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SeverdHed's Donkey Kong project...OFFICIALLY DEAD
Ryglore:
Ha, I dunno. I would want to keep it as clean as possible. Maybe rather than nova gems, just use plain ol' black buttons so the kinda "hide" in the black bezel? That's kinda why I went with white buttons for my exit/pause on my CP. So they are there but not as noticeable.... :lol
severdhed:
thats not a bad idea either. if i dont have labeled buttons, i'd probably just install one to use as exit, and use a shifted pause command, since that wouldn't get used as heavy by visitors.
i know javeryh installed his on the underside of the panel that houses the speaker, so that they are not visible. this would work, but wouldn't solve the problem of stupid people, plus it would put them right where my 8month old son could find them
DaOld Man:
Congrats on the find severdhead!
I think you and javeryh are trying to start a "mountain jukebox-like" craze with DK cabs!
I am still keeping my eyes open for a bargain DK cab.
Although I wouldnt mind having a ms pacman/galaga cab either.
Good luck on this build, I will be watching..
severdhed:
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on August 30, 2009, 08:51:06 am ---Congrats on the find severdhead!
I think you and javeryh are trying to start a "mountain jukebox-like" craze with DK cabs!
I am still keeping my eyes open for a bargain DK cab.
Although I wouldnt mind having a ms pacman/galaga cab either.
Good luck on this build, I will be watching..
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it is awesome to have so many DK projects right now. i have wanted one for a while, but Javeryh's thread lit a fire under me to look a little harder for one...and i just got lucky.
i was really torn on which cabinet to go with. I love DK and the cabinet is cool. plus the fact that it has a 4 way, 1 button, and a vertical monitor, made it a perfect candidate for a mame classics cabinet. i also thought about a ms pacman or galaga cabinet, since i think the shape of those cabinets is just awesome. the guy i got mine from had several ms pacs, and a galaga cabinet also, but i knew that what ever cabinet i went with, i wanted to be able to play the good vertical classics, and for a good many of those, i would need at least 1 button. so if i got a ms pac, i'd have to add a button to the control panel, and if i got a galaga, i'd have to change it from 2 way to 4way. with the DK the control panel is already perfectly setup...also DK is my favorite arcade game...so it just made sense. although i do still think the ms pac/galaga cabs have a nicer profile than the DK cabs.
roughly where are you located DaOld Man? The guy i got this cab from has 5 or 6 cabs sitting around he wants to get rid of..if i recal correctly there were 3 or 4 ms pacman, 1 pacman, and a galaga3..he said he would let them all go for $150 for the set. they are just empty cabinets that would need a little TLC, but would be a good foundation for a project like this. of course, if you aren't in or near PA, that does you no good.
DaOld Man:
That sounds like a good deal. Too bad I live in Kentucky, about 55 miles north of Nashville, Tn. so it would be quite a drive for me.
What part of PA is it?