Janky Kong - The Final Frontier

[harveybirdman]

 

[yotsuya]

Thanks, bro. It was fun.  Janky Kong and I are on our way to the competition!

[harveybirdman]

Hope you get past level 3 and consume many beers!

[ChanceKJ]

  that escalated quickly

[yotsuya]

So Janky Kong was a big hit. Interesting ly enough, I loaded up the NES library, and a lot of people had fun playing the old school Nintendo games on the Vs Control Panel

[vwalbridge]

Don't ask why I'm still up.

Just wish I was rather there playing some Janky Kong than working. 

[yotsuya]

Don't ask why I'm still up.

Just wish I was rather there playing some Janky Kong than working. 

Yeah, it was pretty awesome. Most of these guys are dedicated collectors, not MAME guys like us, so they were thoroughly impressed. Great times.

[opt2not]

So I'm down here in Jesus-land this weekend for a wedding (LA specifically) and throughout the event I was thinking "I hope yots had enough energy to finish up Janky in time for the comp". Glad to see you did! (Yeah you know you're arcade obsessed when...)

[yotsuya]

So I'm down here in Jesus-land this weekend for a wedding (LA specifically) and throughout the event I was thinking "I hope yots had enough energy to finish up Janky in time for the comp". Glad to see you did! (Yeah you know you're arcade obsessed when...)

Hell yeah! Your Janky Kong art was a big hit, too!

[Nephasth]

You work well under pressure with tight deadlines!

[jdbailey1206]

Yeah.  Why do you work in the dark?

[yotsuya]

Yeah.  Why do you work in the dark?

My cel phone camera sucks, I guess. 

Besides, I live in Arizona. When it's 106* plus outside, you tend to keep things cool by killing the lights.

[yotsuya]

Ok, so to recap my whirlwind Janky Kong build...

It started out as a challenge, and a challenge it was. Actually, I consider myself done with Phase One more than anything. I don't like the LCD in there and will be swapping it out with a CRT first chance I get. I also plan to work more on smoothing out the finish, maybe using Ond's techniques. It was funny, people would play on it and touch it and and be, "Why is it sticky?" , and I'd go, "Because I just painted it 7 hours ago!" I also want to add some leg levelers to it, because dragging it on the wood base is BS.

And special thanks to my homies Neph, Malenko, HaRuMaN and Opt2Not for helping out in their own ways.

[Malenko]

And special thanks to my homies Neph, Malenko, HaRuMaN and Opt2Not for helping out in their own ways.

Great now you've summoned X2 in here to call me a narcissist!

I'm guessing my support was more emotional than anything cause I dont recall doing ---fudgesicle--- all to actually help with this at all. I am loving Opt2Not's line drawing up there though! Chuffiest of the Chuff!

[yotsuya]

And special thanks to my homies Neph, Malenko, HaRuMaN and Opt2Not for helping out in their own ways.

Great now you've summoned X2 in here to call me a narcissist!

I'm guessing my support was more emotional than anything cause I dont recall doing ---fudgesicle--- all to actually help with this at all. I am loving Opt2Not's line drawing up there though! Chuffiest of the Chuff!

I count the sexting as project support.

[yotsuya]

But seriously,  you and Neph were in the loop when I got the cab a year ago. Check your texts.

[Malenko]

oh cool, so many dudes on here need to thank me for helping them with their projects then!

wait a minute!.................................... 




Oh, I had no idea that was the same cab as a year ago, I thought you picked one up on thursday and had it playable by saturday!

[yotsuya]

oh cool, so many dudes on here need to thank me for helping them with their projects then!

wait a minute!.................................... 




Oh, I had no idea that was the same cab as a year ago, I thought you picked one up on thursday and had it playable by saturday!

Naw. Janky Kong is that project I kept talking about. I just had a reason to get it done.

[yotsuya]

Allright, looking forward to watching this!!

Here's a shot of that coin door you sold me last year. Thanks for the hookup, brother!

[zanna5910]

It was given to me free like this:

i dont get in the forums as much as i used to, but is no one going to mention this?   How did you pull off a nintendo cab for free??? I needs one of those hookups!

Sorry for the resurrection

[yotsuya]

It was given to me free like this:

i dont get in the forums as much as i used to, but is no one going to mention this?   How did you pull off a nintendo cab for free??? I needs one of those hookups!

