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boerbiet:

I was under the assumption I had to connect the JAMMA board to the JPAC, but I missed out on a page on the information page and it's obvious to me now. The JPAC does seem to suit my needs. I still have to check out the Smash TV cabinet. The seller says video and audio are still working, but the price is quite low so I suspect there will be some flaws. However, the costs are still way lower than what I would need to spend on materials when building a full cabinet. The wood alone costs more than the price the seller listed :) (although the list price is for an opening bid).

I would have to replace the controls though. I'd like to keep the cabinet as authentic as possible, but "destroying" the control part is inevitable. The cabinet doesn't seem to be rare though, so I don't feel any remorse (yet) >:D. Another reason to try an existing cabinet is the lacking of tools and woodcutting skills on my part; I'd need to ask a lot of help. I also don't have a garage or something to work in.

Anyway, I attached a picture of the cabinet for fun. I'll be checking it out this saturday. If for any reason I cannot use it, I guess I'll have to bother some friends who have tools and garages :)



MaxVolume:


Nice... I assume you're keeping it a 2-player machine, right?  Even though it might be tempting to just add buttons and call it a 4-player panel, it wasn't really designed to be.  The hole for the second joystick will make a great anchor point for buttons, though.


boerbiet:


--- Quote from: MaxVolume on August 22, 2012, 03:51:43 pm ---
Nice... I assume you're keeping it a 2-player machine, right?  Even though it might be tempting to just add buttons and call it a 4-player panel, it wasn't really designed to be.  The hole for the second joystick will make a great anchor point for buttons, though.

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A 2-player machine is the idea, yea, with 6 buttons for each player. Eventually I want to add guns too and I'm thinking of adding a trackball and / or spinner for arkanoid and such. Haven't made up my mind about those though.

dgame:

Nice cabinet. I have one of those. I tried to MAME it but the Arcade Gods wouldn't let me do it. Every time I went to MAME it I ended up playing the game all night. So mine is still a dedicated SMASH TV.  Great game.

My advice would be to build a completely new control panel and leave the original guts intact so you can switch it back.

Well Fed Games:

I'm reworking a Smash TV right now for a project (actually stripping paint after a major painting fail on my part), really is a great cabinet- well built, from real wood, and lots of real estate.

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