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1st Project - Galaxian cab #19,267
gShooter:
Long time lurker, first time project. I bought this cab today via a local dealer for $50 after buying a Tekken 4 last month for $50 as well. Pretty sweet deal considering it's an original Galaxian cab and it included the original bezel, marquee, coin doors, and control panel. After about 2 hours of work, the cab is essentially stripped. You can see from the picture below, somewhere along the line it had the sides painted black and a pale blue on the front. After removing the coin door and mechs, you can still see the original Galaxian graphics and white cabinet color under the coin door frame. I figured posting it here would motivate me to complete it a little quicker than it I hadnt plus get some great feedback.
My plans are:
1. clean everything up
2. correct all surface damage
3. either repaint or laminate the surfaces
4. install new 19'' monitor
5. since there isnt a pcb, install new multicade board
6. install new cp with trackball
7. install new JAMMA harness
8. install new power supply
9. install light source for backlighting the marquee
10. install a few modern AC accessories
Galaxian Cab #19,267
Coin Door
Coin Door Removed
Control Panel
Control Panel stripped
darcyp:
nice find! other than the trackball, what kind of cp are you going to have in there?
gShooter:
Something simple.
1 - 8 way
3 - buttons
1 - trackball
2 - buttons for 1/2 player select
I really want to get the coin mechs up and running so I can use it as sort of a piggy bank for myself. I'll give the wife the keys to the machine when complete.
Havent figured out yet exactly what size trackball I should use, but I have some time I think before I get there. Ordered the board, harness and power supply yesterday. New monitor came a few days ago. All in all though, this is panning out to be much cheaper than I had originally expected.
I think it will be awesome to have a bunch of the old style vertical games in a Galaxian cab.
danny_galaga:
Are you getting new Galaxian side art?
gShooter:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on August 08, 2010, 06:30:41 am ---
Are you getting new Galaxian side art?
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That would be the last step along after I had every thing up and running.
UPDATE:
- Ordered the new powder coated CP
- Ordered new CP overlay
- Ordered new buttons (5 red - 2 white)
- Ordered lime green t-molding
Still shopping for:
- Joystick
- Trackball