Knievel Klone Refresh

[BLah247]

Can't believe we're coming up to 5 years now that I built my first MAME cabinet.  That cabinet has been well used and abused over the years and was well worth the time, money and effort that went into it.  Countless people have relived the fun of playing classic games and it's been a real center piece for entertainment. Unfortunately all that playing has also taken it's toll.  The cabinet isn't as sturdy as it once was, a few connectors are broke, the 4 way is sticking and in general it needs a refresh.  We recently moved into a rental for about 8-10 months while our new house gets constructed.  The new house will have a 16x19 ft media/game room which has caused me to re-evaluate the cabinet and if I just want to fix it to it's original glory or go a completely different route this time.

I'm just brainstorming but I think I could create something like this, more of a game pedestal cabinet.  You lose the nostalgia of standing up looking face down at a screen but it retains the ability to play all your favorite games.

[BLah247]

Here's another picture.  Seems to be a smaller footprint.

[Nephasth]

If you haven't yet, you might want to check out this thread.

[BLah247]

Thanks for the find.  That is exactly the type of thing I'm looking for!

[Blanka]

Reminds me of a bowling lane score console.

Have a look at the japanese sit down clones. I like them much better than the bowling type ones.

[BLah247]

Just because I had some emails about it... I'm not destroying the old cabinet, I was just going to use some free time making a new one instead of refurbishing my old one.  I'm going to go ahead and clean up and fix my old one a bit.  Going to use an LCD instead of a CRT and make some other minor changes.  I think I would miss the arcade feel if I only had a pedestal version.

[BLah247]

Well it took longer than 6-9 months for the house to be done.  We just moved in last week.  On top of that the 16x19 game room turned into a 20x26 'bonus room' with a 17x13 'media room' hanging off of it.  So I'm going to have space for my original MAME cabinet and the future project of the Golden Tee style machine.

That being said I need to get my well used cabinet back up to par.

My first step is replacing the CRT Monitor I had.  While I like the pixelated look that CRTs give to old games it was a bit heavy and I think I can fit a larger LCD in the 24" wide space.  I'm looking for any ideas on monitors and mounting methods to accomplish this.

I'll BLOG my progress once I get started.

[Drnick]

Find the largest IPS screen you can afford that will fit in there, The normal method is to hang a piece of wood across the inside Usually attached to some 2x2's and then you mount the monitor to that.  I guess you could probably get a 26 or 27" 16:10 monitor in there.  You could possibly/probably even have it rotatable.