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ARTIFACT:
Just a quick pic of my cab with an X-Arcade stick sitting on future CP top, "testing" my cab :)
I am thinking to just put it in the closet (the X-Arcade) to FORCE myself to move forward with my construction :) ... as bfauska said, it's hard to make progress when the menu is there asking you to play "just one last SF2 game..." LOL

So far my son and I are enjoying these A LOT:

Ms Pac Man
Dig Dug
Donkey Kong
Baluba-louk no Densetsu - go try that one!

I personally love to play

SF2
Super SF2
Final Fight :) ... what other similar games do you like?
DoDonPatchi
Bomb Jack

The more I see pics of beautifully painted and colorful Ms PacMan, and others, the more I want to paint mine like that instead of staining the wood

theCoder:
Ripoff is a great 2 player game. You have to work as a team. Very old, but very entertaining.

ARTIFACT:
i'll make sure to check it out thanks!

MrQuan:
Your cab is looking very nice! I don't usually like woodgrain cabs with a few exceptions, yours being one of them (lowboys are another ;D). Nice documentation. You're motivating me to finish my own upright mame cab :cheers:

ARTIFACT:
You know, I am not 100% sure I'll keep the wood grain... I know that "covering" that nice Birch wood is heresy to some, but now I am almost certain I'll prime that baby and give it the paint look with several colors

Either a nintendo-themed decoration, or a mix of various arcade favorites of mine ... Something with stripes and stuff :)

I am not touching any paint/prime/brushes/stickers until I am SURE of what I want to do with it look-wise

SO right now I am planning things on the computer... I will post concepts as I get something decent together. I don't want to rush this...

Oh BTW quick update:

on the whole casters/feet thing ... I got 4 casters (2 fixed + 2 swivels w/ locks). They are 3" in height. That'll make my CP the perfect height (35" + 3" = 38" :) ) and will make it easy to move around. The 2 locked casters should stop the cab from moving, and the plywood will be protected.

There is going to be 6 casters on my cab (!) ... those 4 I described above + 2 BEHIND

the casters behind are fixed (also 3") and will be perfect to drag the cab around by tilting it backward gently. I really want to make my cab ready for moving around the house / rooms if necessary. Each of these casters are rated to sustain 175 pounds. Price-wise it was around $5 each.

On my way to model all this in 3D :D (it helped a TON with the cutting / measurements... again no bad cut / error to report so far and this is my 1st cab).

Stay tuned!

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