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javeryh's Donkey Kong Plus [FINISHED]
javeryh:
Next up was the lamination process. As I mentioned earlier, the original Donkey Kong control panel is 9/16" thick to accommodate the t-molding which goes on the front edge. In order to get this thickness I decided to use a 1/2" piece of MDF and laminate it with a 1/16" piece of ABS plastic. This stuff is available in lots of different places (eBay and Amazon have it) and isn't too expensive.
The first thing I did was cut out a piece of the ABS plastic about 1/2" oversized all the way around:
I used my trusty contact cement to bond the plastic to the MDF:
I used a foam brush to apply the contact cement to both mating surfaces. I probably went a little overboard but it didn't make a difference - the MDF is porous so I wanted to be sure I had enough on there.
After waiting 20 minutes for the glue to dry I placed a scrap piece of MDF on top and used a cinder block to apply pressure in order to achieve a tight bond.
It worked! After about 10 more minutes I used my router (with the pattern bit again) to trim the ABS plastic flush with the panel. You can see what a clean job the router does - it came out perfect.
The next thing I had to do was trim around the button holes. I used a drill and a step bit to start and then when the hole was big enough I stuck the pattern bit in there and flush trimmed the button holes just like I did around the outside.
After that was finished I used my drill bit to drill out the 8 holes in the ABS plastic for the control panel overlay.
We are almost there. Next up is routing the recess in the back for the joystick and routing the groove for the front latch to rest in.
Kaytrim:
Looking good there buddy. Keep posting updates.
Michael
Chicken McNobody:
I wish I had the time, access, and skill to go all out like you are doing. I am very pleased with my Donkey Kong MAME though, and it looks good enough for my needs. I may make it more authentic down the road if I build another full sized MAME cabinet, but that will not be for a long time now. Right now my focus is similar to your projects, I want to build a Princess Bartop for my girls, and right now it is time to gather the parts and go from there. I want to make it very portable, but not too small so that down the road when they will let me, I can finish the design in the fashion that I want. Maybe I can convince them to let me do a Ms. Pac-Man theme though, that would be a good compromise.
Anywho, I though Journey would be a good game for your list, but I remembered that it is 8 way, not 4. There is only a couple of levels that use the 8 way mode though, so it's easy to forget. I would suggest Qix, that is one of my all time favorites. I know I will get chastised for this, but Tempest is really not that bad on a joystick, if you adjust the analog down to like 30%, it can really play solid. And I love that you have Mappy on the list, another classic that doesn't get enough love in my opinion. I even have it on my Palm TX. Maybe I'll theme that with my bartop, the girls love that game as well.
Good luck on getting the Wife to let you put it in the living room, I barely got away with that. And my situation is that the basement is not finished, and I wanted to play this with the girls. They both have allergies, and all the dust (the house was built a year ago) and stuff is not good for them down there. It is clean, just not livable right now. I already have my dedicated P.O.W., Space Invaders Cocktail (was in the kitchen until this was done,) my POTC and Superstar home size pinball machines down there. But once the basement is done enough, it's outta the living room. But that is fine by me, that is what I want, I plan to have a pretty stellar game room. It should only be within a couple years.
Keep up the great work!
slasherman:
--- Quote from: javeryh on July 28, 2009, 01:52:40 pm ---
This is my working list. Please add to it if you think I'm missing something!
- Donkey Kong
- Donkey Kong Jr.
- Donkey Kong 3
- Pac-man
- Ms. Pac-man
- Jr. Pac-man
- Super Pac-man
- Pac & Pal
- Pac-man Plus
- Frogger
- Dig Dug
- Mr. Do!
- Mr. Do!'s Castle
- Galaxian
- Galaga
- Galaga 3
- Crush
- Space Invaders
- Ladybug
- Burger Time
- Mappy
- Pengo
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Donkey Kong 2 jumpman returns read more about it here: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74719.0
javeryh:
--- Quote from: slasherman on July 29, 2009, 11:23:15 am ---Donkey Kong 2 jumpman returns read more about it here: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=74719.0
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I don't have a board and as far as I know it isn't emulated in MAME. I'd love to give it a try someday though!
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