So, this cab is my favorite style of cab. Universal came out with some real crap games, but that cabinet to me is perfect!
Anyway, so this clearly was hacked up pretty bad, but the good news is that the bones on this cab are pretty much intact, and in great condition. Only thing I may have to find a replacement for is the coin box door (missing).
Everything else can be replicated pretty easily. My plan so far is this (and I am open to feedback or other ideas). I put this in the restore project thread because I do want to clean this up and get rid of all the crap that was done to it. I want to basically bring it back to it's former glory. I will be treating it like a full restore, however the guts will probably come from my mame machine. I have a 25" wells gardner that I plan to drop in, plus do a space raider art package. Clean up the laminate sides, replace the T-molding, and figure out what to do with the control panel.
My first idea is to emulate using my mame PC:
I am not going to design the control panel for fighting games, but go with single player simple button layout that will play strictly classic games. I assume a Joystick and one to two buttons for the games. I would like to strictly play games that will fit that control scheme, Shumps, DK, Super Glob, Joust, etc...
I am open to other ideas though.
I just think finding a Space Raider board would be next to impossible, and I just don't care much for Mr. Do. Universal game boards are pretty hard to find. I wouldn't mind going that route, but I have a tight budget on this one.