Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
DK 3 to Donkey Kong conversion/resto *FINISHED*
ZORK2:
Yeah I may upgrade to that someday? To be honest, I don't know if I'd even be able to tell as it has been YEARS since I've played a real one? I'm doubting that any of the knuckle heads I have over will know the difference either? It doesn't have to be 100% authentic. I mean lets face it, this thing was a POPEYE and a DK3 it's whole life. I'm sure a true nintendo cab nut could find a 1000 flaws in what I'm doing. Besides, it would be as close as anything I could fabricate myself. In the mean time Mauzy keep an eye open for a real deal stick for a reasonable price for me. I just didn't think the 46$ extra was worth it for the upgrade?!?!!? I would think given a little time and shopping around I should be able to beat THAT price?!? :cheers:
ZORK2:
WOW nice restore on that thing! Amazing amount of bondo work!! Good job man. Hey, I may have found one way to tell that mine was originally a Popeye cab, it looks like the T-molding on my cabinate is a LOT thinner than the stuff on yours? I'm curious as to weather the T-molding was a different width on Popeye?
Mauzy:
--- Quote from: ZORK2 on August 24, 2009, 11:23:29 pm ---I just didn't think the 46$ extra was worth it for the upgrade?!?!!? I would think given a little time and shopping around I should be able to beat THAT price?!? :cheers:
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Oh yeah. For a nice used stick you can probably do better than that. Don't get me wrong either, I'm not one of those must-use-26-year-old-screws kind of authenticity guys. I just get as close as possible on my tight budget. To each his own, I've always said.
Thanks! The T-Molding size depends on the material type. If you have a particle board cabinet (what I have) it will be 5/8". A plywood cab will have 9/16". All I have to do is build the base and It'll be as good as I want it.
Another thing that points to Popeye can be seen in picture 23. Those three holes on either side of the inside of the monitor area are left over from when the monitor was horizontally mounted to play Popeye which was a horizontal game.
javeryh:
If you are thinking about running more than one game you might be interested in my thread HERE. I restored a DK cosmetically but I am running MAME on the inside with a list of about 30 games that use 1 button and a 4-way stick. There are no external modifications to the cabinet other than the 3 admin buttons underneath the CP which are countersunk and not visible at all. In fact, some of my friends came over last weekend and we had one of my buddies putting quarters in the thing for an hour before we told him about the coin button and that there were other games on the cab besides DK. He actually ran out to his car to dig around for change!! :laugh2:
IG-88:
Just for future reference, on the 5/8" CP ply you were looking for, any of the stores I frequent usually have a scrap bin that you can get smaller sized lumber on the cheap if not free of charge. Lowes, Home Depot or Menards all have this stuff. Just ask for it if you can't find it.
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