Need help finding TMNT 2player specs

[protokatie]

I finally decided to base my cabinet design (not so much the CP design tho) on the TMNT 2-Player cab. Although I havent seen on of these in real life, just seen some very crappy pics where I couldnt see much detail. Does anyone have this cab, or atleast some good pics and basic measurements? If not I may just use the 4 player version but scaled back a bit as my cab is a 2 player jobby.

Also is the TMNT 2P cab just a conversion of a previous basic design cab? I know the 4 player monster isnt....

[paigeoliver]

There is no such thing as a TMNT 2 player cabinet. The only dedicated ones were 4-player units. You are simply remembering a conversion cabinet with a 2 player TMNT kit installed. It could have been anything.

[Jdurg]

There is no such thing as a TMNT 2 player cabinet. The only dedicated ones were 4-player units. You are simply remembering a conversion cabinet with a 2 player TMNT kit installed. It could have been anything.

I thought the UK version of the game was a dedicated cabinet as I don't recall if they even had a four-player version?  Heck, I've never even seen a two-player version here in the US.  I know they exist, but never saw one in any arcade.

[paigeoliver]

Europe is a whole different ball game, different licensors and distributors and such making their own cabinets and artwork for all sorts of games, so there MIGHT have been some factory 2 player TMNT units in Europe, but that doesn't mean much and the cabinet would have still been a generic one used for many different games.

I used to have a 2 player US TMNT boardset, but it was a 4-player boardset that I replaced roms on to make into a 2 player boardset (and man did it sell for WAY more on eBay than 4 player boardsets do).

[protokatie]

Hmm, ok. Then no plausable 2 player version. Anyone got the specs (dimensions etc) and decent pics of a four player version? I would ofcourse scale that beast down, and make a 2 player cab out of it....

[KDOG]

Jakobud plans

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[Jakobud]

 

http://www.jakobud.com/cabinetPlans.php

[protokatie]

Thanx Jakko! Thats what I needed. Would shrinking the thing by 6 inches in most aspects (not vertical of course) be a good way to shrink it down to something more reasonable? Or maybe more? (I doubt less tho).

[paigeoliver]

Actually scaling a 4 player cabinet down to a 2 player cabinet is a bad idea. Start with a similar 2 player design instead, you you try to shrink that thing down it will come out looking like an Assault cabinet with a flying wing control panel attached.

Also, I have owned one of those cabinets, they are very small as 4 player machines go, the control panel has less real estate than the majority of the 2 player panels people churn out around here.

[protokatie]

By six inches, I meant the CP would be shrunk by six inches as well. Im only going to be using a 17 inch monitor (initially anyways) so I dont need the near 3 foot width the CP offers nor the nearly as wide cab itself.

Other than starting with another 2 player of similar design, any ideas on how to reduce TMNT 4 player specs so it doesnt look too much like a MAME cab? (bear in mind as well that I will be using the neogeo/SF2 button setup, so I need a little bit more realestate on the CP than a 2 player version of TMNT)

[paigeoliver]

Two player Neo Geo control panel layout fits in a space way smaller than anyone would actually want to build on, so that part is not really important.

Seriously reconsider what you just said about a 17" monitor, unless you make a 1 player mini cab then a 17" monitor is going to ruin your entire project. Something shaped like TMNT with a 17" monitor in it would look like Kentucky Fried Cleveland Steamer.

For most people the display should be the most expensive part of the cabinet. A used 21" CRT monitor is only about $100.

If you really don't want it to look too much like a Mame cab then you need to rethink everything, because right now this is headed for crap-mame territory. Every machine even REMOTELY shaped like a 4 player TMNT has a 25" monitor (or larger).

By six inches, I meant the CP would be shrunk by six inches as well. Im only going to be using a 17 inch monitor (initially anyways) so I dont need the near 3 foot width the CP offers nor the nearly as wide cab itself.

Other than starting with another 2 player of similar design, any ideas on how to reduce TMNT 4 player specs so it doesnt look too much like a MAME cab? (bear in mind as well that I will be using the neogeo/SF2 button setup, so I need a little bit more realestate on the CP than a 2 player version of TMNT)

[protokatie]

paigeolive; you willing to put a pencil where your mouth is? Maybe draw up something for me so I can work on a design that would look good? (BTW I do like the CP being a wee bit wider than the cab proper)

You know what basic look I want, so even a primitive sketch would be useful.

[KDOG]

something like this maybe? Just expand the cp box to the left and right about an inch and that should be plenty.

[protokatie]

Hmm, not a bad idea. Ill give it a thought. Thanx.