Author Topic: astroone Donkey Kong Cab Restore (Read 14014 times)

astroone · « **on:** April 07, 2011, 05:46:15 pm »

Ok I decided to open a New Thread and Exit Ralpas one

astroone · « **Reply #1 on:** April 07, 2011, 06:06:03 pm »

I got some screew's and nut's today from walmart for the control panel inlay
Here's what I did with them
Pic 1 got turned into pic 2

astroone · « **Reply #2 on:** April 07, 2011, 06:10:15 pm »

Used a Grinder with a drill holding the screw finished it off with some drilling into the sandpaper
Now I know I could have bought these at Mikes but hey it saved some cash I do need to get other part's

astroone · « **Reply #3 on:** April 07, 2011, 06:29:09 pm »

I got some Krylon Spray Paint at Micheal's and Hobby Lobby it's a close match still need a few more can's though
wish I had a Paint sprayer those 40% coupon's do come in handy though.
Paint # is KSCS101 Turquoise the spot on the left of the card is a piece of the cabinet

astroone · « **Reply #4 on:** April 07, 2011, 06:36:24 pm »

Put the Cp bolt's on the inlay to see how they look and wow they look good.
Not bad for a little enginuity

Just need the cp board to dry from the paint

astroone · « **Reply #5 on:** April 10, 2011, 12:04:54 am »

Worked on the control panel last night drilled holes and added latches plus hacked my first pc game pad since I wanted to keep the I-pac 2 for another game cab for the future
and the best part it work's not bad for beginner's luck

still need's bondo and a paint job plus other thing's like Blue 1 and 2 player button's plus a orange jump button and a black ball joystick plus Marquee and side art plus instruction card's, 10 feet of white t-molding, Coin Mech's
Now using the other cp joystick and buttons
I do have some white T-molding that will cover the cp though but no table saw or router.
But my son is having fun again he did miss the cabinet when I pulled the old Cp out

astroone · « **Reply #6 on:** April 10, 2011, 04:11:20 pm »

Well yesterday was 2 step's back today is a step forward

I had a dremel with a router attachment put the router attachment on plus used a 1" grinding wheel and was able to cut a groove for the T-molding

astroone · « **Reply #7 on:** April 10, 2011, 04:50:51 pm »

Here we go found a old song from Buckner and Garcia on youtube how many people remember this one

EvilNuff · « **Reply #8 on:** April 14, 2011, 08:47:20 am »

I have the whole album on cd Astroone...not sure if I should admit that or not. :p

javeryh · « **Reply #9 on:** April 14, 2011, 10:21:08 am »

Quote from: EvilNuff on April 14, 2011, 08:47:20 am

I have the whole album on cd Astroone...not sure if I should admit that or not. :p

I still have the Vinyl.

EvilNuff · « **Reply #10 on:** April 15, 2011, 08:56:31 pm »

Quote from: javeryh on April 14, 2011, 10:21:08 am

Quote from: EvilNuff on April 14, 2011, 08:47:20 am
I have the whole album on cd Astroone...not sure if I should admit that or not. :p

I still have the Vinyl.

My Vinyl got scratched so I replaced it with cd.

astroone · « **Reply #11 on:** April 16, 2011, 01:05:28 pm »

I used to have the Vinyl to bad it got lost year's ago
I might have to hunt down a cd

astroone · « **Reply #12 on:** April 22, 2011, 01:42:45 am »

Well I decided to move the monitor today in a vertical position
All I can say is wow look's really nice.

astroone · « **Reply #13 on:** May 01, 2011, 07:29:38 pm »

Still no progress on the cab but I got a Nice Score today Made it to level 4
To bad I didn't have the high score dat file in mame

astroone · « **Reply #14 on:** May 17, 2011, 02:09:15 am »

Ok did some patch work on the cab today plus got more spray paint this week

astroone · « **Reply #15 on:** May 18, 2011, 02:49:08 pm »

Well I took a Little Break On Sanding and got a New High Score

Nimbus · « **Reply #16 on:** May 18, 2011, 03:02:03 pm »

Nice job on the cab and the high score. DK is a really tough game to master. It seems like the better you make the cab look, the higher your score climbs.

astroone · « **Reply #17 on:** May 19, 2011, 04:01:19 pm »

LOL I broke the 100.000 Barrier 4th Elevator got me though

Well I did take alot of hint's on you tube search on you tube

Steve Wiebe Logan's Hardware

and

hank804

Which is Hank Chien On You Tube

LeedsFan · « **Reply #18 on:** May 19, 2011, 05:38:30 pm »

Quote from: astroone on May 19, 2011, 04:01:19 pm

LOL I broke the 100.000 Barrier 4th Elevator got me though
Well I did take alot of hint's on you tube search on you tube

Steve Wiebe Logan's Hardware

and

hank804

Which is Hank Chien On You Tube

I was stuck on around 160K high score for ages and set my goal to break the 200K barrier. It took me months on and off to break 200K... and when I did it was only a couple opf weeks or so to 300K. (My current high is 365K). In fact when I got that high score I even broke 200K on the first man!

