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| DeLuSioNal29:
Does it count that I got this a while back before the Nintendo cab craze took place this summer? :laugh2: Seems like it's the "year of the Nintendo cabs". :applaud: (ChanceKJ, add me to the long list on the other topic). So I've always wanted a Donkey Kong in my Arcade but if I were to do one it would have definitely have to be Radar Scope Red. However, I came across a Nintendo cabinet (big thanks goes to forum user jmike for PM'ing me that it was in my NY area) with a 2 player .vs control Panel already installed. So it got me thinking - Maybe I can build a .vs only cab with all of the games on it using MAME. (Quick note: A guy over at KLOV (nazerine) is working on "UniVersus" multi PCB where you can program the board and pop it into the .vs PCB. I plan to get one, but for now I'm doing this on the cheap since I don't have any .vs hardware in this thing.) Since I already had a .vs CP in hand: I decided to go with a custom Nintendo .Vs with a Radar Scope Red finish. The one I obtained was suffering from an identity crisis though: It had a .vs CP, Super Mario marquee, a Popeye Bezel and it was painted red on the sides and blue in the front. Ugh! I think the original artwork for this cab is so boring, so I want to take it up a notch: Original: [Edit: Still not sure about what artwork to use just yet... [Reserved for new artwork pic] To me, it looked like someone sold it to the people I picked it up from and quickly "flipped it" to a multicade. The horror! It had a 60 in 1 in it! Apparently the previous owner told me that it was under water at one point and it never got fixed. Luckily for me this is a plywood Nintendo cabinet and not particle board, so there was no swelling and the base of it is in great shape. :-) Here are a few pics of the cabinet once I got it home: Unfortunately, the monitor is RUSTED. Not sure if it will be OK, but I decided to clean it up by giving it a wash. I also grabbed a cap kit from Ian Kellogg here: https://iankellogg.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1&zenid=7d2crbvoks2a6ecu1re254ohk1 I recommend his kits they are labeled for easy installation: If all else fails I will throw a PC CRT monitor in there for now. Here are the pics of the monitor: Here's a video of me cleaning it with Simple Green and a garden hose: Coin door was painted (including coin mechs): :badmood: I'll need to order new hardware (only the parts showing) from Mike's Arcade Paint: I grabbed the same one recommended here by Buckethead for his Radar Scope Red DK restore. Here's a pic of the color from Lowe's (I ended up using Valspar Signature paint with primer built in - I returned the one shown here because the idiot paint guy tainted the paint by putting an eggshell cover on my semi-gloss paint after mixing it). I also picked up Floetrol as recommended here on the forums. Never tried the stuff, but I'm curious: That's it for now, I still need to take the paint off. Not sure if I should use Citristrip or just sand it all off. DeLuSioNaL29 |
| yotsuya:
Ha! Good luck, I made major strides today with Janky Kong that I will post later. |
| jmike:
:applaud: Glad you're working on it. Looking forward to your progress. :cheers: |
| wp34:
Looking forward to this one. Our basements may start looking the same between Total Carnage and this one. I've had a VS in my garage for a couple of years that needs restoring. I was planning to sell it until that multi board was announced on KLOV. Now it is a keeper. I've even been looking at that exact same artwork although my plan (at the moment) is black laminate instead of red. |
| DeLuSioNal29:
Black laminate IS tempting. Dang it wp34! D |
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