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elaverick:
Hi,
  I'm reasonably new to the site (you might have noticed a few of my posts around the place) and I thought I'd come along and share a bit of what I'm up to at the moment. I'm currently working on an upright cabinet based on Koenigs plans but with a few slight changes.  It's not going to be a MAME system, instead I'm building a proper JAMMA cab designed for CPS-2 games and I'm also looking to pop a Naomi unit in there as well (the basic idea is that I want to be able to run the complete Marvel/Capcom series from one cab, with the possible addition of some SNK goodness as well).

I'm going for quite a minimalist look (I'm keeping the cabinet art to a complete minimum), I've gone for all white Sanwa controls and I'm aiming for a piano black finish on the exterior (though I suspect I'll come to regret that later in the project).

I'll try and post some pics as I go but for now here are the sides and a paritally assembled cab (to work out monitor placement) as well as the marquee (the only piece of "art" I'm planning on having).

emphatic:
Cool project, looking forward to your updates. So, will you use a tri-sync monitor, an upscaler for the CPS2 or utilize the 15khz functions of the NAOMI on a lo-res screen? If you haven't gotten the NAOMI already, may I suggest you get a Dreamcast, hack it for JAMMA and use it instead, as it'll load the games faster than the NAOMI?

elaverick:
Thanks for your kind welcome.

The monitor is looking like a bit of a PITA right now.  I've been told it should be a Tri-Sync monitor (it's an LCD panel), but I'm not 100% convinced so I might need to upscale :(

I do already have the Naomi, (hadn't realised it was particularly slow loading) but that's mostly because I want the real arcade experience (that is the real experience without spending £2,000 on a Naomi Universal Cab :) )

emphatic:

--- Quote from: elaverick on September 23, 2009, 04:32:48 pm ---Thanks for your kind welcome.

The monitor is looking like a bit of a PITA right now.  I've been told it should be a Tri-Sync monitor (it's an LCD panel), but I'm not 100% convinced so I might need to upscale :(

I do already have the Naomi, (hadn't realised it was particularly slow loading) but that's mostly because I want the real arcade experience (that is the real experience without spending £2,000 on a Naomi Universal Cab :) )

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Wow, £2,000 you say? In Sweden they go for around £400 or so...  I do not wish you to stop your build, but you should ask Andy at SEGAShed for a quote: http://triplemoonstar.brinkster.net/segashed/default.asp?subcat=95

elaverick:
My estimate was based mostly on what I've seen on eBay (which as we know has very little basis in reality at times).  I probably should have looked into SegaShed (I've been asking him about a few other bits and pieces and he's been great so far), but at least this way I get something tailored to what I want and can say I genuinely had a hand in making the thing.

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