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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: buick4u2nv on April 22, 2008, 01:24:03 am
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havent been on in a long time... been busy... picked this up today..
its MINT but just a cab...dunno wtf to do with it...
(http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa239/buick4u2nv/PICT8463.jpg)
(http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa239/buick4u2nv/PICT8465.jpg)
any thoughts on what to do?
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Convert it back to original!!!!
Or let me know where to meet you so i can buy it from you!
I like that cab design way better then the blue and white one!!!!
Great Find! :cheers:
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im in Ontario Canada... if your close ...make an offer..
i kind of hated to mame such a cool box!
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im in Ontario Canada... if your close ...make an offer..
i kind of hated to mame such a cool box!
Why does everyone think that "maming" a box has to mean adding millions of controls, destroying original art, adding cup holders, etc?
You can put the original buttons back, put in a pc monitor in a non-destructive way, and drop in a pc and encoder, all without hurting the cabinet. Any pc will do, as you are only running the space invaders game.
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I agree with Sharidan here. You can get a cheapo pc, run advancecd on it, interface it to the original controls and you're done.
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well... i guess im a purist at heart... this thing reminded me of back in the day...
i like my stuff they way its supposed to be ...original..
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well... i guess im a purist at heart... this thing reminded me of back in the day...
i like my stuff they way its supposed to be ...original..
Nothing wrong with a little help from modern technology. I have 8 working machines in my gameroom. Half of them I got empty, as conversions, or not working at all. It would have cost a fortune to restore them to original specs, so I just put a MAME setup in there to run the original game. Sure I love my dedicateds, which I paid good money for. But I figured I am saving myself some money and headaches. Plus I can still restore them to original specs in the future if I feel like it.
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If you are going to emulate the game instead of using original hardware, it would be far easier to pick up a jamma harness and a 48 in 1 jamma pcb. Space invaders is one of the games on there. They are pretty cheap now too.
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I have an empty Space Invaders which I put a 48-in-1 board in. I made a new CP with joystick and buttons. I was careful to keep the harness and insides intact in case some one wanted to fully restore it in the future. Unfortunately, I don't have room for it in my collection... so it will be lent to a friend soon.
Trickiest part was to install the monitor. Had to remove it from the frame and install the bare tube in the cabinet, then mount the chassis to a piece of plywood and reconnect to the tube. Somewhat frustrating, but I wanted to be able to use the half-mirrored glass and the original black light and background.
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OK...tell me this... the cab is an great shape..no real damage or wear...
whats it worth?... i paid $40 for it and thought it twas a steal...
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OK...tell me this... the cab is an great shape..no real damage or wear...
whats it worth?... i paid $40 for it and thought it twas a steal...
to pay 40$ you practily did steal it! ;D
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I'm from Australia but I'd have paid US$300 for it.
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wow thats awesome... makes me feel a hell of a lot better about this cab!
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im in Ontario Canada... if your close ...make an offer..
Well, im in florida, so that would be a hell of a haul to get it from you (or i would).
I do agree with maming it. but i dont think even if you mamed it with the original game it would be the same. for some reason the games (to me) just dont feel the same!
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someone on another forums mentions that this is the japan/ euro version of this cab.... which could be true because all the writing is ching chong.. and theres even some sort of asain stickers on the side with serial #'s..
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I would say "Do whatever you want with it and enjoy the living hell out of it." I mean, we're all in this horrifically addicting hobby to have fun and enjoy what we're doing, right? ;D
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WOW $40 i would have brought that.
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WOHA.... look at the screen in the 1st pic... looks like a ghost... i HAVE zero idea what that is... :dunno
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WOHA.... look at the screen in the 1st pic... looks like a ghost... i HAVE zero idea what that is... :dunno
I'm just gonna take a stab with this, but I'm thinking it might be a reflection. ;)
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yes..but theres nothing there to provide a reflection....its just odd that is all...
FOR SALE: haunted SI cab... comes with free ghostly images!
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Looks to me like a reflection of the wall and possibly a fish tank, no ghost. also ghosts prefer to make silly faces for the camera.
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Speaking of reflections, I was able to complete the project. Turns out that when you use a half-silvered mirror, your image is flipped so everything looks backwards... :dunno
You can flip the image in MAME, but not on the 48-in-1 board. Oh well, not to bad for symmetrical games like Ms Pac, but very noticeable in DK.
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Speaking of reflections, I was able to complete the project. Turns out that when you use a half-silvered mirror, your image is flipped so everything looks backwards... :dunno
You can flip the image in MAME, but not on the 48-in-1 board. Oh well, not to bad for symmetrical games like Ms Pac, but very noticeable in DK.
I believe there is something you can do with the yoke and/or wiring of the monitor to mirror the image. I'm not a monitor afficionado, so you might want to visit the monitor forum.
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I'm from Australia but I'd have paid US$300 for it.
$300 for an empty box?
I've got a few deals for you then........