What i'm saying is when you break a goal it can be like a dam burst. All of a sudden you realise and learn some new stuff and then it seems easy. Having said that I'm still trying to break 400K now. I'm back to taking months again......

astroone · « **Reply #19 on:** May 21, 2011, 03:01:32 am »

Got some new addition's for the cab Friday
Glad I was able to retire the X-Arcade Joy Stick

I got my Part's from the same guy that I got the Bezel and Control Panel Inlay plus T-trim
For anyone in the Denver Colorado area this guy has some classic's

http://www.arcade-classics.com/
Plus I am less than a Mile from his shop

astroone · « **Reply #20 on:** May 24, 2011, 11:26:29 pm »

How come it seem's the good deal's are just to far away this was a steal for $60 to bad it's sold probably only needed a cap kit.
http://longisland.craigslist.org/ele/2355089919.html

astroone · « **Reply #21 on:** June 05, 2012, 11:27:30 pm »

Ok well I have been putting this off for to long LOL

Started doing some sanding today

astroone · « **Reply #22 on:** June 05, 2012, 11:30:34 pm »

Also looked in the back and removed the play choice board layout and saw a Nice Surprise

There's No Doubt this Cabinet Used to be a Donkey Kong

astroone · « **Reply #23 on:** June 05, 2012, 11:34:37 pm »

The Lower Base Had Formica Bubbling and Cracking Used a Utility Knife to help remove it

astroone · « **Reply #24 on:** June 07, 2012, 06:21:09 pm »

Built the base today just need to patch the screw holes and sand next will be priming

astroone · « **Reply #25 on:** June 08, 2012, 01:58:43 pm »

Sanded, Primed and Painted the Baseboard Today

astroone · « **Reply #26 on:** June 08, 2012, 10:56:21 pm »

Ok Started on installing the base this one needed some work
I had to pry off 4 pieces of 4" square ply wood on the bottom with leveling feet
The leveling feet got reused in the New Base

astroone · « **Reply #27 on:** June 08, 2012, 11:00:14 pm »

Installed the Base 2" back from the front that's info I have been reading on at arcade museum

Cabinet still need some work on the bottom edge's
All I can say is wow what a difference 4 inches in height makes

astroone · « **Reply #28 on:** June 11, 2012, 02:48:35 pm »

Got Some Goodies today

astroone · « **Reply #29 on:** June 11, 2012, 02:51:04 pm »

Marquee and Coin Mech Face Plate's still need the mech's

Finally no more Play Choice YAY

Nephasth · « **Reply #30 on:** June 11, 2012, 02:56:18 pm »

Do you still have the Playchoice parts?

MaxVolume · « **Reply #31 on:** June 11, 2012, 05:29:16 pm »

Wanted to jump in here and point out that unfortunately the vinyl/cassette and CD of the PAC-MAN FEVER album are not the same. Sadly, they lost the rights to the master tapes and had to re-record the whole album for CD release. The most noticeable difference is the substitution of real dog and cat noises instead of sounds from the Mouse Trap arcade game, since they couldn't find a working machine to record from. I assume they avoided MAME for legal reasons. I still recommend buying the CD, just that you may want to back it up with the vinyl or cassette.

astroone · « **Reply #32 on:** June 11, 2012, 08:22:26 pm »

Quote from: Nephasth on June 11, 2012, 02:56:18 pm

Do you still have the Playchoice parts?

I only have the Playchoice Marquee the Cabinet was Gutted when I got it 3 year's ago

astroone · « **Reply #33 on:** June 11, 2012, 08:30:30 pm »

You could get the record and transfer it to a cd using a sound capture card

Quote from: MaxVolume on June 11, 2012, 05:29:16 pm

Wanted to jump in here and point out that unfortunately the vinyl/cassette and CD of the PAC-MAN FEVER album are not the same. Sadly, they lost the rights to the master tapes and had to re-record the whole album for CD release. The most noticeable difference is the substitution of real dog and cat noises instead of sounds from the Mouse Trap arcade game, since they couldn't find a working machine to record from. I assume they avoided MAME for legal reasons. I still recommend buying the CD, just that you may want to back it up with the vinyl or cassette.

