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shardian:


--- Quote from: javeryh on March 06, 2008, 09:22:55 am ---
--- Quote from: shardian on March 06, 2008, 09:10:29 am ---Hunt down an AutoCAD plan of the nintendo cabinet and I could plot you out a set of 1:1 templates.

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That would be sweet.  A giant template would save a lot of people a lot of time with prep work and stuff.

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I have no problem doing that for anyone. I can plot a simple CAD line drawing of a side panel on up to 36" wide paper. Then you just cut it out, tape it down and trace. Flush cut the other panel and you are done quick.

Ginsu Victim:


--- Quote ---Because the cabinet would be cheaper to purchase in theory and I figured Popeye was perhaps a lame game?

If it would be wrong to kill a popeye please let me know.
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Not a lame game at all. It was always one of my favorites back in the day.

Would it be wrong to kill it? YES. They are not as easy to find as they used to be and you should keep it a Popeye if you buy it.


CrazyKongFan:

Another thing to consider, you'll have to do some work on the monitor. Popeye is a horizontal game, and DK/DK Jr are vertical. Seems like DK (and possibly DK Jr) had inverted video, not sure if Popeye had that. So it wouldn't be just a simple board swap and you'd be ready to go.

javeryh:


--- Quote from: CrazyKongFan on March 06, 2008, 11:23:29 am ---Another thing to consider, you'll have to do some work on the monitor. Popeye is a horizontal game, and DK/DK Jr are vertical. Seems like DK (and possibly DK Jr) had inverted video, not sure if Popeye had that. So it wouldn't be just a simple board swap and you'd be ready to go.

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Good point.  I totally forgot about that!

barrel_hopper:

Hey guys, I went and looked the the DK JR machine today and the thing was MINT. Not perfect but it does not need paint at all and it needs the side art on the left side. But other than that it looks and plays just like 1982 all over again. I offered the guy $550 for it and he said sure. The dealer had his "guy" do a cap kit on the monitor and put in a new power supply

He told me he had the game on location and it only made about $10 in two weeks so he just wants to sell it for the cash and be done with it. As far as he is concerned it is just taking up valuable space.

I am pretty stoked. I expected this machine to be a ragged out POS. Instead it was a dream.

I will post pics when I get it.

BTW I am going to leave this machine as is...the only thing I want to do with it is maybe have a DK board around to swap in when I want to play regular DK.

is the DK board a straight swap in?


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