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Havok:

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--- Quote from: Havok on October 02, 2006, 10:44:52 pm ---You should build this!

http://www.syberpunk.com/images/misc/boonga/boonga5.jpg

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Nice Job!  First day with teh new internets?  ;D



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Poo on you!  My internet connection is most likely faster than yours, so there!

 :P

Kremmit:
Unless you're just dying to have a frankenpanel, it'll be easy enough to do a nice 1 or two player panel with joystick(s) and buttons only.  If you want trackball(s), spinner(s), or other stuff, then you probably either want a different cabinet, or you want to look into swappable or modular control panels.  Swappable is just what it sounds like, you make several different control panels that can be popped on and of of the machine.  Modular is more interesting, and more work to build:  http://www.beersmith.com/mame/

If you want 4 players, you're really going to want a different cabinet.
Biscuit:
Thanks to everyone for the replies.  I'm sure to have more then a few questions and it's nice to know that there is such a great online resouce to go to.

I think I am going to keep the cabinet intact and just rework the control panel to handle two players with a few buttons each (or one 8way and one 4way stick).  After I MAME this machine, I think I'll take the plunge and build one from scratch measured out to fit a larger monitor and control panel.

Two questions.

Is there any software or a database that can help me determine the control panel layout and monitor orientation for games?  I was hoping to compile a list or spreadsheet of games so I can figure the button layout, given the small control panel, and which way I should orient the monitor.

Also, what's the best way to strip the black paint if I want to see if the original pac-man (or whatever) color and artwork is still there.  I would start with this first, and, depending on how successful it is, I might consider not MAMEing the machine and trying to restore it back to its original configuration (is that too ambitious?)

Thanks again,

Biscuit

PS - I'm located in Raleigh.  Any MAMErs from the area wanna give a shoutout?
pointdablame:
3M Safest Stripper seems to be the paint stripper of choice around these parts, and there have been some great results with it in the past.

Restoring it isn't necessarily more ambitious.  You'll just need to track down a Pac board and wire it up.  You could get a Pac --> Jamma adapter to make it a bit easier.

Or you could just "restore" the machine and use a computer to play any vertical 4 way games, which is what I'd do personally.  Restore the cab to look like it originally was, then throw in a PC and a handful of great 4way games.
Stingray:

--- Quote from: Kremmit on October 03, 2006, 02:49:40 am ---Unless you're just dying to have a frankenpanel, it'll be easy enough to do a nice 1 or two player panel with joystick(s) and buttons only.  If you want trackball(s), spinner(s), or other stuff, then you probably either want a different cabinet, or you want to look into swappable or modular control panels.  Swappable is just what it sounds like, you make several different control panels that can be popped on and of of the machine.  Modular is more interesting, and more work to build: 

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Mine is the same type as the one that severdhed posted in his before picture. I went with swappable panels.

-S
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