DaveMMR · « **Reply #34 on:** June 11, 2012, 08:57:27 pm »

Quote from: astroone on June 11, 2012, 08:30:30 pm

You could get the record and transfer it to a cd using a sound capture card
Quote from: MaxVolume on June 11, 2012, 05:29:16 pm

Wanted to jump in here and point out that unfortunately the vinyl/cassette and CD of the PAC-MAN FEVER album are not the same. Sadly, they lost the rights to the master tapes and had to re-record the whole album for CD release. The most noticeable difference is the substitution of real dog and cat noises instead of sounds from the Mouse Trap arcade game, since they couldn't find a working machine to record from. I assume they avoided MAME for legal reasons. I still recommend buying the CD, just that you may want to back it up with the vinyl or cassette.

You guys are all aware that it's a fairly horrible album, right?

Just get the vinyl for novelty display purposes - never play it.

(I do have the vinyl version and have listened to it in it's entirety out of morbid curiosity one evening. It was quite grating...)

MaxVolume · « **Reply #35 on:** June 12, 2012, 01:19:30 pm »

Quote from: astroone on June 11, 2012, 08:30:30 pm

You could get the record and transfer it to a cd using a sound capture card

Yes, you could definitely do that. I like having the pressed disc and packaging (what there is of it) of the commercial CD, but I would like to be able to listen to the original recording again. One of these days I need to fire up the turntable and the $200 Firewire audio interface I've never used and actually make a CD-R of the LP. Oh, and the 45 of the title track, since it had the instrumental on the B-side. Not sure if Do The Donkey Kong was the same, but I'll have to check that out. I also need to find Digital Air's Dig Dug, which I don't think I've ever actually heard.

MaxVolume · « **Reply #36 on:** June 12, 2012, 01:26:37 pm »

Quote from: DaveMMR on June 11, 2012, 08:57:27 pm

You guys are all aware that it's a fairly horrible album, right?

Just get the vinyl for novelty display purposes - never play it.

(I do have the vinyl version and have listened to it in it's entirety out of morbid curiosity one evening. It was quite grating...)

LOL... yes, some of the tracks are downright annoying, but a deep love for all things arcade tends to mitigate that.

After all, it's a heckuva lot better than those old ATARI book-and-record sets/picture discs based on Yars' Revenge, etc.

DaveMMR · « **Reply #37 on:** June 12, 2012, 10:22:31 pm »

Quote from: MaxVolume on June 12, 2012, 01:26:37 pm

LOL... yes, some of the tracks are downright annoying, but a deep love for all things arcade tends to mitigate that. After all, it's a heckuva lot better than those old ATARI book-and-record sets/picture discs based on Yars' Revenge, etc.

Heh, fair enough. Just wanted to make sure you guys weren't going crazy recording vinyl and realizing you wasted a couple of hours of your life.

And I do also have the Pacman Fever single. It's a very hard piece of square vinyl with the Pacman screenshot. The best part about it is the instrumental on the B-side, as you mentioned. The perfect background music if you're putting together an arcade-related video on YouTube.

astroone · « **Reply #38 on:** June 13, 2012, 04:17:07 pm »

I know I didn't say this when I got these Item's a Big thank you to Nerdtendo at Arcade Museum
One Power Supply
One reproduction full wiring harness
Bezel Locking Bar
Pcb Holder
Coin Counter still need the service box
Other needed component's that are Mia
Coin Mech's the one's on currently are just the face plates
A sanyo monitor with upper and lower bracket's and upper bar
Donkey Kong pcb looking for tkg4 2 board set
The on and off switch with Fuse

Quote from: astroone on June 11, 2012, 02:48:35 pm

Got Some Goodies today

astroone · « **Reply #39 on:** June 13, 2012, 08:51:02 pm »

CLR is tha Bomb Cleaned the pcb holder right up

astroone · « **Reply #40 on:** June 14, 2012, 10:37:05 pm »

Did a wheel wire brush and paint on the pcb holder

astroone · « **Reply #41 on:** June 14, 2012, 10:39:44 pm »

I finally started started taking everything out the day of bondage wait was that bondo

astroone · « **Reply #42 on:** June 18, 2012, 10:51:29 pm »

