Wow.. mame monstrosity

[Crayola]

This is the most ugliest control pnel I have ever seen. I am amazed someone
would even try to ask money for this. Its like it was built by a blind carpenter.

http://southjersey.craigslist.org/sys/1905730417.html

Poor cabinet.. I feel for it.

Crayola

[Hoopz]

Wow.   

[DCsegaDH]

  I hope whoever buys it makes it into a respectable cabinet. 

[Nips916]

That looks like a mame cabinet with down's syndrome.

[RayB]

Love the buttons. I'd be tempted to just mash my hand down on all of them.

[BobA]

One of the ugliest control panels I have ever seen. You would have to pay me money to take that thing away.

[ragnar]

In all seriousness, what are the parts worth?  I'd offer to drive to NJ to take it from him for $1.

[Cretster]

Wow - makes me feel much better about my own abilities if nothing else.

[opt2not]

 $185  for all those parts, computer, and what I'm assuming comes with the interface boards (ipac, optipac, perhaps)??

Yeah sure it looks ugly, but who cares, CP's are easy to make.  Replace the CP, clean up the cabinet, install a monitor and you're set!
Regardless, that's a sweet deal for the gear alone!!

[abispac]

i look at the other way too, track ball , butons, pc, either a keyboard hack or some sorth ofipac, for 185, it migth be worth...if your a local, i have seen worst project posted in this forum...

[Dartful Dodger]

It looks French.

[JustMichael]

It looks French.

ROFL!!   

I just had to see if this was listed on Crap MAME but it isn't.

[newkillergenius]

Step 1.  Remove all the buttons, joysticks and TB
Step 2.  Burn what is left

[Marsupial]

I'm with Opt2Not, that could be a fair deal for parts. Who keeps someone's design without changing it anyway?
I've seen worst frankenpanels.

It looks French.

Surveilles ce que tu dis!!! Maudit francophobe!

[BobA]

It is only valuable if there is something worthwhile inside.   From the open CP pic I could not tell what if any interface is used.  He calls them emulator boards whatever that means.

[dfmaverick]

This is what happens when someone confuses BYOAC and BYOB.

[Gorotsuki]

Looks like you would have to hunch over
at an angle on either side to play it.

[Epyx]

It's a Maim box all right 

[Ond]

My Fuglyometer just exploded trying to gauge it

[DaveMMR]

Look close and it appears the sticks were originally angled at 45 degrees along with the buttons but was fixed when he realized that no one was able to use his machine.  But the buttons didn't change angles so now everyone's confused.   No wonder it hasn't been played in years.   

[Turnarcades]

It's not on crapmame but it eches much of the stuff on there. It is a pile of shite but to be fair this is not uncommon of other older cabinets that were built before new products were widely available for MAME cabinet builds. I remember starting out there was much less in the way of info or parts available.

Still a stinker though, given that it's got nothing unusual or unique on there. Could have at least gone for a more uniform layout and a decent control panel finish.

[bkenobi]

I'm confused by the trackball.  Is it really recessed by ~1/2"?  That seems like a real good way to peel the skin off a finger at best, or simply break it.

[DaveMMR]

It is a pile of shite but to be fair this is not uncommon of other older cabinets that were built before new products were widely available for MAME cabinet builds.

It's not the parts - it's the layout. 

[Turnarcades]

Could have at least gone for a more uniform layout and a decent control panel finish.

Yeah I know.

[opt2not]

Well lets see here, by the looks of those pictures the salvageable pieces are:

- 19 play buttons
- 3 start buttons
- 2 joysticks (8-ways - looks like Happs Comps?)
- A trackball
- Coin doors with possibly included mechs
-  In the bottom-left picture there looks to be some sort of interface board that all the wires from the switches are running to. It doesn't look like a keyboard hack, since you can barely make out the terminal blocks on it.
- a 19" monitor bezel
- misc potentially working PC parts

For the play controls alone it would probably run you about $80-$100.
I can't tell the shape of the cabinet, but it might be a standard dynamo.

If I were interested in getting this, I'd probably talk him down to $150.

[Gatt]

Maybe it's just me,

But that thing looks suspiciously like it started out life as a slikstick quad that was cut in half,  hence the joysticks being repositioned.

Anyone else thinking that from looking at it?

Edit:

It's the mismatched angles on the sides that're making me think that,  they only look right if you picture it as being half a quad-panel turned sideways to me.

[bkenobi]

No one in their right mind would take a SS and do that to it.  The economics alone are just ridiculous!

[JustMichael]

No one in their right mind would take a SS and do that to it.  The economics alone are just ridiculous!

If the person was in their right mind they wouldn't have made a control panel like that...   

[Havok]

No one in their right mind would take a SS and do that to it.  The economics alone are just ridiculous!

If the person was in their right mind they wouldn't have made a control panel like that...   

Or buy from SS...

[newkillergenius]

But seriously though- flames.  Am I right?

[bkenobi]

But seriously though- flames.  Am I right?

No, not really.  IMO, take the CP out and build a new one.  You can reuse the parts and make something nice.  The cabinet itself isn't a loss, it's just the strange CP layout.  And, to be fair, the button layout is no different than a popular choice that many people still go with.

http://tinyurl.com/ydm43wy


The TB has been moved south and the P1 & P2 stick and buttons have been rotated and smooshed together.  The buttons colors are all over the place and the TB needs a better mounting plate.  Otherwise, it's not really that bad.   

[newkillergenius]

I guess empty cabinets are hard to come by for some people.  I can't seem to give them away.

http://www.justinedlich.com/regalia/index.php/justins-retrogaming/23-retrogaming/457-1-parking-space-please

[TheShanMan]

Could have at least gone for a more uniform layout and a decent control panel finish.

Yeah I know.

Why did you post to agree with yourself?

[Ginsu Victim]

Could have at least gone for a more uniform layout and a decent control panel finish.

Yeah I know.

Why did you post to agree with yourself?

Didn't notice that.

Damn, Craig....WAKE UP!

[Hoopz]

He's going to start talking about himself in the 3rd person next.   

Could have at least gone for a more uniform layout and a decent control panel finish.

Yeah I know.

Why did you post to agree with yourself?

Didn't notice that.

Damn, Craig....WAKE UP!

[Ginsu Victim]

That wasn't referring to myself in the 3rd person, it was directed at Craig, you know, Turnarcades?

[Hoopz]

That wasn't referring to myself in the 3rd person, it was directed at Craig, you know, Turnarcades?

Yes, yes.  My reference of "he" was about Craig.  It was a joke since he (Craig) was quoting himself (Craig).

[Gray_Area]

I had the idea Craig had meant to respond to this

It is a pile of shite but to be fair this is not uncommon of other older cabinets that were built before new products were widely available for MAME cabinet builds.

It's not the parts - it's the layout. 

Anyways. All the parts are used. The mobo could be PIII or even PII vintage. If I wanted that cab design, I would offer $100.

[newkillergenius]

O__O