Oh.... Man it's a Universal cabinet! That thing is like my grail! Always wanted to fix one up. I love the shape of those. Please don't put a pi in it... Please don't mess with the controls. You could probably put that thing on craigslist and trade it for a decent Golden Tee shell. Or sell it as is. This is an arcade gem in my opinion!
I second that thought. Don't wreck that cab.
Restore that one - the Universal cabs are like works of art!
The more I tear in to it and find little bits and pieces of it's history, the more I want to restore it. It's just really beat up, but if I'm patient I'm sure I could make it happen. I was heavily leaning towards the PI, leaving the controls, and making it boot in to cosmic guerilla, but if you guys really think I've got something special here, I will try to restore as much as possible. As far as the cab itself goes, I'm planning on restoring, no painting over or modifying or anything.
Where do you live? Anywhere in Wi by chance?
I do not! I live in FL haha
I started tearing in to this thing yesterday. Got the marquee out. Wanted to start somewhere simple so I'm stripping the rust and old paint off the marquee retainer rails and repainting them black, as well as ordering a reproduction CG marquee. Will start taking the monitor and boards apart this evening.