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« 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 <
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« Reply #1 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
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« Reply #2 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.
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« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2014, 11:19:50 am »
Why not just restore it?
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« Reply #4 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.
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« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2014, 10:36:00 pm »
Quote from: 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.

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.
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« Reply #6 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!
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« Reply #7 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.
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« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2014, 08:42:16 am »
That's not a Pac-Man cabinet. That's a very odd looking cabinet. Walk away.
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« Reply #9 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
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« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2014, 07:33:05 pm »
Quote from: 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.

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