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| MiteWiseacre:
I think I’m ready to commit to this build now. My goal is to mimic a Contra cab, vertical screen, two players. Will be looking for advice as I work through this one, slowly work through this one... I have also been dabbling in RGB modding crt’s. Found a nice Toshiba 27a43 locally for $20, I really like the picture on these Toshibas, I have a 32 that old consoles look really nice on. (Also tried a 21” No-name brand, but wasn’t able to successfully rgb mod it). |
| MiteWiseacre:
Performing the RGB was not terribly difficult on this TV thanks to all the info on the shmups forum and the nice folks here and over there as well. I wired it to a vga plug that I savagely tore from an old lcd screen, I highly recommend this for PC Mame builds. So nice to not have any adapters just plug in with a cheap effective vga cable, we won’t discuss the time it takes to get crt-emudriver and groovymame all sorted... with a great picture results, in my opinion, I set out today to build a frame. It’s pretty solid and almost square! Lol Tried rotating these images, but this is the way BYOC wants ‘em :o no idea how to take good pictures of a crt in action, but it looks good irl |
| MiteWiseacre:
Got my GFX card in the mail the other day, Dell AMD 8490 1gig.. will start the PC build soon I'm sure. Anyone have advice on where to find dimensions for a Konami Contra cab? want to keep it as close to original as possible. |
| meyer980:
Couldn't find plans on any of the sites I know about. https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/e313ce15f5c3699115000ab5e56184f5/Super-Contra-arcade-game?hl=en That's a 3D model though - might help? |
| MiteWiseacre:
That’s a huge help thank you, meyer980! Just made this purchase today from a local guy via buy and sell .. coin door doesn’t really scream Contra but it’s kinda cool.. bunch of happ style buttons. Anyone know anything about these Wico sticks? He had a bunch new in box, I grabbed one to try. |
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