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First Timers Restoration of Neo Geo Single Slot
fullmetalchicken:
So for a wedding gift a friend of mine gave me (and my wife) a Neo Geo cabinet. This was about two months ago and since then I have been poking around on this sit looking for ideas and getting a general idea for what can be done and what is possible with an arcade cabinet. After going over the projects section I realize I don't have the creativity and know how to do anything worthy of such a gift so just resorting to it's former glory should be just enough of a challenge/adventure for me to handle and my wife to put up with. So we got it home and i parked it in the garage for stripping and painting.
FMC's To do list
Strip Paint, Repaint, Replace T-Molding
Try to shine up exposed bolds
Replace All buttons
Replace Joysticks
Replace Marquee light
Figure out issue with player 1 button
Clean inside
Check for other issues
Replace Marquee Decals
More Games
Make Neo Geo 8 button CP
Make game documentation for multi-cart
The painting didn't go so well but i did get the right colour and brought it inside for sanding, the final coat and t molding
So as always there are a few issues the 1 player button doesn't work so i have to figure out how to fix that also the marquee is not an FT as i expected but something with 20 lights so converting it to the LED will be interesting
Donkbaca:
Cool! That's not a neo-geo cab though, it looks like a conversion. It would be sweet if you could get a neo geo cp, you know, like the ones that have the LCD credit counters.
For the games you can get a 150 in 1 cart, that will pretty much have you all set up.
Sounds like a cool project.
opt2not:
Hey fullmetalchicken, welcome to the forum! Restoring cabinets is a great way to get into the hobby, as well as build confidence for taking on bigger, more custom jobs. There's a lot you'll learn from restoring these cabinets, like how components are mounted, shape design & measurements, powering the cabinet, etc...
Unfortunately, it looks like you have a converted cabinet there, as that's not an original Neo Geo machine.
The original Neo Geo machines were released in these styles for full-sized cabinets:
I can't really put my finger on what it was originally, so if you plan on "restoring it to it's former glory", you might want to find out what it really was. There might be some clues inside the cabinet, like labels or markings. But keeping it a Neo Geo would probably mean that this posting should be in Project Announcements.
I'm not sure if restoring a cabinet to it's former conversion counts as a Restoration. Primarily this forum is for restoring cabinets to their original condition...but good luck in any case!
*edit: I think I found what your cabinet originally was:
Aqua Jack!
Looks like the same cabinet shape.
I never played the game personally, so I don't know if it's a game that'd be good to restore to. But it looks like the game-play might be cool.
IG-88:
Welcome to the forums :cheers:
Too bad you weren't closer too me I'd trade ya straight across. I got me one of those Neo-Geos in need of some love and Aqua Jack is a cool game!!
fullmetalchicken:
Sorry for posting in the wrong spot. If a moderator sees this before I move it to project announcements please do so.
I had an idea that this might have been something in a former life but I had an idea it wasn't a NEO GEO, but if i do find any markings I will take pics.