Sorry for the resurrection

It's all about networking and relationships. A friend saw the job I did on my Macross cabinet and messaged me. He told me he had this old Nintendo cabinet that someone had painted a nasty looking orange, and that he didn't think he could do anything with it but he didn't have the heart to throw it away. He offered it to me because he knew I'd give it some TLC.

[Nephasth]

It was given to me free like this:

i dont get in the forums as much as i used to, but is no one going to mention this?   How did you pull off a nintendo cab for free??? I needs one of those hookups!

Sorry for the resurrection

It's all about networking and relationships. A friend saw the job I did on my Macross cabinet and messaged me. He told me he had this old Nintendo cabinet that someone had painted a nasty looking orange, and that he didn't think he could do anything with it but he didn't have the heart to throw it away. He offered it to me because he knew I'd give it some TLC.

Yup. Half the cabs/machines that have gone through my hands over the years have been for free. Hell, one was a Ms Pac cocktail in beautiful shape, just missing a monitor (good thing I had a spare on the shelf)!

[pbj]

It's all about networking and relationships.

Disregard the above.  It's all about cash in hand.

[yotsuya]

It's all about networking and relationships.

Disregard the above.  It's all about cash in hand.

Cash in hand... for free cabs..... 

But James is right- if you want to buy a cab, Cash-In-Hand is king.

[dmckean]

It's not like he's getting free pristine cabs. Both the Centipede used for Macross and this cabinet were in pretty rough shape.

There's a game/vending place 30 minutes north of me that puts out stripped cabinets in really rough shape by their dumpster for free all the time.

[jdbailey1206]

Cash is king.

What is this?  Storage Wars?

[harveybirdman]

you all are lucky Tulsa area is the WORST place to try to get cabs, granted I got a Z back for 100 bucks, but most of the time people want a fortune for the crappiest cabs.

My local craigslist fair

Golden Tee 99 $300
Megatouch Maxx $300
Playchoice 10  $1500
WS Baseball (Naomi) $500
QBert in a Taito Cab  $500
World Finals Soccer $400
Popeye $1150
BATTERED Ms Pac  $800

[vwalbridge]

QBert in a Taito Cab  $500

[harveybirdman]

Fraid so

[yotsuya]

It's not like he's getting free pristine cabs. Both the Centipede used for Macross and this cabinet were in pretty rough shape.

^^^ This.

But even with that, my networking has allowed me to get cabs in great shape for under $200. Working Ms. Pac for $200, Dynamo HS-5 for $80, Star Wars for $150, Tempest for $75.... No more CL for me...

[jdbailey1206]

Yeah.  I get the same love for arcade cabinets here in the D that Harvey gets.  A lot crap builds that are way over priced and a lot of originals and restores for too much money. 

[Wyo]

Allright, looking forward to watching this!!

Here's a shot of that coin door you sold me last year. Thanks for the hookup, brother!

THAT looks great!!! 

[yotsuya]

Allright, looking forward to watching this!!

Here's a shot of that coin door you sold me last year. Thanks for the hookup, brother!

THAT looks great!!! 

Thanks, Wyo!

So now that The Knock Off is over, I'm going to start with the rest of the restoration. One thing I've been want to do is extend the black color all the way down the sides of the kickplate. I didn't do that during the marathon phase one of Janky Kong,  but I had some time today so I went ahead and did it. I masked off the areas on the kickplate that needed it, and I went there town. 10 minutes later, the deed was done.

Looking more like a real Kong.

[yotsuya]

This is my plan for the front end/system - all Vs. Games. I just need to find a CRT for this.

[Nephasth]

You had me at CRT...

[ChanceKJ]

You had me at CRT...

me three.

[jdbailey1206]

Whats a CRT?

[Malenko]

Whats a CRT?

not sure if serious........

Cathode Ray Tube.  aka the big heavy tube monitor with phosphor and all that jazz in all its 4:3 glory with natural scan lines.

[pbj]

Well, if you're going to have one of those hideous Nintendo cabinets laying around, the only thing that's going to make it look worse is an LCD.

[vwalbridge]

Well, if you're going to have one of those hideous Nintendo cabinets laying around