oooh, my cabinet is done :)

[spongebue]

This morning, the final part of my arcade (the marquee) came in, and my arcade is now complete!



not too bad, considering this is how we got it: [img]http://members.aol.com/bjb0625/pics/arcade.jpg

Some things we did include:
new trim
new paint (this makes a world of difference)
new marquee
touched up coin slots (chrome paint rocks!)
adding a computer (of course! )
new control panel with new buttons

I'm thinking of adding a track ball that can be detached sometime, but I don't know if I'll ever get around to it.  Oh well, here it is nonetheless, I'm going to play New Rally X

spongebue

[NoOne=NBA=]

You just THINK that it's done, and even admitted as much with this statement:

I'm thinking of adding a track ball that can be detached sometime, but I don't know if I'll ever get around to it.

Until you do "get around to it", it won't REALLY be done.
OF course the other side of that is if you DO get around to it, as soon as it's "done", you'll find something else to do to it.

My suggestion is to start another cab quick.
That way you can put your effort into the new one, instead of retrofitting the old one.

[spongebue]

yeah, but umm... CRAP!

If I ever do it, it won't be in a few years, since I would need a Trackball to PS/2 adapter, and I don't have very many games that use a trackball. (my cab originally came with a trackball, so I have that part covered already)

[NoOne=NBA=]

If you've already got the trackball, then all you'd need is a PS/2 mouse to hack.
I think some people here have had luck using a USB-PS/2 converter on Oscar's USB Mouse Hacks, as well.


I "finished" my cab a couple years ago, and immediately began to tear it back apart to retrofit a modular CP system.....

Then I decided to turn the monitor, so that it would be a vertical-only cab.....

Now it's "unfinished" again, and I'm already working on two restorations (Radical Radial and Vindicators), just picked up a 25" Jaleco sitdown that I'm planning to do some cosmetic work to, and have plans for another two scratch-built cabs that I haven't started to work on yet.

[TOK]

An arcade is a place.
An arcade game is a thing, but people here typically call them cabinets.

Its not a huge thing, but being an enthusiast site and all, it's kind of a peeve of mine. From your comments, I expected to see pictures of a row of games. 

[Q*Bert_OP]

An arcade is a place.
An arcade game is a thing, but people here typically call them cabinets.

Its not a huge thing, but being an enthusiast site and all, it's kind of a peeve of mine. From your comments, I expected to see pictures of a row of games.

[88mph]

Hi there,

Nice job on the cabinet!  It has a nice clean look, and I'm sure it's a blast to play.  I really like the white t-molding.. nice touch.

In my experience though, Mame cabs are never finished--they're abandoned!    Hopefully you'll have a few months worth of playtime on it before you decide to rip into it again.. 

-88mph

[spongebue]

An arcade is a place.
An arcade game is a thing, but people here typically call them cabinets.

Its not a huge thing, but being an enthusiast site and all, it's kind of a peeve of mine. From your comments, I expected to see pictures of a row of games. 

better? 

[Silhouette]

That's one of the nicest mame cabs i've seen, except that the angle on the monitor seems a bit too extreme to me. Did you convert an old Nintendo cab, or build a replica?

I love the old coin door, though.

[NoOne=NBA=]

That's one of the nicest mame cabs i've seen, except that the angle on the monitor seems a bit too extreme to me.

Which is funny because that's the thing I liked MOST about the cab.

My wife wouldn't let me decase the brand-new 21" I put into my cab on the first go-around, so it was sitting parallel to, and just behind the front glass.

When I picked up the used 19" that's in it now, I immediately built a lean-back bracket for it, so that it would be away from the glass.

Maybe it's a pet peeve of mine, growing up with the early cabs, but I always liked the monitor to be recessed from the front glass, the way it was on most of the early cabs.

[spongebue]

When I got the cab (which was originally a DK, and later poorly converted into a US Classic one before I got it... the monsters!  ) there were some boards inside that were for keeping the monitor in.  it was meant for keeping it at an angle, and it makes sense, since the cabinet is fairly small and you would really have to look down otherwise.  The boards in there were pretty stable, so I decided to use it the way it was.  it's just right for games and stuff

Which brings me to the monitor.  My neighbor/boss/friend of my dad had one at the office that was a little fuzzy for text.  for an arcade, however, it was awesome.  it's about 20-21", and it fit perfectly inside the cab, besides the little hole I had to make in the back (it's really deep)

So, one day my dad was helping my neighbor/boss clean his garage, since my boss is, well, a slob.  At the time, my bro and I were planning on using a TV for this project, even if it meant getting a new video card and one of us losing a tv.  Then, last Christmas my brother and I had one last present: the monitor I would always see in the back room of the office.  it was perfect for this project!  with the bezel and low resolution, you don't even notice the blur.  Well, I'll stop rambling now