Mortal kombat Cab

[Yenome]

So i have a lead on a mortal kombat machine for 150.00 the post says its all there except for the bezel. they assume it doesnt work. say its in fair shape is this a good buy. im thinking bout just snatching it up and if the cab is in really bad shape taking out the board and mameing it. tho i do dread the thought of killing any MK cab.

[ebo0763]

As far as the bezel go, you can get the original part. Go to Happ.com and enter this part number in the search block:  49-0123-00

[Jack Burton]

It's a good deal just for the cabinet.  The shape of that cab is very similar to what many people end up building for MAME cabinets.  

Everything in the cab can be safely unhooked and left alone if you decided to run MAME in it.  Just buy a tower pc and set it inside on the floor of the cab.  Combine this with an arcadeVGA and a J-pac and you will be ready to go.  

The only thing will be that you will only have four buttons per player.  Start for each player plus three action buttons.  If you wish to use the remaining two buttons then you will need to make up an adapter that will allow you to connect to the kick harness that is connected to the mortal kombat PCB.  That shouldn't be hard.  You'd just need to buy the right molex connector, and crimp a few wires.  As long as you have the pinout for the kick harness you should be able to connect it to the J-pac without any problems. 

[paigeoliver]

Without a picture to show me otherwise I would probably assume that it is a conversion Mortal Kombat and not a dedicated unit.

[Yenome]

paige is right i got a pic sent to me and its a conversion. the guy says he bought it from an auction cause he thought it was cool. claims he dont know anything bout arcade machines. im going to look at it tomorrow and ill take a better pic than the one he sent me but if someone could tell me what game the cab maybe from id be thankful. i will probly get it and mame it since its not a dedicated mk cab i have no bad feelings.

[Paul Olson]

I would love to have one of those Dynamo cabs. If the monitor works, grab it.

[Yenome]

so i been a mamer for a long time but this is gonna be my first cab is there anything i should be looking for that is a tell tale sign of walk away. im thinking if the cab is in good shape and the monitor or the board works id be happy. tho not sure if its even a mk board inside.

[RabidRabit]

Looks like a pretty good deal to me, more or less of a good deal depending on whether the front glass is included and whether you plan on keeping the marquee and side art(if present).  For comparison, I obtained a MK2 cab for free.  The sides had been painted black.  It did not include the CP, monitor, or glass.  It cost me $20-30 to strip the paint from the sides and luckily the side-art is in great shape.  I still need to find a TV to put in it, probably another $30.  The front glass will cost me about $80.  Spent $20+ on a slot cutting bit and a forstner's bit for the CP.  Still need to buy wood, plexi and paint to build the CP, probably another $30-40 (using a MK poster for the CP overlay).  The marquee will cost ~$30.  Then I also had to buy joysticks and buttons, don't know if you plan on keeping the ones that are already there.

To me, the value is dependent on how much you plan on keeping and how much you plan on changing out.  If the monitor works and the front glass is present then $150 is a deal.

[Yenome]

yea i dont know how much i will have to change out atm till i see it but i do got a set of cheap x-arcade waiting for a lil cab to call there own. right now im using them to play with stick mockups. im gonna try to fire it up tomorrow when i go to take a look at it will have more pics then even if i dont buy it just to show everyone.

[Malenko]

I would love to have one of those Dynamo cabs. If the monitor works, grab it.

if that marquee is rounded, and the monitor bezel is original, thats a bad dudes cab

[Yenome]

well i was all excited to be going and looking at what could of been my first arcade cabinet. call the guy up as today was the day i said i was gonna be able to come look at it. there is no answer. heh no big deal leave a message. check craigslist and he reposted it last night for 100 bucks more than he had the first time i saw it. this time he includes the picture i asked for in his post. go fig.