Hey y'all, welcome to my Donkey Kong Jr restore!
I came across a good condition, complete DK Jr machine on craigslist, the seller wanted $250 so I was intrigued. I went to check it out and discovered there was an issue with the monitor (the picture was shrunk horizontally and folding over from what I can tell). Anyway, it still felt like a good buy for a project piece.
I intend to restore it to original condition and put a Donkey Kong 1 board in there also.
I have posted about the monitor issue here:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=107304.0I intend to:
- Refinish the exterior - Bondo and paint
- Add new T-Molding
- Add a lock to the rear cabinet door
- Add new sideart
- Add new control panel instructions
- Add below marquee instruction sticker
- Repair Monitor
- Install a Donkey Kong 1 board in addition to the DK Jr board
- Install a high score save kit
- Do anything you experts tell me I should do!
Here are some initial pics! Tell me if you think it was a good deal for $250
The sides arent really yellow...
I assume this label means its a real nintendo donkey kong jr cabinet?
Is this a real, original donkey junior board?
looks like it's had a lot of playing time!
Buttons looks good, and I assume they are original.
This is not an original nintendo joystick is it?
Looks like some water damage under on this instruction sticker. Should be easy to replace right?
Control panel looks pretty good otherwise
Marquee and Bezel looks good too I think (marquee isn't faded, that's the camera flash)
Only downer is the squished monitor picture
I am hoping this will be an easy cap kit fix!!