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Who likes fixing more than playing?

By SilverUnicorn

3 years ago


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    “What do you like better?”

    • Restoring / fixing games 103 votes
      53%
    • Playing games 51 votes
      26%
    • The thrill of buying a new game 17 votes
      9%
    • Bacon! 23 votes
      12%

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    #63 3 years ago

    Yes, fixing more than playing, but haven't restored one in years. And I'm a mediocre player! I've sold dozens that I just got tired of or they turned out to be not great or downright dogs to begin with, but I never thought afterwards "damn, I sure spent a ton of time, effort and parts on that turkey" because the fixing and diagnosing problems is fun by itself. Even if a game totally sucks it is fun to bring it back up to snuff and make it look and play the way it used to. Plus you're never really sure if you will like a game or not until you play it even if reviews give it a 10, or a damn zero, trust me.

    #74 3 years ago
    Quoted from Atari_Daze:

    Not sure it qualifies as 'fixing', but part of restoration process I like 2nd most, is re-creating a sorry, drab backglass and turning it into a translite. It's not as good as a replacement glass but reasonable facsimiles I think.

    Looks terrific! I wonder if a person who never played your game would even notice it if they didn't know, unless they put their face right up to it. Maybe print another one but with the original orangey reds and see if they say "Oh so it's the original backglass, they all faded like that."

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