The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: samelak on November 05, 2014, 11:44:39 am
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I figured I would post my first (and only) bar top that I built over a year ago before I realized there was this website. It's certainly plain compared to some of the awesome projects that others have accomplished. I still like it. It's a simple design that I came up with as I went along. I built it around the 13" RGB monitor I had laying around and then threw in a 60-in-1 board. It plays nice and is actually comfortable. Too bad I already promised it to a friend as a partial trade for a 1969 AMC Javelin SST. I am currently building a DK bar top from a Haruman kit while I am deployed to Kuwait. Hopefully I will get it done soon. It's kind of hard finding the hardware and other necessary bits out here.
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That looks great! You can't go wrong with simplicity, and it looks seamless! I'm honestly having trouble finding a 60-in-1 at the moment.
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I am loving all these CRT based bartops
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I figured I would post my first (and only) bar top that I built over a year ago before I realized there was this website. It's certainly plain compared to some of the awesome projects that others have accomplished. I still like it. It's a simple design that I came up with as I went along. I built it around the 13" RGB monitor I had laying around and then threw in a 60-in-1 board. It plays nice and is actually comfortable. Too bad I already promised it to a friend as a partial trade for a 1969 AMC Javelin SST. I am currently building a DK bar top from a Haruman kit while I am deployed to Kuwait. Hopefully I will get it done soon. It's kind of hard finding the hardware and other necessary bits out here.
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/1G169n.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/ip1G169nj)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/912/Z5r7jL.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pcZ5r7jLj)
Excellent build! I certainly appreciate the use of a CRT monitor.
Any pics of the build process?
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Reminds me of those bartop gambling machines.
Throw a marquee sticker on that wide metal spot above the monitor, and I think you're golden.
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I am loving all these CRT based bartops
I just picked up a 14" CRT TV with component in and I'm thinking the smaller CRT bartops looks better in the vertical orientation.
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Good job!
And welcome to the forum!
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...Throw a marquee sticker on that wide metal spot above the monitor, and I think you're golden.
Agreed. Maybe a mix of the CP colours with some of the art from the sides.
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Looks like a cross between a bartop gambling machine and an old Vectrex. I also agree that a marquee sticker at the top would make it look even better than it is now.
The only thing I would change is the control panel overlay graphic, it doesn't fit with the rest of the cabinet. I do love the faux-wood side panels with the big stickers for the artwork though, that's an old-school classic look.