Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: Ledbetter on September 26, 2003, 11:47:10 pm
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I liked the sideart graphics and the general shape of the old Robotron mini, but wanted a full size cab for playability, so I combined the two. The buttons and sticks are leaf (except for the 4-way).
Everything is put together with lag bolts, so i can take it apart and put it back together in about 30 mins.
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another side shot
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Cool nice graphics. Robotron Rules.
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Very nice!! The Robo-mini is my favorite mini cab, by far. Very clean and characteristic, and it just screams "retro".
Did you paint the sideart on? Is that a metal or wood cp? Good job on the cabinet, it looks great!
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If you would just do something about the fact that you can see the white front of the PC monitor, then your cabinet would easily be the best looking scratchbuilt cabinet I have ever seen.
Try coloring the white plastic on the front of the monitor with a sharpie.
THAT, and you really need a coin door, it looks wrong without one.
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I agree with Paige, hide that monitor with a bezel of some kind and chuck a coin door in and youve got one tasty cab dude.
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Very nice and clean! I love the retro look - the graphics turned out very sharp.
My 2 cents on the monitor - you can also use a wide black tape, which might give you a more consistent finish than the sharpie. Overall, looks great!
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Simply mask your crt and spray paint black. Works great. Very very nice looking cab. I'd like to see a good pic of your control panel.
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One word AWESOME DUDE. Ok make that two :)
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Thanks for the compliments and advice. Yeah, I agree I need to do something to hide the case better. Its actually a 27" tv in there and I'm still debating on getting a WG monitor, so I'll probably use black tape as a temporary fix.
The cp is similar to the multi-williams set up with a spinner thrown in the front and a 4-way on one side.
I'm not really happy with my cp graphics, so i need to work on that too.
Cp is made of mdf, the rest of the cab is birch plywood. I painted the cab with a compressor and paint gun.
I was going to skip the coin door, but I'll take your advice and grab one.
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Wow really nice...I want one too :D
(I have a Robotron inspired skin on my site that you might find an interesting...)
peter
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Cp is made of mdf, the rest of the cab is birch plywood. I painted the cab with a compressor and paint gun.
You painted over birch plywood? Why? I would have used a cheaper 1 side finished ply for this instead of furniture grade (staining, not painting) wood.
I was going to skip the coin door, but I'll take your advice and grab one.
I hope you mean a Williams style, and not one of those god-awful over/under doors. Wouldn't look right on a Williams style cabinet. I can make one of these my next project, if you're interested.
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I've never played a real Robotron machine but have played Robotron on my mame machine. On my machine you don't fire until you move the right joystick (player 2 joystick). Is this how the original game worked? On mine it seems to fire continuously after you first touch the right hand joystick. Sound correct and true to the original?
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The right joystick acted like 8 fire buttons, if you will...
When you held it down in one of the 8 directions your player would continuously fire in that direction... The left stick controlled his movement.
That way you could walk in any direction & shoot in any direction at the same time.
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I used Birch because I needed something with a smooth face that I could sand and not worry about the grain showing through. I think it was A-1, one side A grade the other #1, the only kind they had in 3/4". The southern pine and fir plywood was too grainy.
Peale if you have a WMS coin door I would be interested, even if its in rough shape (no major dents).
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I used Birch because I needed something with a smooth face that I could sand and not worry about the grain showing through. I think it was A-1, one side A grade the other #1, the only kind they had in 3/4". The southern pine and fir plywood was too grainy.
There are primers for such an application.
Peale if you have a WMS coin door I would be interested, even if its in rough shape (no major dents).
All doors are refinished. I was selling them after doing just repairs, but now I've been giving them the full monty: strip and repaint, any needed repairs.
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That thing is awesome!
I started putting plans together earlier this year to build myself a cabaret based on the robotron mini.
I abandoned the project for others, but your's definitely looks a lot better than I imagine mine would have.
Sweet Job!
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How did you do the artwork? Are those stickers or paint?
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Absolutely Beautiful!!!! fantastic work. The Robo is my all time fav game, and the cab shape itself in my top 5.