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bkenobi:
I would have said burn it, but that's just cause it's got the faux wood treatment.  My wife would never let that come in the house (probably not even that garage)!   :laugh2:

I guess it can look good when done though.  ArtMAME's cab is pretty nice!
Jack Burton:
I love the faux wood look.  Brings back memories.  

For a little cab like this I'd stick to a one-player treatment.  The screen is a 13" screen, which should be replaceable with a 13" pc CRT pretty easily.

Getting it up and running as a mame cab shouldn't be hard.  Once you've got the monitor in all you have to do is connect the buttons to an I-pac.  To connect your coin mechs you need to connect the switch on the coin mech to the ipac.  It connects the same way a button does.

To keep the sound and lights working the easiest way thing to do is keep the old innards intact.  Disconnect the game board.  Turn the system on, then reach in and turn your pc on.    Splice into the sound cable. 

You can even re-use the controls that are existent on the CP for many games.  Any two-way one or two button game should play just fine on those buttons.  

I think a game of tetris on a little cab like this would be fun.  

Vicious Burger:

--- Quote from: bkenobi on December 01, 2009, 12:48:41 am ---I would have said burn it, but that's just cause it's got the faux wood treatment.  My wife would never let that come in the house (probably not even that garage)!   :laugh2:

I guess it can look good when done though.  ArtMAME's cab is pretty nice!

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Oh believe me that fake wood crap will not be staying !! It's gonna be black all round. There is a chrome trim piece which runs around the whole edge on both sides,thats kinda cool though,so i think i will keep that.
Vicious Burger:

--- Quote from: Jack Burton on December 01, 2009, 02:04:22 am ---I love the faux wood look.  Brings back memories.  

For a little cab like this I'd stick to a one-player treatment.  The screen is a 13" screen, which should be replaceable with a 13" pc CRT pretty easily.

Getting it up and running as a mame cab shouldn't be hard.  Once you've got the monitor in all you have to do is connect the buttons to an I-pac.  To connect your coin mechs you need to connect the switch on the coin mech to the ipac.  It connects the same way a button does.

To keep the sound and lights working the easiest way thing to do is keep the old innards intact.  Disconnect the game board.  Turn the system on, then reach in and turn your pc on.    Splice into the sound cable. 

You can even re-use the controls that are existent on the CP for many games.  Any two-way one or two button game should play just fine on those buttons.  

I think a game of tetris on a little cab like this would be fun.  



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I'll probably hook the PC motherboard up to a switch on the exterior of the cab,like i did with the previous build i did. Theres a switch on the back already so i may just run it to that,in place of the power button on the front of the PC, and just run the wires straight to the motherboard.
I am going to do the 2 player controls. I'm going to be giving the cabinet to my brother in law for Christmas,(as he loved my other one i built and i couldnt get him off it last time he came over) and 99% he'll play games on his own,so he wont be cramped next to a 2nd player all the time,only for certain things.
I've ordered a keywiz from GroovyGameGear to hook up all the buttons and joysticks. I'll probably hook up the coin mech switch to it also.
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