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My humble project :) **The Ghetto-Cab**
TelcoLou:
Well, I didn't heed the warning;
--- Quote ---Make sure that testing-setup you've got doesn't go anywhere near your cabinet until its ready or you won't finish
--- End quote ---
:laugh2:
I got the monitor mounted and just HAD to see how the games looked through the bezel.
It was gratifying to say the least 8)
Next on the to-do list:
• Marquee art. The light fixture works fine, but was blasting in my eyes while playing, so I turned it off for now.
• Tempered, tinted glass (to cover the bezel).
• Holes/grills for the speakers.
• New PC, 2.1 speakers.
• Custom CP.
_) (V) (-):
Looks like you are off to a great start TelcoLou.
It's going to be difficult to make any more progress except at high scores as long as it's playable, ha ha.
One of the first things you will find out is that you are never really truly ever done with it. There will always be something you'll want to change or redo. Especially after browsing some of these other guys projects. The collective imagination of this place is really remarkable.
Have fun with it!
TelcoLou:
Here's a small (but significant) update; I finally got my glass from onedayglass.com, installed it yesterday. WOW ... it looks amazing! I was initially concerned about having to crank up the brightness/contrast on the monitor to compensate for the tint, but no need .. it actually seems to have improved the contrast some how (maybe color saturation, not sure ... it just looks "better").
I took a shot with, then without the flash as a comparison. Next up .. the marquee! It'll get finished ... some day ;D
XYXZYZ:
That cabinet used to be a dedicated Centipede. (Atari cabinet with the large coin door, as opposed to the smaller doors on DigDug and Kangaroo) If you show off your project on any other forum, make sure that you let them know that you're not the one who killed the Centipede, you'll be flamed to a crisp otherwise. You might be attacked anyway for not restoring it back to a Centipede.
I'm in the same boat now, I'm MAMEing a Centipede that was painted black and converted to a Mortal Kombat by some operator long ago.
-Could you see the shape of the original side art under the paint from the right angle? (Before you painted it)
TelcoLou:
--- Quote from: XYXZYZ on March 04, 2008, 11:40:00 pm ---That cabinet used to be a dedicated Centipede. (Atari cabinet with the large coin door, as opposed to the smaller doors on DigDug and Kangaroo) If you show off your project on any other forum, make sure that you let them know that you're not the one who killed the Centipede, you'll be flamed to a crisp otherwise. You might be attacked anyway for not restoring it back to a Centipede.
I'm in the same boat now, I'm MAMEing a Centipede that was painted black and converted to a Mortal Kombat by some operator long ago.
-Could you see the shape of the original side art under the paint from the right angle? (Before you painted it)
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... my first post in this thread shows the cab exactly as I got it; already converted to a NeoGeo setup, painted black, with those god-awful square stickers on the side :) It had no monitor or PCB and I could see no evidence of its original centipede-ness ;)
Quite the irony as I had no idea what is was originally, until I asked here; Centipede was my Wife's favorite arcade game "back in the day" 8)
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