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Astro City 2 dual JAMMA / emulation cabinet
Paladin:
I was checking out the pictures of your cabinet to see if I could borrow some component mounting ideas for my New Astro City and noticed the layout of your cab is a bit different than mine.
It appears that what you have is an Astro City 2: http://hard--candy.com/index.asp?page=Astro+City+2
I'm new to these cabs, and still learning as I go. I hope you can solve your monitor issue!
My cab is currently a dual Dreamcast/JAMMA setup, and I'm waiting for a J-Pac to figure out how to wire MAME into it as well.
saleem:
what was that cab originaly that you say was your first project?
it looks soo much like a missile command to me,when i saw it as i am just working on my missile command projects (restores) it hit me that that cab looks soo much like missile command.
:)
carljackson47:
Wow, I think I can now build my own arcade cabinet. Recently, we have converted our attic as game room for the children. I am sure they will appreciate it if I will make the arcade as the center piece, I am considering to use flat LCD monitor to minimize space.
Kokapetl:
--- Quote from: Paladin on August 13, 2010, 08:48:26 am ---I was checking out the pictures of your cabinet to see if I could borrow some component mounting ideas for my New Astro City and noticed the layout of your cab is a bit different than mine.
It appears that what you have is an Astro City 2: http://hard--candy.com/index.asp?page=Astro+City+2
I'm new to these cabs, and still learning as I go. I hope you can solve your monitor issue!
My cab is currently a dual Dreamcast/JAMMA setup, and I'm waiting for a J-Pac to figure out how to wire MAME into it as well.
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Yep, it is an astro city 2.. I just updated the first post - thanks :)
Monitor issue has been solved, I haven't had much time to work on the cabinet lately but at the moment I've completely disassembled EVERYTHING since I've decided to respray the whole thing. The only thing holding me back from doing this was the work involced and losing the side stickers, but they were worn and damaged anyway so it's not a huge loss. There was some pretty bad rust damage to the bottom so I'm cleaning up the feet and replacing bolts etc. I also wasn't happy with some of the sloppy wiring, so I'm taking this as an opportunity to re-do that aswell. The internal side of the mains power switch is very difficult to access and work with for an assembled cabinet, so taking it apart has made it much easier for me to add the additional power switch (for PC power). I've now found a way to mount the PC upsidedown (for those who want to try this, beware of dip switches falling out!).
--- Quote from: saleem on August 13, 2010, 10:20:08 am ---what was that cab originaly that you say was your first project?
it looks soo much like a missile command to me,when i saw it as i am just working on my missile command projects (restores) it hit me that that cab looks soo much like missile command.
:)
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I'm not sure what the cabinet was to begin with. It does look like a missile command cabinet, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't one originally (unless missile command also came in flat oriented monitor version?). I received the cabinet in very bad condition, but originally it had a wood finish and didn't have an upright oriented monitor (it was flat, like a Galaga cabinet). The monitor, as well as the power unit and most other things, were missing. The original controls were for 1 player only, consisting of (if I remember correctly) an MCA joystick, 2 game buttons, and a start button.
emphatic:
--- Quote from: Kokapetl on November 13, 2010, 05:40:33 pm ---The only thing holding me back from doing this was the work involced and losing the side stickers, but they were worn and damaged anyway so it's not a huge loss.
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You can get very good replicas here: http://triplemoonstar.brinkster.net/theshed/default.asp?stockid=2224 (in Europe) and here: http://triplemoonstar.brinkster.net/mcs/default.asp?stockid=2219 (in USA)