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| EVEGames:
May the forum gods forgive me, I am knowingly posting to a 4+ year old topic. But I deem it appropriate in this instance, because the original post by VR Junkie gives the reader many tools to accomplish a specific task, and I want to simply augment that wealth of information with one additional piece, because I think that over time, people will continue to find this topic useful for a very specific purpose - to convert one of those old Target Midway cabs, circa 2006-2007, into a MAME machine. I think there are still tons of them out there, in varying states of neglect and decrepitude, and with a little know-how and elbow grease, these are much better candidates for Maiming than an original dedicated cab which could be restored instead. That said, here is my contribution. This cabinet uses a simple (and seemingly unnecessary) PCB as a go-between from the thicker, color-coded control panel wires to two sets of thin, 15-conductor ribbon cables. The original post, while providing a great wiring breakout for the wires connected to the actual controls, did not give a clear mapping to the wires of the ribbon cables, which I feel are better suited for wiring to the keyboard encoder. So for those who want to go the route I went, snipping/ripping/stripping the two ribbon cables and wiring those to the encoder, here is a quick and easy ribbon cable wiring breakout diagram: Note the lingo for these cabinets, they refer to all the buttons on the control panel (except for Player 1 Start, Player 2 Start and Reset) as "Fire" buttons, hence the terminology "F1" through "F6" above. I know this additional information will be of use to someone in the future. For now, I just ask that this topic be allowed to quietly slip back into obscurity. :) |
| Ken Layton:
It's good to bring back this thread. The links posted by the original poster are now invalid. Here is one that was archived: http://retroblast.arcadecontrols.com/articles/BEGMods.html I understand that Big Electronic Games went out of business two years ago so finding any kind of support is going to be tough. This thread will help in compiling some information on the machines. Big Electronic Games Ltd. 29/F Wing On Centre 111 Connaught Road Central Hong Kong sales@mybiggames.com USA office: 1-800-749-4345 Manual for the Midway version: http://arcarc.xmission.com/Kits%20and%20Hacks/Big%20Games/Midway-Instructions.pdf Manual for the Konami version: http://arcarc.xmission.com/Kits%20and%20Hacks/Big%20Games/Konami-Instructions.pdf Manual for the Golden Tee Golf version: http://arcarc.xmission.com/Kits%20and%20Hacks/Big%20Games/Golden-Tee-Instruction.pdf |
| peloquin17:
this is super helpful!!! i just garbage picked a konami 12-in-1 this morning. cabinet is mint, and everything works. the joysticks are crap though. |
| Ken Layton:
Yes, it does appear that Big Electronic Games is out of business. Perhaps someone will do some more mods to these machines to improve them? |
| MTPPC:
I'm thinking about buying one of these and slapping an LCD into it. Is it the same size as a typical cabinet? How wide are these things? Are they 3/4" MDF or 1/2" plywood? It seems like a nice base to put a loaded hyperspin system in. |
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