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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: pac-fan4life on August 09, 2004, 02:41:25 pm
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Hi all, I don't know if you remember this one
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=19495
That was my first machine that I built a few months ago - thought it was pretty good until I saw the pac-man that Oscar built a month later- your the man Oscar.
Anyway, my cousin who had no interest in arcade machine at all played my pac-man machine and was hooked! Next day he called me and said he wanted to build one. A few weekends later and this is what we've got. It's an MK1 machine - the original with the 45 degree front kick plate. Not the straight one that they used for mk2 and up. Yes, those 45's were hard to make for 2 amateurs and anyone else who has made a similiar cab I would love to hear what you did to construct them.
Me and my cousin are looking for theme ideas for the cabinet and also for a name so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Also, does anyone here know how to make a bezel for a 25 inch tv, or where I can buy one? Is there a difference in screen curvate between a 25 inch arcade monitor and tv? Could I just buy an arcade bezel? Thanks Jakobud for the great plans and Oscar, how about not showing me up this time?
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here's another pic
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and another
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And another :) Thanks everyone here - this msg board is great for ideas!
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Awesome! Did you go off of some existing measurements or just eyeball it?
I guess you didn't want to go with the MK CP set up though eh? :P
EDIT) I see you thank jakobud for the "plans" -- are they available online? This is very close to what I want to do as well.
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Goods great, but your never going to finish it now you have your control panel hooked up!
Gary
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Great job man! Glad to see my plans came in handy for you :)
ThePaul - my plans are available on my website.
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Blasphemy!
A MK machine without the proper button configuration...
I'm just bustin' your balls though, I know that the X of buttons is exactly mame friendly.
Nice lookin cab BTW.
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Great job man! Glad to see my plans came in handy for you :)
ThePaul - my plans are available on my website.
Jakobud -- Let me pull my head out of ---my bottom--- and say ... thanks! I don't know why I haven't seen your site before.. but you sir.. ROCK.
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It's a work of art!