Unreal Entertainment (my first cab) 90% complete and finally playable

[digitalpackrat]

arcade cab put together in the moving van

I'm sure I'm missing some other updates but don't have alot of time to update this and I gotta get up early tomorrow to finish the pack and leave later tomorrow night

[digitalpackrat]

Well I made it down to the bottom of florida and finally have internet back up.  Worked on the painting and the detail work of the cab once i had most of my boxes and stuff unpacked for nearly a week after I moved in.  man that took awhile.  Still have a few more things left to do to it like add doors on the front, get the plexi cut for marquee and get the artwork printed but can't really do that til after I get a job (the wife is supporting us atm) and finally get the computer setup to play all the games and the frontend.  All I've been playing so far is dreamcast and PS2 on the arcade.  Some things I thought about recently that I want to incorporate into the design is quick disconnect adapters for the different controls built into the side of the cabinet right under the controler so it doesn't stick out so i can easily attach regular controlers to the cab without leaving the door open or having a mess hanging out of the doors

Man the wiring for the cab took nearly 2 days by itself with the amount of stuff I was putting in here.  Making it neat and making sure everything was labeled well took alot of time but it should be worth it if I need to get at the cables later or take it apart.

It looks like the lense was dirty when I snapped the side ways picture cause there are spots in the pic that are not on the cab  when i get around to moving this thing again I'll take some better shots of it from the side without the spots

I decided not to put the 400 disc dvd player in the cab because my single disc dvd player is going bad and it'll be more comfortable to have the player in the living room to watch tv so i just added a vcr there instead for the time being so i can put my vhs tapes onto the computer through my AIW 9700 video card in my arcade computer.

Here are some updated pictures so far:

Wiring hell

[digitalpackrat]

bottom half wiring hell

[digitalpackrat]

front view  not sure why there are spots in the photo they are not on the cab  will take a new pic eventually when i move the cab again

[digitalpackrat]

underneath the console drawer is where the adapters are hidden to switch the control panel to use the different videogame systems and the PC  I just have to switch the serial cable between the different adapters

[Nipedley]

front view

[nullb0y]

heheh ghosties love arcade games

[Bones]

Dide, this is one very serious games system.

[lesserChance]

Around the front edges of the CP it looks like you bent the laminate.  How did you do this? or is this some kind of sticky vinyl that looks like laminate.  If so it fooled me! Where did you get it?

[digitalpackrat]

Around the front edges of the CP it looks like you bent the laminate.  How did you do this? or is this some kind of sticky vinyl that looks like laminate.  If so it fooled me! Where did you get it?

If you are referring to the top of the CP in the front where it the curve is at so players 3 and 4 (the outer players) can stand at an angle it was cut down close then power sanded on a high power machine shop sander for a minor radius curve

Its annoying  now that the cabinet is functional I have little drive to finish the final touches.  It is great being able to play it finally though.  Got tired of standing so I picked up a few stools to sit on that are quite comfy and not so hard on the pocket book.  Got it over at Target for $40 each and they swivel
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=2-1/qid=1128994900/ref=sr_2_1/602-5137960-5139813?%5Fencoding=UTF8&asin=B00067U0YS

[lesserChance]

Around the front edges of the CP it looks like you bent the laminate.

[digitalpackrat]

If you are referring to the base of the CP (the area in black), that is a high gloss paint that was primed twice, painted in black then sanded down because I either used a cheap roller or didn't clean it properly because there were little bumps in the paint, and repainted with another coat