Hi everyone,
Newbie to the forum as a poster, but a
very long time lurker.
Any friends from over in the GameEx community will already recognize this, but it was suggested I post about my most recent cab project here as well.
I've previously built a MAME upright, which also runs Future Pinball and is powerful enough for my son to play various PC games on (MMORPGs, SIMs type stuff and so on). It joined a smaller, commerical style repro cabinet that I purchased on the cheap (damaged) from BJs, and is what got me going on the "roll your own" track.
Here's where the GameEx guys can move on, the rest will all be a repeat for you
Both of those cabs contain horizontal screens, and I'd been really jonesing for a vertical unit to play Tempest, Centipede, etc on. Well, I've also been working on a HT in the basement. It's not quite done, but enough that we can party in it. Some well attended parties made us realize we needed more surfaces for placing drinks, snacks, etc. when we have a large crowd, so we (the wife and I) agreed a small island would be ideal. I figured I'd use this opportunity to create a unique cabinet: an island-cocktail.
Pics in the next post. I won't reproduce everything here, but if you wish more detail you can view the progress report at
http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=7306&st=0&start=0. If you want even more nitty gritty, and lots of pics to bore you to tears, the entire build is documented here:
http://www.skinners.us/skinners/Misc/CocktailArcade/