(Topic ID: 249935)

Turn a remake into an original?

By Luckydogg420

4 years ago



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#1 4 years ago

This just popped into my head last night, so I thought I’d ask.

Let’s say there’s a unique situation where someone has a remake playfield of AFM and and original head. If that person wanted to make a working game how difficult would it be to get it running?

I assume that the all PCB’s on the playfield would need to change as well as the leds switched to sockets. But would the mechs just virtually connect up with minimal effort?

I also wondered if you had a new remake playfield, how readily available are the original boards (original or aftermarket) and would it be feasible to Frankenstein a game together this way.

This project would be for someone that doesn’t like the remakes electronics, wants something as close to original as possible and isn’t afraid of all the work.

#2 4 years ago

Way too much work. Just buy an AFMr classic used for $5500-6000. It would require so many parts and many hours of work

#3 4 years ago

Another scenario would be someone with a busted up original. Toasted playfield and cabinet, but works 100% electronically and mechanically.

If they found a pro dirt cheap, would it be possible to put all of the old electronics into the new cabinet.

#4 4 years ago
Quoted from Coz:

Just buy an AFMr classic used

This scenario is for someone that’s afraid of surface mount electronics or thinks that the new game plays differently.

For one reason or another just buying a remake doesn’t work for this individual.

We’ve all heard the arguments that one is better then the other. Weather they’re frivolous or legit, that’s not the point. This is for someone that MUST play on original electronics.

#5 4 years ago

Neither scenario is really practical for the average Joe....the remake has a complete different board set and wiring from the original. If you want to keep an original with bad cabinet and playfield you can source a new cabinet and paint and decal it. You can get a new playfield but you have to do a playfield swap. Lots of work and about $2K in parts. Before the remakes that’s what people were doing....repair the old cab where possible can save a few hundred. Unless you just want to do this much work and spend a lot of money best bet would be to sell this as a project and put it towards a nice original that already has the work done.

#6 4 years ago

The mechs should all be pretty similar. You'd need a completely new wiring harness, possibly new switches, all the lamp sockets

#7 4 years ago
Quoted from zacaj:

The mechs should all be pretty similar. You'd need a completely new wiring harness, possibly new switches, all the lamp sockets

Also power switch/box, transformer, coin board... fittings on the coin door like switch block/loom ... the list goes on.

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