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building mame ms. pacman cocktail replica
ItzMR2u:
Does anyone remember the guy that had the Pac-Man cocktail that he had painted Pac-Man yellow? I thought it was a very clean and nice looking machine. He built the whole thing outta wood so you wouldn't have to buy the metel control panels so there might be some cost savings there. I don't think his web site is up any longer but I actally printed out his list of parts and specs. If your intrested let me know and I can scan and email or post them on my site.
paigeoliver:
--- Quote from: armad1ll0 on May 14, 2003, 01:29:15 pm ---These dudes can supply you with what you want.
http://www.arcadedepot.com
I'm considering the same thing but I kind of want to make the darn thing lower and less bulky so that it's more like a coffee table than a cocktail table. I'm evaluating how this could be done. Ultimately I want to be able to sit there and use it to eat breakfast on there and read pages off the internet. 19" monitor would be the right way to go.
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If you want it low, then start examining 13" cocktails. Specifically the kind with legs. My Time Pilot (which is height adjustable), can go from kitchen table height down to 24" tall. If you reworked the legs so they didn't add height it would only be 17" tall (compare to a coffee table at 15"). Although you might have a bit of a problem playing with the controls that close to the ground.
MinerAl:
Three options come to mind...
1) Make it a Galaga or Gorf replica instead. Physically it is the same cabinet, only with a button on each CP and different CPO and under-glass art.
2) Make both CPs in the player 1 style, so that each CP has two buttons for player 1 or 2 select. Make the top button the Player select (1 or 2, depending on which control panel) and the bottom one the fire button.
3) Button top joysticks.
I like #2 best myself. You could use the original CPOs and parts, and still have a Ms. Pac.
OSCAR:
--- Quote from: armad1ll0 on May 14, 2003, 10:53:34 pm ---Here's a clue... I'm actually looking to build a "class of 81" replica themed MAME cocktail. Part of me wants to make it much thinner so that I can get my feet under it. The other part of me wants it to be an exact replica of the "class of 81" machines from Namco. LCD monitor so that I can get high res for internet during my morning tea? Decisions, decisions... This projects quite a ways off for me as I'm still finishing up my upright...
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I have one of these I'm fixing up right now. I happened to be at a local distributor one day when they were getting ready to throw out a cocktail because one side had been damaged in their warehouse by a snoozing forklift operator... :o They stripped out the guts and gave me the cabinet.
The cabinet itself is in superb shape (other than the damaged side) as it never made it out of the warehouse before being "bumped". Luckily the side is still good enough for me to use as a template to cut out a new side with my router.
If you need any dimensions or anything, just let me know. Note that the control panels on these are wider than the classic Namco cocktails to accomodate the button, so you can't use the repro metal panels on them.
Here's a couple photos (ignore the clutter in the background!):
www.oscarcontrols.com/cocktail
Wade:
MinerAl,
Very good ideas! I like both #1 and #2.
Thanks,
Wade