John has made many "on the road videos", and what always amazes me is his ability to identify the conversions for what they originally were, on the fly. He obviously did this with his Journey, because it had been converted to a Golf game, but we have seen him do this with 100's of conversions in a row at places like Galloping Ghosts.
Some may say that this skill is no different that any other hobby, such as a car enthusiast. I disagree. In what other realm did people take classic items, cover original artwork with black paint, pull off the original parts and replace them with cheap components? The arcade hobby is unique, because for a long period of time (the 90's) few people cared what became of these games. Now we do, in great part because of people like John.
I am not a collector, so I am not comparing John to other collectors. I am commenting as someone who grew up in the arcades in the 80's and has a heartfelt appreciation for "classic arcade games". In my mind, after he tells us what game it used to be, I can actually see the old game underneath- waiting to come out again.
I laid hands on that machine , then left the auction. I didn't want that kind of project not knowing about MCR repairs yet.
Ive seen people convert
cabs into golf games.. there is one in my friends storage unit as I type this
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he didn't even know it was a
.