Author Topic: Double Dragon - my first restoration (Read 16854 times)

MaximRecoil · « **Reply #40 on:** November 13, 2005, 07:24:08 am »

Quote from: TravistyOJ on November 13, 2005, 02:10:30 am

Hmmm, I need opinions for my sideart dilemma.

TravistyOJ · « **Reply #41 on:** November 13, 2005, 12:49:48 pm »

Wow, 2 pages, I talk too much,

Did some googling and played with photoshop this morning. I could do some custom sideart at conversion size, would probably only be $40-$50. What you guys think of this one. Paint the sides black and apply this sideart? I think it beats the hell out of the Taito generic.

RetroJames · « **Reply #42 on:** November 13, 2005, 01:04:11 pm »

That looks pretty cool. Curious, were you planning on getting the DD boards or going jamma to jpac to pc for mame? Just thinking that if you were to set it up as a multigame, you might put that logo with the name of the other DD versions underneath. Or you could get all the boardsets and do a switchable setup.

I like the idea for the sideart, one thing you might consider is painting the side something oother than black. Maybe red on one side and blue on the other with the sideart on both?

RetroJames · « **Reply #43 on:** November 13, 2005, 01:05:19 pm »

1 more: Possibly even having the red guy on the blue side and the blue guy on the red side, the title on both?

TravistyOJ · « **Reply #44 on:** November 13, 2005, 01:39:41 pm »

Actually I plan on putting the DD jamma pcb in there, and using this as a jamma cab, switching other jamma boards i have in and out of it. This cab would be great for that since, i can rotate the monitor for vertical games. As for the mame idea, my Neo Geo cab is where i plan on putting that.....but thats further down the line.

As for the different colored sides, seems like a good idea, I will have to think about that one. So many options, lol

TravistyOJ · « **Reply #45 on:** November 22, 2005, 04:59:02 pm »

Some quick updates.

Got the monitor fixed! It needed a cap kit and some solder around the flyback to be touched up.

Some things I have received in the mail since my last post: Double Dragon PCB, this one was kind of necessary. JAMMA harness, T-molding, Double Dragon Control Panel w/ Wico Leafswitch Joysticks, got that one at a steal for $10

, I plan on doing some painting (all black for the cab, boring I know, but I like it), then throw all this stuff in there and I am nearing completion!

Then all I have to do is some little stuff like replace the joystick handles and get a new bezel and sideart and BOOM! I'm done

RetroJames · « **Reply #46 on:** December 08, 2005, 04:36:10 pm »

*cough*

*cough*

TravistyOJ · « **Reply #47 on:** December 08, 2005, 11:15:53 pm »

OK, OK, i know, this place has cobwebs, here are some updates. I think you are the only one reading this topic anymore James, thanks for your support

.

Painted the entire cabinet black, turned out good, nothing really spectacular looks like a black cabinet, but it is eons above what it was.

A while ago I won an Ebay auction on a control panel for Double Dragon, when I bought it I just wanted it for the artwork, since it was in pretty good shape, I got it for $10. When I got it, I realized that it came with 2 original Wico leafswitch joysticks, which made me happy

. I cleaned up the parts, and ordered new Wico Joystick handles and 2 actuator kits from ponyboy, who has awesome prices and fast shipping (Check him out

) I also got some Leaf switch buttons from Bob Roberts, but whats weird is this control panel has microswitches mountings for leaf switch buttons, so I have ordered some leafswitches to go with the control panel.

BTW, as for the Wico Joystick, I found this thread immensly useful.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=15839

Here are some pics of the control panel, the P1 start and P2 start buttons are just placeholders, they will be solid white. I have all the parts ready to go, This weekend is the big assembly. After this weekend all I will have to do is have custom sideart printed.

TravistyOJ · « **Reply #48 on:** December 08, 2005, 11:43:28 pm »

Oh and I also got a Double Dragon bezel on ebay for $6

RetroJames · « **Reply #49 on:** December 09, 2005, 05:48:51 am »

Suweet. A sharpie will touch up that cp nicely. Awesome sticks! What sideart did you decide on? Any pics of the whole cabinet at this stage?

TravistyOJ · « **Reply #50 on:** December 09, 2005, 12:59:36 pm »

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A sharpie will touch up that cp nicely.

Funny, after I posted that pic, I noticed all the white spots, and used a sharpie to touch it up. It felt kinda of weird using a sharpie to do it, but it turned out quite nicely.

As for pics of the cab, I will post some before I start assembly.

RetroJames · « **Reply #51 on:** December 09, 2005, 01:04:33 pm »

Quote from: TravistyOJ on December 09, 2005, 12:59:36 pm

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A sharpie will touch up that cp nicely.
Funny, after I posted that pic, I noticed all the white spots, and used a sharpie to touch it up.

TravistyOJ · « **Reply #52 on:** December 11, 2005, 10:38:05 pm »

OK, I worked on My DD cab quite a bit on Saturday. First I installed little stuff like leg levers, corner protectors, T-molding. Rebuilt the coin door, added coin mechs, door locks, etc. Then my experience with the JAMMA harness

Wow, frustration of all frustrations!

Lesson Learned: Dont skimp out on the JAMMA harness.

