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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: Raven.. on July 21, 2005, 12:27:22 am
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So I just got my Nintendo cab to get going on building my wife her Super Mario Bros game.
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Be sure to keep us posted on your progress. Us DFW folks have a reputation to maintain with projects like Mark's. :)
You wouldn't happen to know where to find another Nintendo cabinet, would you?
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Be sure to keep us posted on your progress. Us DFW folks have a reputation to maintain with projects like Mark's.
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word, good luck on the conversion, if you're going to convert it to jamma and have any q's feel free to ask. I converted my nintendo cab to jamma to use the j-pac,
http://versusmame.arcadecontrols.com/images/alldone.jpg
so I've got some experience in the field.
I found also that the laminate on the sides was a pain to get the bondo to work correctly, it doesn't truly set until you repaint it, so be careful after the bondos dry it doesn't pop out again.
- good luck and keep us updated
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^ whatever happend to you anyway you vanished out of nowhere lol ???
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word, good luck on the conversion, if you're going to convert it to jamma and have any q's feel free to ask.
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word, good luck on the conversion, if you're going to convert it to jamma and have any q's feel free to ask. I converted my nintendo cab to jamma to use the j-pac,
http://versusmame.arcadecontrols.com/images/alldone.jpg
so I've got some experience in the field.
I found also that the laminate on the sides was a pain to get the bondo to work correctly, it doesn't truly set until you repaint it, so be careful after the bondos dry it doesn't pop out again.
- good luck and keep us updated
No JAMMA here, it's going to become a Nintendo Vs. Unisystem cabinet. My wife has requested that I build her a Super Mario Bros, and this was the easiest way. Personally, I want a single monitor Playchoice 10, but I can't find a board. The only ones I can find are the dual monitor ones.
The single monitor boards a super-rare. IIRC they only came with the countertop unit and the single monitor kit (which came out quite a while after most ops had already invested in the dedicated twin monitor ones).
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Hey Eyedoc!
It looks like I'm going to be going with SMB in my DK cab (well, actually DK converted to VS SMB) as I found a board at a reasonable price. So, other than cosmetics, I'll have little to do.
Are you going to go with the DK/VS blue ? I'm not wild about the blue (my wife likes it) and am entertaining thoughts of the DK Jr. orange.
How are your coin mechs ? Mine are not great, so I've been looking for replacements. Have only found these so far:
http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?sku=COINMECHN
Cheers.
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My wife hates the Nintendo blue!
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I'm really getting tired of Bondo.
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I am getting ready to convert a Vs. cabinet to DK.
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Looking for a color? How about pink? After all, it's for a woman. Or pick one of the SMB base colors. It's probably only got 8. Maybe you can be the first person to put the new pink t-molding on a Nintendo cabinet.
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Looking for a color? How about pink? After all, it's for a woman. Or pick one of the SMB base colors. It's probably only got 8. Maybe you can be the first person to put the new pink t-molding on a Nintendo cabinet.
Problem is that the Nintendo cabs need 9/16 t-molding ... I haven't found it in anything other than white.
Cheers.
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You can trim any color after it's installed.
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You can trim any color after it's installed.
Yeah, I guess you can ... sometimes I miss the simplest things ...
Cheers.
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I am getting ready to convert a Vs. cabinet to DK.
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Are you planning on selling the parts?
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They shipped out the Vs. kits with completely new harnesses.
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^ whatever happend to you anyway you vanished out of nowhere lol ???
haha sorry man, I became a ghost and now I'm alive again. basically to make things short, I'm going into my third year as a computer science major, transferred to Central Washington University. Programming takes over your life man, anyways I'll be back in the scene real soon here, I just got an Athlon XP 2400+ w/ 1 gig, a video card, and some other goods, so the mame machine will become a real beast (all it needs now is a TV)
oh yeah, and good luck on your nintendo cab :-D
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My bondo skills need some work.
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Coin door still needs a lot of love.
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Monitor is back and looks great, but no sound. Popeye board works and I'll sell it. Bondo is finished. Now it's time to sand and repaint.
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Monitor is back and looks great, but no sound.
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The sound board got skipped when the monitor was fixed. I was more concerned about getting a picture than sound. I just wanted to see if this Popeye board was working so I could sell it. I actually just wired up an amp from a gutted pair of cheap computer speakers. That works fine and the game has good sound. If I don't get around to fixing the actual sound board, I'll just use this setup.
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The last piece arrived today from eBay.
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Popeye harness rewired to be a Vs main harness, new PSU installed (after discovering I have 3 dead ones on the shelf!), and the new CP installed. I now have a fully-working Super Mario Brothers!
Now I just have to find time to make it pretty. I still haven't painted it yet........
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Have you learned nothing from this board? You have to make it pretty BEFORE it works! Otherwise, it'll never get done! :)
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Yeah, that's the problem....I always forget that part! (Ironically, I was thinking about that when i started wiring it up.)
Oh well, looks like it NOW going to get converted to a PC-10 anyway! :P
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* Kinda Off Topic *
I just bought a semi-functional Vs. Cab and am going to "nicely" convert it to a Dreamcast based All-NES cab. The conversion will keep all original gear intact and in perfect working condition... but I really need a control panel that I can mess with. (I want to keep the original "original" as the cab is almost perfect.) I was thinking of having a buddy of mine build a replica in his auto-shop, but does anyone have a less-than-perfect CP for a single VS Unisystem that they'd be willing to part with?
* /Off Topic *
-Matt
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Hey now! No thread-jacking! ;D
So all I've gotten around to doing is repainting the front of the cab and coin door. I should be getting my PC-10 board next week. One problem though.....I can't find a manual for a single-monitor PC-10! I hope the wiring pinout I found is correct....... :o
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:-[ Sorry. Just got excited about another NES cab. :-[
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End result. This cab went through an intermediate phase of being a fully-working SMB. It's a project requested by my wife, so she gets to dictate the outcome! Now it is a fully-working single-monitor Playchoice-10......that still looks like a Vs SMB. ;D
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Couple of more pics.....I replaced the one messed up white button I had on there with a new one. BTW, those are the extra buttons for a PC-10 that are NOT included on the Vs. Unisystem harness (actually the only difference!). I need labels, but I really hate doing that.
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help
I was just informed Nintendo buttons (off a vs unisystem cab) are smaller than normal buttons. Is this true? I want to keep my SMB cabinet as close to original as possible. Does anyone know where I can purchase some buttons.
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Cab looks great!