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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: dugg8 on December 21, 2010, 08:27:22 pm
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Hello all,
I've been reading through this forum for the past few months in order to finish my MAME cabinet. I picked up an old Dynamo arcade 19' (no monitor) from a repair shop for $50.00 on the first week of October. After working tirelessly for 7 wks I finally completed the project and I'm happy with the end result. The link below is to a short video I made on the work I've done to cabinet.
Street Fighter 2 Themed MAME Arcade Machine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjB9jdv6jF4#ws)
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Very nice job. Definitely looks like something you'd have seen in the arcade in the early 90s :applaud:
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Thanks. I was debating on whether to go with a CRT or LCD. Ultimately I chose LCD for reliability and ease of use but maybe if I do another project down the road I'll use a CRT.
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Very nice! What do you use to cut holes in the metal cp?
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I used a arbor bit with a with a 1 1/8 diameter hole saw. The different diameters can be purchased individually. It was a real pain to drill each hole with the average time taking 10 minutes per hole.
http://www.homedepot.com/Milwaukee/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xg2Zzv/R-202327771/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053 (http://www.homedepot.com/Milwaukee/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xg2Zzv/R-202327771/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053)
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It looks great. A CRT would have been better, but if you're playing games from probably about early 90's on it will look fine. Pac man and DK for example look pretty crappy on a LCD cuz the pixels are all super blocky and such.
I bet you could find a better side art though. Or make your own. I don't really like when I see a big squarish piece of side art on a cab. It just doesn't look good to me.
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Love the cab, love the vid, love the music, well done :applaud:
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can you just post the pix? no streaming video allowed at work.
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It looks great. A CRT would have been better, but if you're playing games from probably about early 90's on it will look fine. Pac man and DK for example look pretty crappy on a LCD cuz the pixels are all super blocky and such.
I bet you could find a better side art though. Or make your own. I don't really like when I see a big squarish piece of side art on a cab. It just doesn't look good to me.
I wasn't crazy about the side art either but I think that is what they used on the original SF2 machines. I will be ordering the bezel from game on grafix next week and eventually install a coin door to finish it off.