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First Project - Tekken Cab To MAME...
shan1784:
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--- Quote from: tykenfitz on August 04, 2010, 12:02:55 am ---I honestly wouldn't MAME a cab in that nice of condition but, to each his own.
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I don't see why not because with a JPAC, IPAC and ArcadeVGA you can easily revert the machine back to stock in a few minutes. Now drilling holes for extra buttons is another story but not much you can do if you want to be able to play other fighters like Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat series.
To the OP, you might want to add an IPAC cause I don't think the JPAC has enough inputs.
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I was concerned about that as well... I'm going to dig into this quite abit more before I order one but on the ultimarc site it said it could do it... I like the JPAC because everything stays stock. I think with the Ipac I would have to start cutting wires for the buttons as well as for the monitor wouldn't I?
mgb:
I think this cabinet would really take well as a mame cabinet.
The JPAC should work well because its my understanding that you can use 8 buttons per player (3 that would normaly be wired to the jamma board and then 5 to the jpac).
I've never used a jpac so I'm not sure.
Kokapetl:
if your cabinet is working you might want to make it dual JAMMA / PC, so you just switch between them.
that's the path i'm taking with my arcade that i picked up and just started working on.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=104703.0
shan1784:
Well I got the cab over the weekend and it wasn't what it seemed in the auction pics. It works, works great in fact... Had one bad switch but got that working so no biggie there. The monitor is a 25" Makvision 2425. It's beautiful, bright, and no burn-in... It's not the original monitor that came with it as the original was a 28" from what the manual says...
The problem is it looks like someone else got to it because the control box was rebuilt and was in rough shape. The cabinet itself wasn't to bad but I will have to replace at least one panel that sits below the monitor. It's got a corner completely missing and it looks odd with the t-molding wrapping around air, lol... The monitor bezel fits nice to the monitor on the top but the bottom could use some tweaking...
I'm going to rebuild the control box and panel, and add a graphic overlay for the CP as well. I have to take the whole monitor section off just to be able to get it into my office (right now it's in the garage). So when I have that off I'm going to replace that bad panel and adjust the monitor shelf for a better fit to the bezel as well as add a custom marquee and speakers.
So I'll have it in three pieces, the monitor section, the main cabinet, and the control box / panel. I'll then replace the t-molding and apply fresh coat of paint as well and add some casters to the bottom of the cab (the little metal feet are all bent up and it will kill my floor). Once that's done I'll move it into my office and reassemble.
From that point I'll add in the J-Pac (from what I've seen it does support everything I'm adding as far as extra buttons) and throw in the PC...
Hopefully this doesn't go against what MAME stands for as the cab has already been modified previous to me getting my hands on it.
What do you guys think, Opinions???
mgb:
I say go for it dude,
By "not going against what mame stands for" I assume you are talking about how guys will give you a hard time about mameing a classic cabinet.
I believe that typically applies more to older machines such as the early eighties classics. And what you are planning with this machine is good and modest.
I think this machine will make a really good Jamma/Mame machine.
You've got a good cabinet with a crisp monitor, those are the bigger ticket items. Broken switches and crappy joysticks are easy to replace as needed and the wood stuff is fixable.
That cab has a nice shelf that holds the control panel box so its cool for removing and repairing or even rebuilding if needed. Can you post pics of the damage
How is the bottom wood of the cabinet, thats a typical place of damage.
Casters will work but remember they will raise the whole cabinet and they will need to be lockable. you would probably want caster that are rated for 150 lbs each
You can also replace the damaged leg levelers and you can even get those with plastic feet instead of metal.
If you replace the leg levelers, make sure of the thread size so that you get the same ones.
With the wood repair, don't forget that you can post pics up here for advice from everyone.
Goodluck