Battlezone as a double decker cab and other ramblings.

[paigeoliver]

Ok, been selling a few games on ebay and local in attempts to get a bit of cash, and get my collection down to the point where it fits in the _small bedroom instead of the LARGE one.

Someone bought my Battlezone cabinet, but they just wanted the panel and the whole periscope/viewer assembly (also just sold Popeye and Out Run, with a couple still on ebay and at least one cab scheduled for Superauctions).

This of course left me with a Battlezone cabinet with no panel or front viewer deal.

GET THIS.

Take that stuff off and take a look. There is like a natural second control panel spot up a bit higher than the first. Just the perfect size for a 4-way, spinner and some buttons.

I also measured and I can BARELY, just BARELY get a slightly modified capcom layout AND 3" trackball on the main panel.

Now granted that would be one heck of a frankencab, but it would be done with no cutting or extending of any kind.

Not sure if I am going to do it or not. It really depends on how good the controls on the upper control panel would feel. I think I might install and interface those and see how they feel before making a decision on it.

Also got a pretty beat up (but solid and complete) Darwin 4078 in a Frogger cabinet as part of the deal for the Popeye. It doesn't power up, and I haven't checked anything on it yet. It does have a very nice Wico 4-way (diamond pattern) stick on it.