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Author Topic: Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade  (Read 7205 times)

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Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade
« on: August 26, 2009, 10:18:19 am »
Hello all!

Edit:  This project has been modified further (CP update).  For more info on the new CP click here:  https://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,146015.0.html


I'm finally done with my Total Carnage/SmashTV conversion!  I bought the machine in sad shape for a decent price.  It was originally an Atari Gauntlet which someone had converted to a Total Carnage machine.  (If you look underneath the control panel, you will see the original holes).  The game worked and the monitor looked crisp.  So I took it home and cleaned it up.  I love SmashTV, so I decided to buy the PCB and add it to the arcade.  My Ultra Arcade was inspired by SmashTV after all.   :applaud:

-  Cleaned it up with Windex inside and out.
-  Repainted the front kick panel
-  Disassembled the coin door and repainted it.
-  Replaced all locks with brand new "same keyed" locks
-  Bought new light bulbs for coin door and new red reject buttons
-  Replaced the T-molding from beat up black to brand new red color to make it "pop"
-  Replaced joysticks to match the t-molding (old joys were mechanically shot)
-  Replaced blown right speaker behind marquee
-  Added SmashTV PCB on opposite side inside machine
-  Added 2 in 1 Jamma switcher (remote is velcroed on top of machine)

I can't seem to find the "before" pics on my hard drive.  :(  But if I do I will add them to the posts.
EDIT:  Found them!  See below!


Attached are pics for your entertainment.  I also made a video of it here.
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Enjoy!

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« Last Edit: September 26, 2016, 12:02:55 pm by DeLuSioNal29 »
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Re: Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2009, 10:19:34 am »
Looks good. How do people respond to the angled sticks?

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Re: Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2009, 10:37:19 am »
Looks great, but I too am confused by the joystick set-up. 

If you look at the CP art, it makes it look like you should hold them at an angle, which would put the corner of the CP in a possible uncomfortable place.  And with the pic showing under the hood, the joys look to be mounted straight up and down looking at the screen, which would put an odd uneven reach on sticks. 

Aside form the unusual play set-up, it's not bad at all.  Do you have any plans to redo the CP down the line, maybe make it more traditional?  I would do that myself if I had this cabinet. 

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Re: Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2009, 10:51:08 am »
If you ignore the size of the arrows on the CP, they are just 8-way sticks are they not? So they would play normally I think just like a normal 8-way? Look at the little arrows on the CP. They seem to represent 'normal' X/Y axis movement. The smaller arrows are the diagonals. It just looks odd because of the placement of the arrows.
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Re: Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2009, 11:01:19 am »
I see that, and understand.  But if you play it normally, you have a decent amount of stretching on one arm vs the other.  Maybe it because I am only 5'4" and see things like that as being an issue.  Then again, it's been so long since I played on a Gauntlet cab, so it may be smaller that I am giving it credit for being.

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Re: Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2009, 06:22:05 pm »
Originally, I had thought that I may redo the control panel, but when I tried the control panel is was very playable.  I personally like to be directly in front of the machine when I play, as do others I play co-op with.  One arm is slightly higher than the other while playing but it's a relatively small panel so no biggie.  It looks a bit strange but still comfortable.

I may still do it however, but when I do I will probably redo the graphics to include a hybrid cpo that includes both SmashTV and Total Carnage.

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Re: Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2009, 06:42:28 pm »
These are both EXCELLENT games! :)
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Re: Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2009, 07:29:37 pm »
That used to be Gauntlet.  Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!  Not bad though.  Nice clean work, but the joysticks look a little out of place.  That would be my only complaint.  Did you get that pcb swither from yaton, on ebay?

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Re: Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2009, 08:54:56 pm »
Very nice.  Smash TV is one of my favorites.

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Re: Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade
« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2009, 05:59:01 pm »
Added a pic of my "Little Helper".   ;D  He even has his toy laptop to help diagnose the equipment.

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Re: Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade
« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2009, 09:46:38 pm »
My daughters have the same laptop, that thing is even fun for me to play with. . . But so is a small length of string. . .

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Re: Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade
« Reply #11 on: August 28, 2009, 07:13:42 am »
Added a pic of my "Little Helper".   ;D  He even has his toy laptop to help diagnose the equipment.

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I see your son has the same diagnosic equipment my son has ;D Nich job. I always liked Smash TV.

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Re: Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade
« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2009, 11:05:03 am »
Good job, but you cheated. You had a helper..  ;)

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Re: Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade
« Reply #13 on: September 15, 2009, 01:49:16 pm »
That used to be Gauntlet.  Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!  Not bad though.  Nice clean work, but the joysticks look a little out of place.  That would be my only complaint.  Did you get that pcb swither from yaton, on ebay?
I just picked up an identical cab with the real Gauntlet in it.  So it makes me feel a LITTLE better that this cabinet was converted.

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Re: Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade
« Reply #14 on: September 16, 2009, 09:33:21 am »

I see your son has the same diagnosic equipment my son has ;D Nich job. I always liked Smash TV.

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Re: Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade
« Reply #15 on: September 30, 2009, 11:50:54 pm »
I found the original pics before I restored it.

Notice the jacked up coin doors, missing locks, stickers on the cabinet, and the plexi with cigarette burns all over it.  All joysticks were replaced since the original joysticks were all shot.  I also changed the color of the T-molding.

Last but not least of course, I upgraded it to also play Smash TV at the touch of a button.

Enjoy!

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Re: Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade
« Reply #16 on: October 04, 2009, 12:33:32 pm »
Smash T.V. Rocks. Wow two coin doors, bet they could fit a grands worth of quarters in "that there" machine  .....nice.....

good work.....

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Re: Total Carnage/SmashTV combo arcade
« Reply #17 on: October 07, 2009, 07:16:10 pm »


  That is a fun game, nice job on the clean up, looks great!

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