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Converted PacMan Cocktail to MAME Cab
KDOG:
All metal is salvageable if you are good at metal work. I'm not but I would get a thin piece of metal some how attach it to the back(I think by something called liquid weld or something like that) then re-drill the holes you need and bondo the rest.
SithMaster:
Yep people use JB weld to attach a piece of metal to cover the holes and then use bondo to make a new surface. I'm sure someone will post the link to the frogger cp to jamma patch job if not I'll try and find it for you.
I honestly don't see why people are getting upset by his work. Its not like the cab is an upright with amazing sideart. The only questionable thing is putting pinball games on it. I understand why he's doing it but the end result probably won't sit well with me. I'm not saying you shouldn't do it I'm just saying the viewing angle and controls might look awkward.
If you decide repairing those cps will be too much work replacements are available from quartercade though that might bring the cost of the project above any budget you might have set.
As someone who wanted a cocktail such as this I look forward to your progress pics.
May I ask what that db9 connector is for?
Curbfeeler:
--- Quote ---May I ask what that db9 connector is for?
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lol. My Atari 2600 Contoller, of course. I prefer to play Stella with the original controller. I wired it so it duplicated the input from my joystick. I had grand ideas of my holding the 2600 joystick while my daughter (4 years old) played Donkey Kong. I'd try to "help her out" of tough spots. That's why it's a prototype, I guess, because this wasn't practical. She doesn't hold still much, and we canceled each other out more than anything.
--- Quote ---The only questionable thing is putting pinball games on it.
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Regarding pinball, I just want to say that I'm NOT going to drill flipper holes into this thing. I just don't have the heart. Not sure how I'm going to handle that to be honest. I do want to play pinball....
Thanks for the info on the JB Weld. I'll read up on past projects. I have a feeling with this many errant holes a replacement might be in my future. I may check around with shops that bend metal locally and see if I can get a deal that will beat the price of blanks I've seen.
Franco B:
Good luck with it :)
Are you dead set on 6 buttons? I can't see many 6 button vertical games on MAWS that I would want to play.
Curbfeeler:
--- Quote ---Are you dead set on 6 buttons? I can't see many 6 button vertical games on MAWS that I would want to play.
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To be really honest with you, I'm not dead set on anything. :dunno I'm ashamed to admit this, but out of all those buttons, the only ones I have wired up are the two red ones. Even so, I've been able to play almost everything I really enjoy. So perhaps that's a sign that six buttons are overkill. :-[
Will people laugh at me if I admit that I've been playing a few horizontal games on my cab? I haven't decided on an OS yet, but for now I'm just using iRotate in Windows XP and launching the games in Mame32UI. With that setup horizontal games work fine. On my 19" CRT monitor they only fill an area of the screen that's about 7.5 x 10 (12.5 corner to corner). So we're talking roughly the same size as a 13" TV. Plus I'm a sloucher, so when I play my eyes are only 14 inches from the center of the screen. Obviously head to head two-player stuff is out, but I think the screen is acceptable for horizontal games.
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