Road Blasters lazy Fix-up MAME

[allroy1975]

I got My Road Blasters in May of 2005 in fairly good working condition. I got it for $65.  I considered it a steal compared to what some of the others where going for.  Maybe no one knew that the pedal for THIS cab was inside the game?  not bolted to the front like all the other Road Blasters.  I can't remember if I had tested it, but once I got it I fired it up and played.  but it was missing some side art and the marquee looked like poo.

It was also missing a board that would cover up components inside it. No big deal. New artwork...couple bucks on some wood..a fresh coat of paint and I'd be good to go.

Stingray got me started on some new artwork that I wanted. Then I learned to vectorize.  I did the marquee and side art that he started

Artwork
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=38733.0


Eventually either the monitor wigged out on me or the speakers started to buzz really loudly.  Whichever it was, I started working on it until it didn't work anymore.
Weak.
I started a thread about both that a smarter person than I probably would have stuck with and figured out.

Audio Hum
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=58285.0

Monitor
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=38732.0
and
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=56776.0


Jump forward to 2010. I finally said F it. I'm lazy as hell,I have PCs laying all over the house, I know how to work on PCs.  I don't know arcade games, and those old tube monitors scare the living crap out of me.

I wanted to fix this thing and getting running in as near to mint condition as I could.  But..you know..with modern stuff.  and my own custom side art.

Having built some mame cabs, I know there's nothing to wiring up some buttons..but I hadn't done anything with steering wheels (Road Blasters is an optical steering wheel) and the pedal (potentiometer).
So ....in the only way I know how..I started breaking stuff:

Controller Hack
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=99877.0

So...here are somem pictures of where I am now...what it looked like when I got it home and what it looks like now.  Not a huge difference.  I still need that piece of wood in the front too.

[leapinlew]

Awesome. Looking good.

I think this is a great use for Mame.

[Chris G]

Cool! Look forward to more updates in 2015. 

[Malenko]

good start, looks liek youre never gonna put that pin together, can I have it? Are you sure that road blasters is gonna fit in your basement?

also, wtf is an allroy?

[allroy1975]

how long has it been?  HA not even close to 2015!  the game was working great....then I couldn't find a key the boy tried reaching around to get the lock picked....he f'd up my USB hack.  now I have to figure out wtf I did back then....poorly documented...grrr