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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: J69 on May 30, 2010, 05:52:08 pm
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Just finished this. Let me know what you think ;D
Its started out like a red version of this
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/spartanheed/DSC00557.jpg)
Somebody had painted it black, with the screen bezel 3 different shades of silver, glued on a plastic CP, stuck a cheap Mame PC in and sold it on for £650! :eek: So when I picked it up it looked like this
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/spartanheed/0375b39c.jpg)
Got it home, gutted it and threw out all ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- inside I didnt need! All I left was the power supply, the 31k screen and the 2 speakers. All the following went in the bin
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/spartanheed/cc92730d.jpg)
Leaving me with this
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/spartanheed/cd629137.jpg)
8 cans of refrigerator paint later and we had
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/spartanheed/58870200.jpg)
Thought I would colour the bezel differently so it would stand out more
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/spartanheed/f60866b9-1.jpg)
Printed the Marquee off on photo paper
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/spartanheed/DSCF1867-1.jpg)
Bought a Sheet of steel from a DIY store for the new CP
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/spartanheed/f2fd66f6.jpg)
It was too thivk for my jigsaw so I had to end up hacksawing it out and filing it down :lolz:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/spartanheed/aa111e1e.jpg)
A guy off ebay printed out 2 sideart stickers for me for £10
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/spartanheed/188b3ae3.jpg)
I used some self adhesive vinyl to cover the CP and bought a few new buttons. Fortunately the sticks were Sanwa's anyway! Notice the custom dust guards :D
A sound amp, pad hack and VGA lead later and we have a nice new 360 cab to play KOF XII, Blazblue and SSFIV on :buttrock:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/spartanheed/n.jpg)
Final Price
Cab - £75
Spray Paint - £55
Sideart and CPO - £11
Sheet of Steel for CP - £7
Buttons and Balltop - £20
Sound Amp - £7
Pad Hack - £30
Grand Total - £205
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Excellent work! I like it, and you did it for a really good cost. Was it not wide enough to make it 2 player, or did you only one 1 player?
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Great of you to post this here as well, J69. :cheers: The one player panel is the way to go with candy cabs IMHO.
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Nice to see you on this side of the pond J'ster. (http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii269/theogrit/1sm111iknow1.gif)
Notice the custom dust guards :D
Aaaamazing! Please tell me where I can get them! (http://forum.arcadeotaku.com/images/smilies/icon_awe.gif)
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I'd stick a USB port on the underside of the control panel to plug in another joystick for 2 players, and keep it behind the coin door when not in use.
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Ive got a hori stick I can plug in if I get desperate!
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looks great.
Nice and clean.
Good job.
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Wow, very nice...
I like the single player layout. My 2P cab will likely be 1 player 99% of the time anyway, I wish I had been brave enough to go 1P only.
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:notworthy: That is really nice, one player cab for a 360 is cool, I mean Xbox Live is all you need. I see that you have the xbox outside the cab itself, have you thought of having a dedicated xbox inside the cab? I would take the 360 motherboard out mount it, extend the dvd-drive, create a bay inside the cab for it, so you can eject the drive outside the cab, maybe under the control panel, get a WIFI 360 receiver. Love the work you did, especially the control panel b/c of the Classic 6 buttons, I cant play with the new 8 buttons layout my fingers lose themselves lol.
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*gasp*
is your xbox 360 j-tagged? Cuz if it is :notworthy:
I guess player 2 can play with a wireless controller huh?
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*gasp*
is your xbox 360 j-tagged? Cuz if it is :notworthy:
I guess player 2 can play with a wireless controller huh?
Why would a 360 with a J-Tag make the build process anymore awesome? ??? It's the lack of disc-swapping I guess?
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The lack of disc swapping makes it even better, you can rip all your games to the hdd so I imagine a bunch of fighters and imported shmups. I also imagine that they'll eventually get mame on there as soon as jtagging becomes easier.
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The lack of disc swapping makes it even better, you can rip all your games to the hdd so I imagine a bunch of fighters and imported shmups. I also imagine that they'll eventually get mame on there as soon as jtagging becomes easier.
My 360 is Japanese so I can play everything I want to play. :D IMHO, not swapping disc is a problem, as it let's me switch games way to easy.
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i couldnt imagine 36o in arcade cab without jtag anymore. all the disc swap , region codes and the other ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow--- ms was coming up was driving me nuts . now its all gone and the machine works as its supposed 2 be . sold my japanese 360 some time ago . all running smooth from hd now . for example : mushimesama .. the drive spinups at start and ingame sucked as hell .. or the loading ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- of donpachi from cd . dont get me wrong , the 36o is a nice lowcost nextgen console , with all its disadvantages .. there are several shooters worth buying , most of em require minimal hd space .
btw : j69 nice pimp !
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Thanks guys. I originally had my 360 inside the cab but found that the wireless signal was dropping too much.
Plus when I want to play MW2 downstairs I can just unplug the AC and VGA leads and carry it down without messing about inside the cab.
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Spruced the CP up a bit and sprayed the speakers
;D
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/spartanheed/e218f24b.jpg)
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Excellent work!
So, someone bought the modded mame cab for £650 and sold it to you for £75?
Where did you find that bargain!
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ebay!
He was moving house and just wanted to get rid of it
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cute :cheers: