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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:


--- Quote from: Turnarcades on September 14, 2010, 07:02:15 pm ---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.

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

Turnarcades:


--- Quote from: Turnarcades on September 14, 2010, 07:02:15 pm ---Could have at least gone for a more uniform layout and a decent control panel finish.

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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.



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