So I found a good deal on a JAMMA harness ($9), then I received it in the mail, first thing I notice, no English on it, all Japanese Kanji, and Im like no biggie, the JAMMA pinout is posted all over the place, then I notice some other things, missing wires for -5V (which of course DD needs), Coin slot 2, Coin Meter, Coin bulb power, Test switch, and there is a weird connector for the moniitor, so I was like ok, I can fix all that, soldered some wires, redid the monitor connector.

Here is another lesson learned, wire the JAMMA harness to the CP first, then put it in the cab, especially if you had the problem I did.

I think this harness must have been for a candy cab, cuz I didnt think about it earlier but it was freakin short. In wiring the control panel, I had mere inches of slack, and in the process broke a contact off of 2 of my joystick leafswitches. I cussed loudly many times. The speaker wires dont even reach the speakers

. So I will either try to make it work, or get a new JAMMA harness, but I did get pretty much everything assembled, except Player 1 cant go down, and player 2 cant go up

. A friend of mine has some extra leaf switch parts he will let me have, so that will fix that.

Im still waiting on the marquee and bezel to come in the mail. I ordered the marquee on Oct 27th from Canada, and the guy claims to have sent it 3 days after I paid, so either it got caught in customs or i got screwed.

Anyway, without further adieu (sp?), I present to you, pics!

TravistyOJ · « **Reply #53 on:** December 11, 2005, 10:39:03 pm »

Some more pics

arcadefever · « **Reply #54 on:** December 12, 2005, 04:29:45 pm »

FYI i happen to me few times with order from canada 7 weeks to receive vigilante cpo, and the guy claim that he ship it 4 days after he got the money, i saw the date on the stamp and he was right. so why does it took so long ?
the same thing happen with a pcb .

RetroJames · « **Reply #55 on:** December 12, 2005, 04:38:23 pm »

Man that is looking good. What did you decide on for the sideart?

TravistyOJ · « **Reply #56 on:** December 12, 2005, 06:12:31 pm »

Probably do a 24" square printed vinyl sideart of my custom artwork above, of course after some tweaking. I probably will place my order on Jan. 1, money's a bit tight right now.

RetroJames · « **Reply #57 on:** December 12, 2005, 06:24:02 pm »

this one right?

TravistyOJ · « **Reply #58 on:** December 12, 2005, 09:25:42 pm »

yar matey!! What you think?

RetroJames · « **Reply #59 on:** December 12, 2005, 10:52:23 pm »

It's gonna look tight

jhanson · « **Reply #60 on:** December 13, 2005, 08:11:14 am »

Man, Spike's got some 5 o'clock shadow in that sideart. He could have at least shaved before they painted his portrait.

Actually, I think that sideart is going to look awesome on your cabinet. I'm quite jealous, as Double Dragon was always one of my favorites. Great job!

ChadTower · « **Reply #61 on:** December 13, 2005, 10:13:19 am »

I love the drawer. That is the major flaw with my 1 slot Neo... I have to move the whole cabinet to change the cart.

RetroJames · « **Reply #62 on:** December 13, 2005, 10:17:47 am »

Quote from: jhanson on December 13, 2005, 08:11:14 am

Man, Spike's got some 5 o'clock shadow in that sideart. He could have at least shaved before they painted his portrait.

Actually, I think that sideart is going to look awesome on your cabinet. I'm quite jealous, as Double Dragon was always one of my favorites. Great job!

Yeah Travis, I gotta say it was really nice of you to store it for me while we worked on our back room and thanks to for fixing it up. Should I come by this weekend to get it?

TravistyOJ · « **Reply #63 on:** December 13, 2005, 02:13:50 pm »

LOL, Oh I havent laughed that hard in a while. No seriously though, I might eventually sell this. It can be yours if the price is right

. Let me know if you run across anymore empty cabs spacecadet, I want to do this again.

TravistyOJ · « **Reply #64 on:** December 13, 2005, 02:15:30 pm »

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I love the drawer. That is the major flaw with my 1 slot Neo... I have to move the whole cabinet to change the cart.

Ironically because of that drawer, I have seen a lot of Double Dragon's converted to Neo Geo MVS cabs.

ChadTower · « **Reply #65 on:** December 13, 2005, 04:31:19 pm »

I would move my Neo to a Double Dragon if I had one for that reason.

TravistyOJ · « **Reply #66 on:** December 13, 2005, 04:36:09 pm »

Its too bad the Neo Geo MVS Double Dragon game sucks, cuz to me it would seem funny if someone had a Double Dragon cab converted to Neo Geo that played Double Dragon.

TravistyOJ · « **Reply #67 on:** January 10, 2006, 11:02:02 pm »

Some updates to an old project

Finally found time to redo wiring, extend speaker wires, repair joystick leaf switches, and install leaf swith buttons. Wow that was a mouthful, marquee also came in. Just need to send sideart off to the print shop, which i just finished, then this cab will be complete.

RetroJames · « **Reply #68 on:** January 10, 2006, 11:40:03 pm »

Sweet. I like the sideart alot.

Pics of the marquee installed?

TravistyOJ · « **Reply #69 on:** January 11, 2006, 09:17:33 pm »

Ask and ye shall receive

Some before and after pics:

TravistyOJ · « **Reply #70 on:** January 11, 2006, 09:19:14 pm »

Another before and after set

markrvp · « **Reply #71 on:** January 12, 2006, 01:04:14 am »

That looks sharp!

arcadefever · « **Reply #72 on:** January 12, 2006, 02:02:24 pm »

clean i love it !!!!


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