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New Lowboy Cab from Scratch
gonzo90017:
Great job so far. You make the build look very simple.
Knowing you I can't wait to see the finsihed artwork.
Spaced Ace:
Shuuz, that game rocks....
Final post here for me.
leapinlew, you have me all wrong. Im saying, why not have a MAME cab for fighting games, 6 buttons ect. One for spinners, one for trackball, one four way old school. I know it has to deal with $.$$. But if you can AFFORD to do it, than do it the way its supposed to be. Have a dedicated for each type of game.
Lord Hiryu wrote that he didnt understand why we go crazy with our huge multi-perpose control panels, I was simply responding....
TOK:
--- Quote from: Spaced Ace on August 01, 2008, 04:42:09 pm ---Shuuz, that game rocks....
Final post here for me.
leapinlew, you have me all wrong. Im saying, why not have a MAME cab for fighting games, 6 buttons ect. One for spinners, one for trackball, one four way old school. I know it has to deal with $.$$. But if you can AFFORD to do it, than do it the way its supposed to be. Have a dedicated for each type of game.
Lord Hiryu wrote that he didnt understand why we go crazy with our huge multi-perpose control panels, I was simply responding....
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In the context Hiryu's reply to me, your comments make sense, and since its his project thread maybe it's worthy of discussion.
For my first machine I didn't really build a frankenpanel with everything on it, but that machine did wind up as kind of the do-all. A horizontal cab with twin 7 button layout, trackball and spinner. I don't really play a lot of trackball and spinner games, but its there for a quick game of Tempest, Camel Try, Major Havoc or Centipede.
Because I have the room, I have 5 more specialized or dedicated games, but I'd be OK if I didn't because that first MAME cab will play 95% of the games fine. I think thats the real goal with many peoples first cab, or if they know they only have room for one. If I had to give them all up but one, that original cab would be the one that stayed, even though it's the least pure. Even before realizing how much I loved Hiryu's lowboy, I wondered why a Phoenix fan went with a horizontal rather that vert layout. ;)
Edit: beer grammar :cheers:
mountain:
I love this cab, great job! I am a born again Phoenix fan. It's funny, I built my first MAME cab because I was fascinated that it was even possible, not so much from an arcade addiction. I totally forgot about Phoenix until my cab was done and I stumbled onto it. My older brother and I lived just around the corner from a 711 that had one and we played it alot. After finding Phoenix and totally loving the fact that I could play it again, my brother visited from out of town and I could not wait to show it to him. It was awesome to throw that at him and see him react.
I have never played an arcade game against 3 other people....ever. However, as far as the "play every game" control panels are concerned, I see it the same as having fast cars and loud stereos; you don't go 100 miles an hour or crank it way up all of the time, but you can when you want to.
Lord Hiryu:
Hi again guys!!!
I'm come back with new shots!!!
Well, I'll explain some things.
Firstly, I made it a cardboard bezel, but it looks horribly.
To correct that, I made a DM bezel.
First, I take the size of the monitor space to fit the bezel Ok.
Then, I glue the for sides of the inner bezel...(ready cutted with the correct shape to fit with the screen curve).
When the glue was dry, I sanded the bezel, take out the vertex of the bezel, and shape-round the inner side.
Here's a shot of the rear side of the bezel, ready glue.
Later, a prime coat, sanded again, another coat of prime, sanded again, and finally, two coats of black spray (not gloss)
Here's the result.
A shot with the prime coat applied.
When the second coat was finally dry, the result was good for my:
Here a detail of the round shape of the inner side:
Also, I put the final art on the CPO, and all the buttons and sticks...(not wire yet!!)
I changed some colours (for instance the blues has no more yellow on the mix....CMYK words)
An artistic shot:
BTW, the Red U-Molding don't likes me, so...I changed the red for a Black U-Molding.
Now it looks more Retro.
Here's a picture of the screen zone. The DM Bezel fits OK.
Well, and this is all at the moment.
TODO list:
- Drill a few holes in the rear table of the cab for a better PC perform.
- Put on the base of the cab a black rubber to protect the base of the hits (and kicks!!)
- Put the final sidearts and the marquee.
- Make a LPT1 interface for the controls and configure it for Ms-dos.
- Put 5 buttons (esc, ok, pause, tab and reset) inside the cab..(on the coin door zone).
and finally, add lights to players buttons, and also, on the coin mech.
I hope you agree with the shots. (and I hope my English will be understable for yours!!:P)
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