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Callindril:

Hey there,

Always been intersted in doing this kinda thing, but was never able to get my hands on an old dead arcade machine...but now I have...An old Galaga machine that the main-board is fried on...

The main problem I forsee is the control panel...the Galga panel only has room for 1 joystick, and 1 action button....its pretty small and cramped to add a 2nd joystick and 4 buttons for each...

I unhooked the 3 flip-latches that held the panel in place, and was wondering how it would work if I got a longer piece of wood, and attached those 3 flip-latches so that it would hold it in place...

Im worried that the 3 latches might not be enough to hold a longer piece, and was wondering what kinda support would be good to add to the underside to give it more support...

Are there any kind of wood-working plans out there that migth give me some ideas opn how to accomplish this?

Thanks!
Cal



DaemonCollector:

poor galaga cab...:( Should try to restore it.

p.s. Just realized this is your first post. Welcome to BYOAC :)

Callindril:

If I could find a replacement motherboard for it that didnt cost an arm and a leg, it would sure make my wife happy...

Second best idea, make it a Mame Cab so we can play all our other favorites on it too...

Ken Layton:

Send the board to El Dorado Games for repair/exchange. I think it runs around $100.

paigeoliver:

A complete Galaga is a poor Mame cabinet choice. A very poor choice. If you happen to live anywhere near St. Louis I will come pick that Galaga up, and drop you off an empty black cabinet and toss in a big VGA monitor to put inside.

Oh, and for the record that cabinet will hold a full streetfighter 2 layout. I have seen plenty of them converted in that manner. Don't extend the control panel, it will look really, really stupid.

Matter of fact, don't do anything to the machine at all. Just post it for sale/trade on the rec.games.video.arcade.marketplace newsgroup. You should have no problem getting someone to come to your house, take that machine away, delivering you an empty conversion cabinet and giving you some money for your troubles.

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