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shrunkenmaster:
After completing my first project, The Mystery Machine (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=88316.0), I thought that'd be the end of construction. However, a couple of months ago my dad upgraded his PC and gave me his old eMachines tower, uttering the words "I'm sure you can make something out of it"...

So, here goes. I decided that I would make a vertical bartop straight away, scoured the forum for some ideas, then settled on a mini Donkey kong shape. I don't know how I went from DK to Dig Dug, but I'm sure spending too long on this forum had something to do with it.

I'd already been told by my wife that I'd spent too much time (and money) on the Mystery Machine so I set out to reuse/recycle as much as possible. I picked up some MDF offcuts from a local wood shop, added a few bits I had lying around, coming up with the basic cab, then arranged the PC components inside.

LeedsFan:
Sounds cool. DugDug is one of those games that I never really got into. Might give it some more attention and see how I like it. I've seen the artwork for the cab and yeah... looks good. I like bartop projects. They seem more "practical" even though the full size cabs are more authentic. I will be watching.  :)

shrunkenmaster:
Two coats of primer, plus three/four coats of gloss spray paint on the insides, as the sides are going to have artwork. The finish is nice and shiny, having wet'n'dry sanded between coats.

Printed out a black & white marquee showing me where the artwork would overlap the basic rectangle, so I could check it wouldn't interfere with the screen.

IG-88:
Love these bartops! Yours looks great so far. Keep the pics coming!

shrunkenmaster:
This machine is only for vertical games with 2 buttons, so the CP is pretty simple. I got an Ultrastik from Ultimarc (amazing as usual, cheers Andy) as I wanted this to be as simple as possible to use, plus I wanted to play Q*bert without any bother. I got a couple of leaf switches for the action buttons from arcadeshop.de and wow - NO joystick clicks, NO button clicks, it's great!

Applied the first graphics from Nigel at arcadestickers.co.uk - it's that great textured vinyl, self adhesive and no need to cover with plexi. Also wired up the coin button switch which is going on the vertical panel beneath the CPO.

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