Weird Mystery Cab. MVS? Generic? Rebuilt?

[kenster2001]

I recently bought a cab locally for 250$ delivered. Its pretty beat up, but the monitor works pretty well and it was pretty much the only thing available for under 500$ within 100 miles.

Its a NEO-GEO MVS with MV-1 system board. The marquee panel looks authentic (not sure if original) as does the CP. Both are marked ROMSTAR. The monitor is a WG K7000 25" with a Zenith tube. Wired mono for JAMMA. Came with World Heroes (terrible game).

The whole internal kit seems pretty standard for a Neo-Geo, but I have never seen a cab like it.

The cab is mainly MDF and Plywood but the CP is metal, latched and hinged. The CPO is pretty generic NEO-GEO and has about 5 coats of paint, partially stripped. A large rectangular piece was cut out and another piece of sheet metal reattached with carriage bolts from underneath.

To gain access to the system board, one reaches their hand into the open coin mech door and unlatches the CP. It swivels down and reveals a carriage that the board is mounted on.

I thought that the cab was a generic cab that someone transplanted parts from an original MVS with a kicked in cab into.

Then I saw this:

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7918

Not only is that the exact same CP and coinbox, that is my favorite game.

The cabinet I bought is here (yeah, it looks pretty bad):

http://www.rockaroundclock.com/estore/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_110&products_id=366

Who made this style of CP? Is it a Neo-Geo standard or an adaptation/conversion/imitation?

I would like to eventually rebuild the upper portion at least or maybe build new sides for it for a "single ply" look. The CP is high priority though.

[Kevin Mullins]

Do you have a side view pic?

Looks like a generic Dynamo cabinet hybrid. The control panel is definitly from a Dynamo, but not sure if it was just hacked off of one cabinet and stuck into another cabinet. That double layer of wood on the sides looks odd.

[ARTIFACT]

I like World Heroes!!

I didnt know WH was also an arcade game... I played it on the home system when it came out at a friend's... I remember spending hours playing it.

[MrMojoZ]

I'd say it was a Dynamo HS-5. Oh, I just noticed how the top is joined to the base. 

[RayB]

I'd love to discuss the cabinet, but I'd rather discuss that ridiculous price tag!! 


(PS: Artifact: World Heroes was ported to the SNES by Sunsoft. Man I HATED play-testing that game!)

[Crowquill]

It's a generic Dynamo cab. Not sure what the exact name/model number of that style is, but here's some more pics that I took at recent auction (never mind the arrow, I was making a point in another thread).

The pull-out drawers work the same in pretty much all the Dynamos. HERE is a flyer showing the standard "cut-corner" cabs. The biggest difference being that on many it slides down into the cabinet at an angle.

I'd say the price was on the high side, but since it looks like a solid cab with a working monitor, it should serve you well. Swapping out MVS carts is much easier than swapping out JAMMA boards all the time (which you still have the option of doing of course).

Ray--I feel sorry for anyone who had to play World Heroes on SNES, much less play-test it.

[MrMojoZ]

Dynamo built for Capcom USA mayhaps?

[RayB]

Dynamo built for Capcom USA mayhaps?

Yes, they did.