works well in that regard.


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,180 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    urbanledge wrote: »
    Apty named "grounds for divorce"
    If my SO ever made a monstrosity like it they'd most certainly be divorced :D
    DSC04991.jpg

    http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,136221.0.html

    that pinball :eek:
    if it doesnt play THIS on bootup its a wasted opportunity anyway.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,771 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Jesus that rotate mech is pretty nice.

    Horrible to see that machine, guy who built it obviously has a lot of skill but just horrible taste


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,524 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    On the Pony destroying thread I just got called a troll!
    I have responded, wonder if they'll understand this time.


  • Registered Users Posts: 730 ✭✭✭Hygro


    It's all subjective, the person who's building their respective machines seems to like them.

    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder :)


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  • Registered Users Posts: 34,283 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Hygro wrote: »
    It's all subjective, the person who's building their respective machines seems to like them.

    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder :)

    Its akin to someone completely 'pimping' a desirable, rare and significant classic car in a really distasteful way.

    Classic car enthusiasts would be bothered by that.


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