Hello Ladies and Gentlemen,
I own an old DATA EAST cabinet. The type with the rounded marquee. It used to house either a ROBOCOP or (more likely) a BAD DUDES. I noticed that THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS also used a cabinet VERY SIMILAR to mine, and I managed to find a control panel from it. The control panel is a 3 player CP and I was going to use 2 side spots for joystick/buttons and the central area for a trackball/spinner.
Well, being that I got the CP for free, I only had to cough up $16 for shipping, I can't really complain...but I was VERY disappointed to see that this CP will not fit my cabinet without some butchering of the cabinet itself.
I'd PREFER to come up with a solution that doesn't require cutting up my cabinet. Again, I need the room to put 2x6 joystick/button support and a trackball/spinner area. Can anyone make any suggestions on what in the hell I can do to NOT have to cut up my cabinet but still get enough room to fit all my controls? The current CP on it is set up 2x6 joystick/buttons on an all metal CP....whats worse is that it is the original BAD DUDES/ROBOCOP control panel that has been bondo'd and re-bondo'd, it appears.