60-in-1 cocktail with TT2's

[Meteordave]

As a long time lurker here on the BYOAC forums I figured I should post my finished 60-in-1 cocktail. I've learned a lot from this and other arcade forums so now I can give back a little of my experiences.

This game stared out as a decrepit Yee Ar Kung Fu. I don't have before pics but I'm pretty sure it was a mouse home for a while. There wasn't anything useful left so I gutted the cab and striped the finish. I applied a couple of coats of auto basecoat/clearcoat which came out nice.

I decased a 19" PC monitor and swapped the mounting brackets from the shot arcade monitor. After some swearing and jury-rigging I got it to fit . For a long time I was going to go the MAME route and even had a computer stripped and wedged inside. It was very tight with no place for a keyboard. I ordered some controls and cut the control panels to accept a flat aluminum plate. And there it sat...for a couple of years.

I moved, got remarried, and switched jobs. The game sat under a pinball machine waiting the the right time. A couple of months ago I heard about the 60-in-1 board and its ease of assembly and use. I was remembering the difficult time I was having fitting the PC in the cab and getting a front end loaded. I never did get a satisfoctory program going. With my available time limited with the house and new job I decided to copout and go this new easy route.

[Ginsu Victim]

Ooooo, I like the paintjob.

[Meteordave]

I ordered the board and two trackballs since the board will support two in cocktail mode. Unfortunately when I installed the TBs, due to the almost vertical control panels of the Nintendo cocktail the balls would fall forward and not maintain contact with the rollers. I had to remove the TB's and could not play the TB games.

However I Love Arkanoid too so I decided to try spinners instead. I talked to Randy at GGG and he was super helpful. He asked about the degrees of rotation of the TB for a screen traverse of the Vaus. He then suggested the lower CPR version of the TT2. I ordered and received the spinner. I was very happy with the quality of the TT2. Right when I was ready to order the other spinner he came out with the new knobs! I ordered two knobs with the Accu-twist feature and another TT2. I found the correct connector at Radio Shack and they plugged right into my TB harness I already had.  I'm extremely pleased with the way these spinners look and operate. They are very close to the original feel of the Arkanoid spinner. I have two originals Arkanoid spinners with the buttons and wiring harness's attached BTW. If anybodys interested in them contact me.

So thanks Randy! I'm pleased and everyone who was at the house last weekend loved the game and your spinners. 

Dave

[Meteordave]

Oh yea, one more thing. If anyone has a coin door/coin box for this Nintendo cocktail LMK. I'll go ahead and make a MDF door to fill the hole but I sure would like the real deal.