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Arcade Collecting => Arcade1Up & Similar => Topic started by: Roboman on October 29, 2023, 03:10:36 am

Title: Arcade 1up Atari 50th mod
Post by: Roboman on October 29, 2023, 03:10:36 am

Has anyone added a Dell 20" 2007FP to the new Atari 50th cab?
I noticed they are slightly less wide than say the SF or MK cab, so wondering if it was still possible to squeeze the 2007FP in there?

Title: Re: Arcade 1up Atari 50th mod
Post by: Roboman on November 18, 2023, 01:56:59 am

I'll answer my own question and confirm it would fit...with just a few mms to spare on the width, so don't know how a bezel would look.
I was skeptical about Arcade1up, but really impressed with this wee cab, especially the trackball which is very smooth and good quality.
My only gripe - if you're tall you have to use a stool as the marquee juts out and blocks your view of the very top of the monitor.
I plan to mod it into a MAME cab with an additional flight stick.
That way I will have covered most of the MAME games which use spinner, trackball or/and top-down fire joystick (even twin stickers like BattleZone).

Title: Re: Arcade 1up Atari 50th mod
Post by: SNAAKE on November 20, 2023, 01:07:31 pm

^ me too lol..they all look pretty bad and wonky BUT I like the yoga flame edition withour riser for $300 it actually looks like the big midway cabinets. and I sold the parts for like $200(monitor, game, panel) and replaced all that now I have a nice functional cabinet thats playable.

Title: Re: Arcade 1up Atari 50th mod
Post by: Roboman on January 16, 2024, 07:58:40 pm

I finished my mod to my Atari 50th cab.
Basically put a PC with HyperSpin in there and added an Ultimarc MiniGrip stick.
This way I can play pretty much play any game with trackball, spinner, two joysticks with fire, including those like Mad Planets, Tron and Discos of Tron which need a joystick with a fire button and a spinner.

Unfortunately the trackball and spinner on Atari 50 don't work with the Thunderstick 12 in 1 board, so I had to swap these out for a TurboTwist and a Thunderstick trackball. It was a shame as the stock trackball on the Atari 50 was really good.

I initially planned to upgrade the monitor, but once you apply the MAME HLSL to the games, the stock monitor really pops and I think its about the right size for this cab.
Overall it was a bit of a fiddle, but I'm happy with the end result.