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Title: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: stuzza on April 07, 2015, 01:39:47 am: Finally finished off my pacman lowboy arcade machine. Got this old gutted lowboy cab a couple of years ago and have been working on it slowly ever since. Runs a 19" LCD in vertical orientation, Mamewah running Vertical games only. Custom made CP and bezel art using the original Pacman art. Thanks to the arcade art library for the original art!

(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa105/stuzza12/Pacman%20Lowboy/OriginalLowboyCab_small.jpg) (http://s202.photobucket.com/user/stuzza12/media/Pacman%20Lowboy/OriginalLowboyCab_small.jpg.html) (http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa105/stuzza12/Pacman%20Lowboy/IMG_0287.jpg) (http://s202.photobucket.com/user/stuzza12/media/Pacman%20Lowboy/IMG_0287.jpg.html)

(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa105/stuzza12/Pacman%20Lowboy/IMG_0286.jpg) (http://s202.photobucket.com/user/stuzza12/media/Pacman%20Lowboy/IMG_0286.jpg.html) (http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa105/stuzza12/Pacman%20Lowboy/IMG_0288.jpg) (http://s202.photobucket.com/user/stuzza12/media/Pacman%20Lowboy/IMG_0288.jpg.html)

(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa105/stuzza12/Pacman%20Lowboy/IMG_0289.jpg) (http://s202.photobucket.com/user/stuzza12/media/Pacman%20Lowboy/IMG_0289.jpg.html)

I used the cabling off of an old ATX Power supply as the main cable for the control panel. This gives me one plug to allow the CP to be fully removed if need be. It connects to an ATX power supply extension cable which in turn connects to the IPAC.
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa105/stuzza12/Pacman%20Lowboy/IMG_0290.jpg) (http://s202.photobucket.com/user/stuzza12/media/Pacman%20Lowboy/IMG_0290.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: emphatic on April 07, 2015, 02:31:43 pm: Gotta love the lowboys. :cheers:
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on April 07, 2015, 02:36:33 pm: This looks great! Congrats!

Love the idea of recycling the ATX connector!

DeLuSioNaL29
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: apfelanni on April 07, 2015, 04:08:15 pm: +1 on the pacman lowboy idea , - 1 on the use of lcd in a crt cab .
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: SMEAR_FLA on April 07, 2015, 04:54:23 pm: I love Pac-man themed cabs when done right. Awesome work. :applaud:

I'm torn whether to use this design for my next project or go the traditional mini Pac-man cab route.
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: Speed Racer on April 07, 2015, 07:17:46 pm: Great looking cab. Nice job! :applaud:
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: Le Chuck on April 07, 2015, 08:13:07 pm: Nice'n'clean. Looks sharp man, very sharp
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: talkgeek on April 08, 2015, 06:44:51 am: Looks great, nice work! :applaud:
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: Locke141 on April 08, 2015, 03:42:14 pm: :applaud:

This is very clean. :cheers:
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: stuzza on April 08, 2015, 11:20:04 pm: Thanks for the nice comments. I hope to one day make a matching Galaga themed lowboy to go next to this one. Just have to work out what to do for the bezel art.
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: camperman73 on April 09, 2015, 05:34:01 am: Looks brilliant. Would love one of these.
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: chopps on April 11, 2015, 04:47:18 pm: A thing of beauty! :notworthy: Love the lowboys.
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: wp34 on April 11, 2015, 06:43:10 pm: Very nice. I usually prefer a coin door but yours looks better without one. That artwork is fantastic.
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: behrmr on April 11, 2015, 08:41:47 pm: I think this is very cool. It's got a nice "classic" look to it and looks like something you might have seen somewhere. The lowboy cabinets are actually much nicer looking than the traditional pac-man cabaret.

Normally I would like to see a coin door but with the artwork the way you've done it I wouldn't change a thing. I wish more MAME cabinets looked like this and show homage to the real thing.
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: mgb on May 02, 2015, 09:27:08 am: Great job :applaud:

This cabinet looks great. I am a huge fan of lowboys and I'm strongly considering building one.
This is what an actual pacman lowboy would have looked like (except for a coin door and single stick).

Very nicely done
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: retroarcadefan on May 06, 2015, 06:47:14 pm: thats a beauty !! best cabaret i seen
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: SpaceHedgehog on July 04, 2015, 02:27:32 am: Just browsing the 'I completed my project' thread and can't believe I hadn't commented on this. I love lowboys and this is a beauty :cheers:

Edit: This build deserves a better picture in a nice clean environment.
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: TheDude on July 04, 2015, 03:00:54 am: Quote from: chopps on April 11, 2015, 04:47:18 pm
A thing of beauty! :notworthy: Love the lowboys.
Couldn't say it better . Man it's a beauty ! :applaud: :applaud:
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: stuzza on July 08, 2015, 07:15:10 pm: Quote from: SpaceHedgehog on July 04, 2015, 02:27:32 am
Just browsing the 'I completed my project' thread and can't believe I hadn't commented on this. I love lowboys and this is a beauty :cheers:

Edit: This build deserves a better picture in a nice clean environment.

Thanks for the compliments. I love lowboys too. Probably the most common cab here in Australia back in the 80s and 90s. Yes unfortunately the photos don't do it justice. Here are a few more photos with the room clean. The iphone camera still would not take a decent photo though!

(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa105/stuzza12/Pacman%20Lowboy/IMG_0302.jpg) (http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa105/stuzza12/Pacman%20Lowboy/IMG_0303.jpg)

(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa105/stuzza12/Pacman%20Lowboy/IMG_0304.jpg) (http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa105/stuzza12/Pacman%20Lowboy/IMG_0307.jpg)
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: yotsuya on July 08, 2015, 07:55:53 pm: That's pretty sharp and done pretty tastefully. :cheers:
Title: Re: Pacman Lowboy
Post by: SpaceHedgehog on July 09, 2015, 04:45:49 am: Quote from: stuzza on July 08, 2015, 07:15:10 pm
Quote from: SpaceHedgehog on July 04, 2015, 02:27:32 am
Just browsing the 'I completed my project' thread and can't believe I hadn't commented on this. I love lowboys and this is a beauty :cheers:

Edit: This build deserves a better picture in a nice clean environment.

Thanks for the compliments. I love lowboys too. Probably the most common cab here in Australia back in the 80s and 90s. Yes unfortunately the photos don't do it justice. Here are a few more photos with the room clean. The iphone camera still would not take a decent photo though!

Wow, those pictures really do show off the build a lot better. Either the first or second of the pictures look like candidates to update the 'I completed my project' post ;)