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Title: bootleg game buying help Post by: RainStorm on July 24, 2014, 04:47:50 pm well its like this I was looking into buying an arcade machine to start my collection and on craigslist I find one for cheap and its looks like a classic pacman and the owner says the game is called ladybug, a pacman knockoff right? because its also says elcon industries on it and they sold copyrighted games. could I get it and turn it into pacman? have any of you owned one of these?
what in talking about:> http://stlouis.craigslist.org/ele/4580897894.html < Title: Re: bootleg game buying help Post by: mrdude on July 24, 2014, 05:42:24 pm I am not an expert. But it looks like it was a competitor to Pacman.http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8374.
That cab though....was it a Pacman originally? You could always convert it over if you wanted to Title: Re: bootleg game buying help Post by: lesoleil70 on July 25, 2014, 10:02:20 am Interesting find.
http://www.leagle.com/decision/19821501564FSupp937_11370.xml/NINTENDO%20OF%20AMERICA,%20INC.%20v.%20ELCON%20INDUSTRIES,%20INC. (http://www.leagle.com/decision/19821501564FSupp937_11370.xml/NINTENDO%20OF%20AMERICA,%20INC.%20v.%20ELCON%20INDUSTRIES,%20INC.) Title: Re: bootleg game buying help Post by: Mr_Rampage on July 25, 2014, 11:19:50 am Why not just restore it?
Title: Re: bootleg game buying help Post by: iankellogg on July 25, 2014, 10:12:14 pm i have not a clue what that cabinet originally was. It wasn't a pacman and it isn't a universal cab.
Title: Re: bootleg game buying help Post by: Mr_Rampage on July 25, 2014, 10:36:00 pm i have not a clue what that cabinet originally was. It wasn't a pacman and it isn't a universal cab. My opinion is its 150.00 and it's interesting. Id buy it and restore it as a lady bug if thats what the cabinet is now. I don't think your getting hurt any however you decide to tackle it. Title: Re: bootleg game buying help Post by: alby13 on July 28, 2014, 07:07:41 am well pac man uses a certain type of connector on the game board.
my advice is to get any pac-man type cab that you like and go from there. the other way you could go is a Jamma (universal) to pac-man converter: http://www.jammaboards.com/store/jamma-pcb-to-pacman-ms-pacman-cabinet-adapter-jb-jam2pac.html so that means any Jamma cabinet could be used for pacman. good luck and keep us updated! Title: Re: bootleg game buying help Post by: Space Avenger on August 02, 2014, 11:28:19 pm Sorry I'm a little late on this but Lady Bug is a Universal game similar to Pac-Man but with gates. That one is a conversion.
Title: Re: bootleg game buying help Post by: John's Arcade on August 03, 2014, 08:42:16 am That's not a Pac-Man cabinet. That's a very odd looking cabinet. Walk away.
Title: Re: bootleg game buying help Post by: RainStorm on August 06, 2014, 06:36:39 pm john thanks for the input and do these look similar?
http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/flyers_video/artic/26001103.jpg Title: Re: bootleg game buying help Post by: alby13 on August 11, 2014, 07:33:05 pm That's not a Pac-Man cabinet. That's a very odd looking cabinet. Walk away. John has spoken! |