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Galaxian Mame Conversion
csa3d:
--- Quote from: audiomidiman on November 21, 2007, 01:37:46 pm ---Have anymore updates? Also, do you have any images of your final CPO? I'm doing a Minor restoration on a working Galaxian and "MIGHT" be turning it into a 48 in 1 or a 60 in 1 w/ a custom CPO. However, I'll most likely keep the original harness, PCB and power supply happily in the cabinet so one day it can be a dedicated cabinet again.
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Ha. I've been working on the cab here and there. I have some major house remodeling happening, so this project has gone backburner until I can move back in to be honest.
The artwork above is final, and when I send it in to Scott at MameMarquees, I'll downsample it to 300dpi and hide the button hole overlay layer in Photoshop. I can post that final PSD here if there's interest. It's currently very large, and all in vector format.
As for updates.. I was gonna save them and hit you guys all up at once. What you've not seen which is completed as follows:
- Interior painted black with foam roller. I'm 100% sure it's near impossible to get any sort of mirror-esc finish using a roller. Maybe I suck. It's fine for what it is.
- Added a vertical board to "box off" the retainer area light box, which holds the GGG NovaMatrix light
- Painted the interior lightbox with chrome spray paint for light dissipation.
- Wired up the NovaMatrix to a RadioShack toggle switch. It works.. a bit disappointed in weak light output. Maybe I mounted it too far back?
- Wired up the speakers, cleaned up and painted the grills. Untested.. assuming they still work fine.
- Painted the access door and reinstalled. Back is black to match cab interior, exterior is white.
- Sanded down keys to back entry door with steel wool to bring back old luster shine.
- Repainted coin door with Rustoleum Black Hammer finish paint. The door now looks glossier, not more like the original spatter texture like the paint cap would suggest.
- installed new coin inserts from Rich at ThisOldGame.com <-- Awesome work.. spot on when compared with old ones
- Installed new Manufacturing plate from Rich at ThisOldGame.com <-- same comments, stellar! Can't wait for him to hurry up and finish the repro gold Midway coindoor badge
- Acquired black leather t-molding, not installed, waiting on art first
- Bought and installed Greylight 14 tempered glass to fit original housing. No plans for overlay until I finish the rotating monitor solution.
So whew.. lot's of litte things. On the bad:
My wife knocked over my control panel while moving some stuff around for our remodel, and my GGG Turbo Twist spinner is thrashed. I am in contact with Randy and he's gonna hopefully be able to Dr. it up. I also used my friend, Bondo, to fix a sunken and smashed MDF corner on the control panel. It needs another coat of paint, and I haven't bothered with it yet. I HAVE attached the CP to the cab to safeguard it from any other workshop mishaps!
Once the remodel completes next week, I will order up the art and hopefully have this puppy playable by Xmas.
-csa
Singapura:
Any more updates? I'm turning blue holding my breath. Nice work so far, I'm very curious about the end result. :cheers:
Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: Singapura on January 31, 2008, 09:26:58 pm ---Any more updates? I'm turning blue holding my breath. Nice work so far, I'm very curious about the end result. :cheers:
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I've been biting my tongue since he very first started this project...... If I was to fully state my opinion on this willful destruction of one of the dwindling stocks of original and 100% complete classic cabinets then the air would be more than a bit blue.
Given the amount of work he's done and the amount of destruction he's done he could easily have built one from scratch that externally looked the same. To destroy a classic like this, just because he couldn't be bothered to learn how to fix a faulty monitor is to be blunt disgusting!!
Somebody said it's like Hotrodding a car, and that it's only like fitting disc brakes to a classic car.... Well it isn't!! Because contrary to promises he made when he started this, this is in NO WAY a fully reversible modification to the classic cab.
I weep at the loss of another one!! This is exactly the sort of thing that gives us a very bad name in the restoration community of genuine collectors.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
csa3d:
--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on February 02, 2008, 10:21:33 am ---Given the amount of work he's done and the amount of destruction he's done he could easily have built one from scratch that externally looked the same. To destroy a classic like this, just because he couldn't be bothered to learn how to fix a faulty monitor is to be blunt disgusting!!
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Fozzy, you are correct. Looking back, this project would have likely ended up the same should I have built it from scratch. I can tell you that some parts I have restored, some parts I have modified, and some parts were completely created from scratch. At this point in the game, I feel confident that no matter what my next cab will be, I NOW have the skills I need to do a complete restore or a complete scratch build.
I never purchased the original cabinet in hopes of having the original monitor working, nor have the galaxian game play. I purchased the cabinet 1.) because I like how the original cab looks, shape and artwork and 2.) Because even using Jack-o-bud's plans, having a complete cabinet was the template I needed to understand how various things went together etc. I've parted out the PCB, and still have the original glass which I will also part out to you or any other collector who desires it. The fact of the matter was that this cab was purchased at an auction, and now has a new life of it's own. It will be greatly enjoyed by many, and I'm sorry you feel so strongly. When all is said and done, it will still look 95% like an original Galaxian machine. I don't understand why you feel the need to continue with the negative vibes at this point in the game; you have voiced your opinions and we're past that.
To others looking for updates with constructive criticisms, Scott has sent an emailing saying the side art has been shipped, and it didn't make it in this weekend. So cross your fingers for updates next week!
Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: csa3d on February 02, 2008, 06:59:57 pm ---I NOW have the skills I need to do a complete restore or a complete scratch build.
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Then you could just as easily have learned those skills butchering a generic cab that is of no historical importance.
--- Quote from: csa3d on February 02, 2008, 06:59:57 pm ---I never purchased the original cabinet in hopes of having the original monitor working, nor have the galaxian game play.
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According to your original posts the Galaxian Game was playing!! just a dead monitor.
--- Quote from: csa3d on February 02, 2008, 06:59:57 pm ---I don't understand why you feel the need to continue with the negative vibes at this point in the game; you have voiced your opinions and we're past that.
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That's precisely the point. You don't understand what you have done to a piece of our heritage. To an item of historical importance. This is not about "negative vibes" it's about the destruction of another classic arcade machine. You may be passed that... Many of us are NOT! While I'll acknowledge that at the end of the day, the cabinet was your property and therefore legally you can do as you wish with it, I will not acknowledge that it is morally right or acceptable in any way to butcher an evidently restorable item like that, to build a Mame cabinet. This wilfull destruction brings this entire comunity into disrepute.
I pitty you, if you can not understand what it is you have done.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)