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| Johnny 5:
Alright so im FINALLY going to build my cabinet, i have the time, i have the cash, and now i just need to get either the plans or buy an old cabinet. What im having troubles with is that I found out the old drive in theatre outside of the city has a bunch of old (like really old) arcade games forsale for 100% each. I went and took a look and alot of them are pretty old but the cab is still in alright condition. nothing a little TLC wont fix. its either get one of thsoe and change the CP so it can play all my fighting games (mainly stf and samurai showdowns) or just build one from scratch. the one i was looking at was an old Pit Boss game, its the only one thats screen looks in better condition then the rest. the other choice i have is take the old 30" tv that i got from my parents when they got a better one a couple of years ago and make a custom cab for that. any suggestions?Alright so im FINALLY going to build my cabinet, i have the time, i have the cash, and now i just need to get either the plans or buy an old cabinet. What im having troubles with is that I found out the old drive in theatre outside of the city has a bunch of old (like really old) arcade games forsale for 100% each. I went and took a look and alot of them are pretty old but the cab is still in alright condition. nothing a little TLC wont fix. its either get one of thsoe and change the CP so it can play all my fighting games (mainly stf and samurai showdowns) or just build one from scratch. the one i was looking at was an old Pit Boss game, its the only one thats screen looks in better condition then the rest. the other choice i have is take the old 30" tv that i got from my parents when they got a better one a couple of years ago and make a custom cab for that. any suggestions? Btw the old cab would be 100$ cash is what they want. thanks again |
| CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: Johnny 5 on September 16, 2008, 04:17:41 pm ---Alright so im FINALLY going to build my cabinet, i have the time, i have the cash, and now i just need to get either the plans or buy an old cabinet. What im having troubles with is that I found out the old drive in theatre outside of the city has a bunch of old (like really old) arcade games forsale for 100% each. I went and took a look and alot of them are pretty old but the cab is still in alright condition. nothing a little TLC wont fix. its either get one of thsoe and change the CP so it can play all my fighting games (mainly stf and samurai showdowns) or just build one from scratch. the one i was looking at was an old Pit Boss game, its the only one thats screen looks in better condition then the rest. the other choice i have is take the old 30" tv that i got from my parents when they got a better one a couple of years ago and make a custom cab for that. any suggestions? --- End quote --- --- Quote from: Johnny 5 on September 16, 2008, 04:17:41 pm ---Alright so im FINALLY going to build my cabinet, i have the time, i have the cash, and now i just need to get either the plans or buy an old cabinet. What im having troubles with is that I found out the old drive in theatre outside of the city has a bunch of old (like really old) arcade games forsale for 100% each. I went and took a look and alot of them are pretty old but the cab is still in alright condition. nothing a little TLC wont fix. its either get one of thsoe and change the CP so it can play all my fighting games (mainly stf and samurai showdowns) or just build one from scratch. the one i was looking at was an old Pit Boss game, its the only one thats screen looks in better condition then the rest. the other choice i have is take the old 30" tv that i got from my parents when they got a better one a couple of years ago and make a custom cab for that. any suggestions? --- End quote --- Are you sure that you're Johnny 5 and not Jacob Two-Two ? ;) |
| shmokes:
I'd say it depends. You will derive much more personal satisfaction from building it yourself, in terms of the accomplishment and being proud of it and all that rot. But it is A LOT of work. If you don't get off on that sort of thing, and you just want your own cab as soon as possible to be able to play games on, the conversion is probably the better bet. |
| Johnny 5:
--- Quote from: shmokes on September 16, 2008, 05:33:48 pm ---I'd say it depends. You will derive much more personal satisfaction from building it yourself, in terms of the accomplishment and being proud of it and all that rot. But it is A LOT of work. If you don't get off on that sort of thing, and you just want your own cab as soon as possible to be able to play games on, the conversion is probably the better bet. --- End quote --- Im not afraid of the hard work, i have all winter to work on it and my dad was saying he was going to lend me all the tools since he does alot of wood working. I would actually rather have my own cabinet, i was just wondering if its worth getting the old one for the monitor or just using my tv. |
| leapinlew:
--- Quote from: shmokes on September 16, 2008, 05:33:48 pm ---I'd say it depends. You will derive much more personal satisfaction from building it yourself, in terms of the accomplishment and being proud of it and all that rot. But it is A LOT of work. If you don't get off on that sort of thing, and you just want your own cab as soon as possible to be able to play games on, the conversion is probably the better bet. --- End quote --- I've done both. I'd say I'm equally proud of either way. For your first cabinet, I would say gauge your wood working skills and if your currently not very skilled convert. If you've done plenty of wood working projects building could be for you. |
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