Ok Progress report started sanding and Priming the Cabinet ran out of primer 2 spray can's at 12 oz = 24 look's like 36 oz

emphatic · « **Reply #43 on:** June 19, 2012, 05:58:56 am »

Very nice work!

astroone · « **Reply #44 on:** June 19, 2012, 11:41:04 pm »

Thank You
Well got some more painting done today it was windy getting the rest of the primer on but eased off this evening before sundown got the black inside trim painted plus did some extra patching amazing what you can see doing primer

astroone · « **Reply #45 on:** June 19, 2012, 11:44:31 pm »

Ok I also realized there wasn't enough of those 3 Oz can's of spray paint to do the entire cab I only have 10 can's which comes up to 30 Oz so I decided to get a gallon of paint at Home Depot the lady there who color matched it sure did alot of work to get it on was about 2 hour's

astroone · « **Reply #46 on:** June 22, 2012, 12:57:11 am »

Ok here it is

yotsuya · « **Reply #47 on:** June 22, 2012, 12:59:30 am »

astroone · « **Reply #48 on:** June 24, 2012, 05:10:52 pm »

Here's my son having a blast he missed playing on the cabinet when I was working on it

Next on the list will be trying to get the rest of the part's hopefully it will be a fully restored donkey kong in the near future
for now mame will do but you have gotta admit it look's alot better than it used to

astroone · « **Reply #49 on:** June 28, 2012, 07:37:43 pm »

Added some New Button's on the Control panel

astroone · « **Reply #50 on:** August 20, 2012, 12:47:56 pm »

Update I got a Donkey Kong Board from ebay
Hopefully it will test out in working condition I'll find that out sometime this week

TGov · « **Reply #51 on:** September 03, 2012, 11:04:46 pm »

What angle is that monitor mounted at? It looks a lot steeper than most DK cabs.

astroone · « **Reply #52 on:** September 04, 2012, 02:32:42 pm »

I actually have a pc monitor sitting on top a piece of plywood it's higher up than where it should be.

astroone · « **Reply #53 on:** September 20, 2012, 02:18:30 pm »

OK Board's were tested with problem's and is out for repair

astroone · « **Reply #54 on:** October 08, 2012, 02:00:50 am »

Ok I got Some Update's Donkey Kong Board is repaired

Plus Got Mikes Video Arcade Video Inverter plus a cga/ega/yuv to vga converter

astroone · « **Reply #55 on:** October 08, 2012, 02:04:26 am »

Took me a little while to get the inverter's going I had to use the wiring harness pin out's plus I got some great advice from klov

http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/spies.cgi?action=url&type=pinout&page=Nintendo_Classic.html

astroone · « **Reply #56 on:** October 08, 2012, 02:08:25 am »

After Going through it all here it is

IT"S ALIVE ALIVE

johncl · « **Reply #57 on:** October 08, 2012, 03:04:45 am »

Very nice work, love that you put so much effort into making it more "genuine" with regards to using real PCB and all. Its as authentic as possible for the actual game now.

Just wondering about the color, shouldnt it be blue tint to the color? On your pics it looks a bit cyan, but perhaps its the camera? I am seeking out the right color for my DK bartop project, but that will be red.

astroone · « **Reply #58 on:** October 08, 2012, 08:33:56 am »

That's the way the color came out for some reason here's 2 photograph's

Before

After

steveh · « **Reply #59 on:** October 08, 2012, 12:16:10 pm »

Color looks pretty close to me. Good Job on the cab. It really blows me away how great the projects come out on here. I hope my project can look half as good as these when i get done.

astroone · « **Reply #60 on:** October 19, 2012, 03:51:35 pm »

Got a new update I bought a Donkey Kong Control Panel in real good shape cleaned and oiled the joystick the red jump button does need to be replaced plus it need's the catches but this is way better than the panel I built
original part's are the best

astroone · « **Reply #61 on:** October 19, 2012, 03:58:17 pm »

Added a coin microswitch near the coin release button just push the coin release and it add's credit's this also save's me from having to drill a hole in the cab to add a coin switch

astroone · « **Reply #62 on:** October 19, 2012, 04:39:37 pm »

Added some coin catches that I got for free

LeedsFan · « **Reply #63 on:** October 21, 2012, 03:48:19 am »

This has turned out really nice.

For finishing touches you could add the little stickers that are missing from the cab. They are available at Mike's Arcade here.....
http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?sku=INSTDKLONG


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