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Seattle Seahawks themed cabinet - DONE! 6-13-07
btp2k2:
I finished it! Moved the monitor over so it matched up with the bezel...
The speaker covers are the only thing missing. I am going to order a set from Happ, but since I am moving soon I will just do that from the new house to make sure I get them.
So, it uses two Magstik Pluses and an imperial trackball. The sticks and buttons are going through a minipac and the trackball hooks directly to USB. The panel is a little odd, cause I intend on running Madden 2006 on it. So I had to add a seventh button (above button 1). It also has a ACT Labs lightgun. I didn't like the way the holster for the lightgun looked, so the gun just comes through the coindoor when you want to shoot stuff. The screen is a 21" NEC monitor that I decased, I got it for a buck at work. The IT dept was selling all the old CRT monitors after upgrading to LCD. The CPU is a Athlon XP 2600 with a Geforce 4 TI 4800. Speakers are just El Cheapo PC speakers that I took apart. I am using Maximus Arcade for the front end. I made a custom Seahawks skin for it. The cool thing about the front end is it supports all sorts of emu's and has batch file support. So I wrote a batch file and can run Madden directly from the front end.
bfauska:
Another nice looking cab. I like the contrast between the two, the colors and shape. Since they are different it looks more like a real arcade than it would if you built 2 identical cabs.
I bet you could get some cheap speakers with grilles from a car audio store and use the grilles instead of ordering from Happs. Some car audio place that does installs would probably have a pair of grilles they would give you for free, most speakers come with them and most people just put the speakers behind the stock car grilles so the audio store would usually throw them away. At the very least it wouldn't hurt to ask, there is a little "mom and pop" car audio store a few miles north of Thrashers Corner called "Great Vibrations" I bought some stuff there years ago and seem to remember the staff being fairly friendly, you could give them a try.
What's next?... after the move I mean.
btp2k2:
There is a third behind the camera that has light blue t-molding and was made from a Centipede layout....it was my first cabinet, so it is kinda rough....it just has a bezel and no glass! a little work, and I could have the start of a pretty decent little arcade though.
Anyway....back to the speaker grills....I searched high and low...called all the car stereo shops I could think of, tried Fry's (they looked at me like I was on drugs)....nothing. I could get the grills, if I wanted to buy the way overpriced speakers that came with em. My neighbor suggested I try a marine store for a vent cover. Might be worth a peek.
bfauska:
Keep us posted about the speaker grills. If you let me know what size your speakers are I can keep my eye out.
ChadTower:
Those are good looking cabs. So pristine it almost looks a little odd. :)