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DeLuSioNal29:
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!

~ DeLuSioNaL29

leapinlew:
Looks good. How do people respond to the angled sticks?

Chicken McNobody:
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. 

Silas (son of Silas):
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.

Chicken McNobody:
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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