Hi there
Marco here, from Italy !
REALLY A PRETTY MINI-CABINET !!!!
I'm a huge Dragon's Lair fan since the very first day I saw it in a local arcade in the 1984 and, more genarally, a LaserDisc games fan
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It was an "Atari by Sidam" cabinet, with the 2nd display on its top, Philips 22VP932 as LaserDisc player with Philips PAL disc inside and, of course, a Sidam romset revision.
Some years ago I subscribed and entered into the DaphneTeam as "bugfinder", tester and I also did some video/audio editing on the captures of the european releases of Dragon's Lair and Space Ace
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Although I still prefer those "EURO" versions, I built a ful-height Cinematronics repro cabinet, with the original scoreboard, plexy panel and the two speakers as the only original parts...
DAPHNE INSIDE, of course... also with some little "improvements" I did years ago
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... IN MY OLD GARAGE
... AND IN MY NEW (since 5 years) ONE
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Well, saying a typical italian expression, "so much water has passed under the bridge" after I made this cabinet...
This year, just like LeedsFan said, it's the 30th Anniversary and I heard around the World there were some meetings/reunions for the DL's 30th anniversary.
Well, I decided to plan such a meeting here in my little "Mac'sArcade", so :
I heard around the World there were some meetings/reunions for the DL's 30th anniversary.
Well, I decided to plan such a meeting here in my little "Mac'sArcade" , so :
-cleaned up garage and little tavern/arcade room
-metal shelves in the garage covered with blue tarps to make the environment less austere
-some chips
-some popcorn
-beers
-... and few but good nerd fellows
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( I am the fellow on the upper left...
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I worked 3 days (3 of my August holydays...) to build this little "present" for the anniversary :
It's a MINI Dragon's Lair cabinet, built from the beginning "around" an Asus eeePC900 (my wife's computer... ), and it's 1 : 2.4 scale.
I decided in that way to make marquee and CP dimensions compatible with A4 format for printing artworks by myself !!!
After a few days, I fix it all and made it "free" from the eeePC...
> an all-in-one MB with a Pentium4 H.T. 3 Ghz
> an 8" LCD TV / VGA monitor
> two USB-powered stereo speakers
> LEDs back-lited marquee, powered by the +12v taken from a PSU molex
details of the marquee : heat-bent brown plexyglass
details of the controls interface (this time I wanted something cheaper than the "regular" I-Pac... so I went to an ArcadeParts e-shop in the UK...
All its part, except for the display ( 50 €uros, new ), the speakers ( 10 €, new ) and the control interface ( 20 €, new ) are "recycled" from other previous buildings
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MDF, joystick, buttons, spary paint and the computer parts... all "USED"
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Then I could say it's an "ECOLOGICAL cabinet"
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I'm already building 4 other cabinets like that, but as it is a "proto" version, I'm going to make some modifying to realize something like your mini-cab, LeedsFan !
I'm not "skilled" so much as you , but I always did my best to build good cabinets (and not only cabinets...
I'm also an "audiophiler" and like to build by myself loudspeakers, amplifiers, also with vacuum tubes, and other "things"...
Well... I hope to had not bothered you...
Ciao !!!