Atari Star Wars from scratch

[melarky]

PS - I love the work markrvp did on his cabinets - inspired me to post here.

Hey thanks.  You are much more skilled than me.  This project is unbelievable.  I've got a Star Wars control panel and yoke, and this project has got me thinking of possibilities.  What I don't have is the black plastic bezel.  Where did you find yours?

I just won a star wars bezel on ebay, they come up here and there, just gotta watch for them.  You could also post in the buy/sell/trade forum, or go to Klov and post there to see if any members are selling that part.  They usually go for much less than the control panel and yoke

[ChadTower]

Plus you can easily build a cabinet without one.  It performs no actual purpose.

[crashwg]

Plus you can easily build a cabinet without one.  It performs no actual purpose.

Except that they're cool... and by cool, I mean totally sweet.

[SithMaster]

How similar is a space duel cab to a star wars cab, lol?

if you find someone who is awesome and has a bezel they could make a copy like with the tron sticks.

[johnm160]

Wow excellent job!

That turned out simply amazing 

[alexandro98]

WoW,
I got s Stiffy just from the pics.

Good work!

[ChadTower]

How similar is a space duel cab to a star wars cab, lol?

if you find someone who is awesome and has a bezel they could make a copy like with the tron sticks.

The bezel is 3d molded plastic.

Space Duel and Star Wars have fairly different upper halves to the cabinet.  Star Wars has a more or less unique marquee.  The CPs are completely different.

[bleargh]

That cab is just creamy...  Oh, the memories of staying late at the comic book store, pumping quarters into the Star Wars sit-down we had in the back...

[pin_wiz_1]

Hi all,

I have had loads of fun with my Star Wars but now I'm thinking it's time to build something else to sit alongside it. Just not sure what, so I thought I'd ask for ideas about another game that needs to be built from scratch. My first instinct is to build a Last Starfighter cabinet but I am unsure how to create the controllers etc.

If anyone has any thoughts let me know.

Also I began to feel that if I had made 2x Star Wars cabinets at the same time I could have sold one after and recouped my costs. If so would anyone be interested in such a proposal for my next build bearing in mind I am just outside London UK.

[WunderCade]

I think the Last Starfighter cab has either been proposed or constructed already, not sure what the outcome was. Having said that, I think it's the perfect choice. I haven't seen it yet on this forum, you'd be worshiped by the masses once again.

One suggestion: If you do it, wait until you're completely done and post the entire project with a lot of pics just like you did with this Atari SW build. It's very nice to see a project from start to finish in one setting.

[HighNoon]

Excellent job!  The Force is strong within you.


I would love to see any pictures you have of the monitor mounting cradle, and how it fits in the cab if you have any.

Take care.

[Dmod]

[rovingmind]

Hi all,

I have had loads of fun with my Star Wars but now I'm thinking it's time to build something else to sit alongside it. Just not sure what, so I thought I'd ask for ideas about another game that needs to be built from scratch. My first instinct is to build a Last Starfighter cabinet but I am unsure how to create the controllers etc.

Perhaps a StarWars Cockpit, network them together for lan play.....................