The Official Births/Obits Thread

[VectorGamer]

Guidelines

 

Limited to classic gaming consoles (NES/7800 and earlier), arcade cabinets and anything that connects to them (e.g. joysticks, power supplies).

 

 

Definitions

 

Birth Anything newly created from scratch. e.g. MAME cabinet

 

Death Anything that no longer functions. e.g. A 5200 game controller

 

Re-birth Anything that was dead and resurrected. e.g. MAME cabinet created from skeleton of Make Trax cabinet.

 

Birthday e.g. The 17th birthday of my ColecoVision

 

Refrain from extraordinarily posthumous announcements. e.g. My Space Invaders cabinet turned 3 four months ago.

 

 

And most importantly:

Post pictures!

[VectorGamer]

Re-born: Galaga cabinet, July 7, 2009

 

Before and After