Before I get roasted like a marshmallow over a bonfire. Let me first say that I am not planning on purchasing a Nintendo cabinet and gutting it, but instead building a cab from scratch. I love the look and artwork of Donkey Kong cabinets, so I am planning on building a DK cabinet and using a fighter style 2 player CP.
I am also planning on talking the orignal DK bezel and marquee and changing it to the DK2 colors and painting the cabinet dark blue. I like the colors of the DK2, but not the side art.
I also know the common answer will be to build it on cardboard and find out first hand, but I saw this CPO and was wondering what the most amount of controls have ever been frankensteined into a Nintendo CP comfortably.
I'm planning on building this and then possibly doing something a little larger in the future (something with trackballs and spinners and dedicated joysticks) but I just love everything about DK cabinets
(im saw this cabinet and was struck with inspiration...
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=46448.0)