I have an opportunity to purchase a dual cabinet Cruisn Exotica arcade setup for 1200$ Its in good condition, and working. My plans would be to convert these to mame/model2/etc. emulation. Does anyone know what type of job I am getting myself into? I once converted a street fighter 3 arcade cabinet to mame, but that pretty much a gut job and replacement (just reused the controls). Am i looking something similar here? Would love to reuse the wheel/shifter/pedals, but only if i can maintain force feedback compatibility with all the emulators that support them (otherwise, i would swap them out with G29 wheels).
Finally, does anyone feel Id be doing a disservice by gutting/converting these? Not sure that Cruisn Exotica is high on the list of "must preserve" titles?