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ark_ader:

--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on March 30, 2012, 05:37:46 pm ---
--- Quote from: ChrisK on March 30, 2012, 04:42:47 pm ---Besides, not everyone is here to restore old cabinets.  For example, I'm here to learn about building a custom cabinet.

Wrong way: The guy who told you to rip it apart is an idiot.
Right way: I'll buy it off you!
Also right: You should sell it to someone who wants this game and build your own, so you aren't destroying a classic game.

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--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on March 29, 2012, 06:11:37 pm ---But, the most important thing that you need to decide is what you want to do with your cab. The biggest single mistake that somebody in your position can make is trying to fit a project to the cabinets on hand. Neither cab you mention is a good candidate for anything more than a single player machine.

Check the wiki and projects ... you will achieve superior results if you take a few hours and evaluate things. It is easy enough to trade your glitchy AstroBlaster for a cabinet far superior for your purposes.

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I did rip into ark pretty strongly, but I know him better than you do. Do the research -- he actually is an idiot.

I specifically didn't rip into the OP for suggesting that he kill his classics, but pointed him in some useful directions to gather ideas and figure out what he wanted instead of having him shoehorn a solution based on the advice of somebody who doesn't really know what they are talking about.

Feel free to listen to me or to ignore me or you can just randomly judge me ... for judging someone else.

 ;)

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The is always a danger of shaking Jeff's tree every so often, it is not his fault that he is a purist.  To give him credit, I do like to see the original cab presented in all its glory, I just don't care if it has a PC running it. By all means keep the Astro Blaster aesthetic, but if you want to play dig dug on it, it is your cab.  If you want to sell it you can always restore the original boards.

I'm not angry about Jeff's comments.  I just like him the way he is.  You get used to him.  He is a real character.  He knows this hobby pretty well, and again to his credit, is a great asshat asset to this community.

Just don't let him derail your thread.   :P
Ond:
When you spend enough time on this forum you'll realise most people here have respect for each other and the forum community, even when some of them have each other in the verbal equivalent of a headlock.

Welcome to the forum and to a great hobby.  While you're researching the wealth of information here for your project take a stroll through said pastures and brooks  ::) over to my "Build and OND designed cab".  I encourage you to roll your own.

 :cheers:

Ond
Dawgz Rule:
I'm not bailing but yes, the first few times I posted something I ran into the select few who say things like, "never", "always", "wrong", etc.  Sometimes you can see it is all in jest but other times you can see that it steps a little beyond that.  Admittedly, I do get a kick out of the passion that some people have whereas I am more of a "do whatever works for you" kind of guy. 

None the less, there are some great people who post up here regularly which makes me come back throughout the day.  Lots of good tips for the next cab.....just don't tell the wife.
boardjunkie:
I think his best option is to find either a generic 2 plyr cabinet like a Dynamo, or something thats been converted already and is beyond restoring.  Really.....there's no shortage of older cabs that have been thru the ringer. And...they're cheap, sometimes free if you know where to look.  Larger 4 player cabs a'la Konami Turtles, Simpsons, etc are gettin' a bit scarce since the MAME cab craze started really catching on. Those 25" large panel jobs are ideal for this kind of thing....they get scooped up fast. So building a copy of that style would be the only thing I'd bother with. Hell....there was an operator local to me who had a woodshop and built copies of those cabs to put kits in. This was when Simpsons was fairly new.

I used a Grand Products kit cab for mine:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1980s-90s-GRAND-PRODUCTS-VIDEO-GAME-CABINET-FLYER-MINT-/400082945822#ht_2340wt_754

I think the dark blue with red molding looks nice. And...no collectable cabinets were harmed in the making of the MAME cab.
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