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| paigeoliver:
Ok, I am finally starting to run short on space, and I don't think I am going to have enough room to build every Mame cabinet that I want (ideally I would have two cabinets for each control type, one vertical and one horizontal, along with a goodly collection of dedicated games). Here is what I already have done. Galaga (Formerly Artic Mini Mame). - Vertical monitor with 4-way joystick and 2 button. Space Firebird - Vertical monitor with 8-way joystick and 2 buttons. Amazing Maze - Horizontal Monitor, Streetfighter 2 control layout. Solitaire - Horizontal monitor, 2.5" trackball and 2 buttons. Note I am NOT HAPPY with the placement of the trackball on the (metal) control panel. It is a huge panel, but the trackball is right up against the glass. Gorf cocktail - Vertical monitor, 8-ways with single button (I am picking this machine up soon, and note that it sort of duplicates the Space Firebird mini). I also have the following dedicated games fully working. Kangaroo Out Run Do! Run Run (also have Mr. Do's Wild Ride pcb for it) Time Pilot cocktail (extra PCBs are Time Pilot '84, Road Righter, and Super Basketball) Popeye (picking up soon). I have the following non-working cabinets "in stock". Defender #1. Has working arcade monitor, Currently has an Arch Rivals kit partially installed with boardset. Defender #2. Wood only, no coin door, monitor glass, control panel, marquee, etc. Turbo. - I THINK it is complete. Is taken apart, and has both a monitor and boardset problem. Sprint 2 - Complete, not working. Has two 360 wheels, 2 gas pedals, and two 4-position shifters. Battlezone. Complete externally, has had a 15" VGA monitor installed. Magical Spot cocktail - Externally complete. Has 2-way joysticks installed. Internally it is missing monitor and PCB, but has power and wiring intact. Ok, here are the parts I have "in stock". About a half dozen assorted 8-way sticks. 3 different 4-way sticks. About 30 buttons (microswitch and leaf, many used, have some new microswitch ones, and 6 NOS translucent leaf ones) One Wico mechanical rotary stick. One 3" PS2 trackball. One Sega optical spinner. 2 49-way joysticks (balltops, Arch Rivals type). One 8-way Wico top fire. One Blue analog top fire (PC stick). One black analog top fire (PC stick, modded for control panel installation already). Two tiny analog arcade baseball joysticks. 3 different 21" VGA monitors (one metal frame type, 2 flat tube type). One 14" VGA monitor. 2 non-working 13" arcade monitors. NOS Willis Asteroids overlay NOS Willis Q*Bert overlay NOS Willis Defender overlay Repro Defender marquee City Connection marquee and boardset 7 PGA Tournament Golf marquees. 1 Bootleg/prototype Neo Geo marquee. Meltec's Big Mouth Marquee Ajax marquee Arch Rivals marquee (cut to fit a Defender) Omega Race marquee (won't fit anything I have, too small). Arch Rivals control panel (fits Defender). Complete Tac/Scan control panel. Complete "Amazing Maze" control panel (dual leaf 8-ways, no buttons). Complete NOS set of "HB's Olympics" artwork, which I wouldn't even use for anything, but I am mentioning to be complete, this will fit a Nintendo cabinet. Ok, what would you guys suggest doing with all this stuff? I am definitely gonna toss a PC into the Battlezone, but I am up in the air as to what to do with the rest? Considerations. The "Solitaire" has a fairly roomy control panel (couple inches deeper than most classic cabinets), and has room for another control type or two on it. But it has a factory painted metal panel, which would be slightly difficult to modify and still make look good (unless I bought a generic black overlay). The control panel on the Maze is at a 45 degree angle, and it is really shallow. It currentl has a Capcom layout, but I had considered switching the machine to be a single 4-way type and perhaps using one of the Defenders as my Capcom layout cabinet. The Gorf is all factory externally, and I will not modify it. The "Galaga" does not have room for a second joystick, but the panel is large enough to accomadate any non-trackball single player layout. The Space Firebird has a panel at a killer angle, which is also metal and has a factory overlay. Thus I am not modifying it, and it is unsuitable for many joystick types, but the super-stiff Happs Univeral I have on it works well. The joystick on it can technically be switched into a true 4-way mode, although I have never done so. |
| paigeoliver:
Also. I am somewhat open to adding a false front with larger control panel onto one of the Defenders so that it can fit more controls (and because one of them is missing a coin door anyway). I won't cut into the cabinet, but I have no problem building a new front/panel that bolts on where the original control panel and coin door were located. |
| Apollo:
All credit to you Paige but I've just got to say, you do spend a lot of time telling everyone else here how many games, cabs, pcbs, parts you have and how much of an unbelievable deal u got at the latest auction. How about posting some tips on how u restored them or how u got such a great deal on ______? Ya know? |
| Generic Eric:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on February 05, 2004, 03:47:04 am ---snipped ...but I am up in the air as to what to do with the rest? --- End quote --- Is any of it for sale? |
| patrickl:
Wow, that's a lot of stuff. Do you collect all this for yourself or do you trade them? Do you have like a whole arcade full of these machines? Or are they in storage? Would be cool to have such a huge collection, but overhere in the Netherlands I'm having a hard time even finding an arcade let alone an auction of cabinets. |
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