Author Topic: Ghost n Goblins Scratch build.. (Read 12602 times)

Muerto · « **on:** February 26, 2010, 12:33:38 pm »

I have been lurking around here for a while now, an finally i got my project under way.... heres how it went down...

Started to cut 2 pieces of MDF..:

Found the drawing and begun to draw the side of the cab..

For the curved corners i used a ...Passer, the Danish for it, don´t know the english word...

Cut of the top with a circular saw

And woila! one side finished...

Placed the finished side at the bottom and took the last piece of MDF and placed it on top, and used a router for the cut:

From the bottom

Yes, two finished sides.

Routed the trench for the T-Mold

Made some lists for the cab assembly

Assembling, under the lists i used glue for better support, and nailed the whole shabang together from the inside

Finished routing the speaker holes..

Final assembling

Mounting Bezel supporting lists

And, finally, finished

And with Marquee and Bezel

Modded a TV for monitor use..
First was to disassemble the TV. 20"

Marked up on a piece of 22mm plywood (for strength!)

Frame assembled

TV installed

Waiting to go in the cab!

Must admit, it very easy to work on a cab when you have a table like this:

Whooops! - to fast with the list´s that hold´s the back door, so had to cut some of it away...

TV markup...

from the other side..

And yes! - Fits like a glove!

almost finished painting..

and FINALLY, finished soldering the edge connector, and hooked it up to the PCB.
Also, there´s some noice on the picture, but i haven´t connected the Video GND yet...

Is there a way to ajust the picture on the screen??

Edge connector...

Again, picture of the picture off center.... :'( :'( :'(

Luckily it was fairly easy for the picture adjustments..

TV Chassis number, which i googled and found the service manual.

the picture on the monitor after the adjustments

So, now the only thing stopping the project to get finished is the damn CP!!! :'( :'( :'( :'(

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #1 on:** February 26, 2010, 12:41:58 pm »

Bloody hell, Muerto! That's awesome!

The Millenium Falcon sized yellow monster is somekind of table saw, right?
And then DeWalt router? My good... You have it all.

Oh and the cabb looks killer too.

Ginsu Victim · « **Reply #2 on:** February 26, 2010, 12:42:49 pm »

Very nice!

mwong168 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 26, 2010, 01:27:41 pm »

Wow, some really nice scratch builds being posted up today. First Bubble Bobble and this Ghost and Goblins one. Excellent work guys, keep it up.

emphatic · « **Reply #4 on:** February 26, 2010, 01:30:01 pm »

Awesome!

That TV looks great btw. Very nice picture.

Epyx · « **Reply #5 on:** February 26, 2010, 01:35:57 pm »

Fantastic scratch build of one of my favourite games!

BurgerKingDiamond · « **Reply #6 on:** February 26, 2010, 02:14:35 pm »

Sweet. Ghosts and Goblins is a HELLISH game! So hard it's not even funny. I managed to beat it once for the NES. Has anyone had the problem trying to play it in MAME where it doesn't let you add credits and continue after a game over?

And BTW, this might be the most amazing bit of video game playing ever. No death run of GnG for the NES in 22 minutes. If you've played this game you know how unbelievable this is.

shrunkenmaster · « **Reply #7 on:** February 26, 2010, 02:20:57 pm »

Quote from: BurgerKingDiamond on February 26, 2010, 02:14:35 pm

Has anyone had the problem trying to play it in MAME where it doesn't let you add credits and continue after a game over?

Only problem I've had playing this in MAME is me being ducking useless at it. I love the game but no matter how much I play, things don't improve. That NES video makes me feel like

Ginsu Victim · « **Reply #8 on:** February 26, 2010, 02:34:52 pm »

Quote from: BurgerKingDiamond on February 26, 2010, 02:14:35 pm

Has anyone had the problem trying to play it in MAME where it doesn't let you add credits and continue after a game over?

Certain versions in MAME have issues. One doesn't allow me to insert a credit at all. Try a different version.

Muerto · « **Reply #9 on:** February 26, 2010, 04:45:48 pm »

Thanks to all for the feedback

@Kman-Sweden
the yellow monster is a molding machine LINK and was not used in this build..., and allethe other machines are for free use at my work, so it makes it much easyer!

Please, if any of you know where i can find a CP for this game (populated/unpopulated/in bad condition/in whatever condition) please let me know.. atm, that´s what holding this from being finished...

saleem · « **Reply #10 on:** February 26, 2010, 05:36:58 pm »

why not ask in the for sale/wanted thread?

its worth a shot.

IG-88 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 26, 2010, 06:57:07 pm »

Have you tried on the KLOV forums yet?

Quote from: Muerto on February 26, 2010, 04:45:48 pm

Please, if any of you know where i can find a CP for this game (populated/unpopulated/in bad condition/in whatever condition) please let me know.. atm, that´s what holding this from being finished...

bigpete405 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 26, 2010, 08:45:28 pm »

Nice job. Really clean work.

garnerb350 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 27, 2010, 01:10:04 am »

unbelievable...

As for playing GNG...I love the game, BUT I CANT GET PAST THAT DAMN RED DEVIL!!!!

Muerto · « **Reply #14 on:** February 27, 2010, 02:44:42 am »

thanks again guys.

I have just wrote in the Buy/Sell/Trade..

- and i have had a thread asking the same question on KLOV for a week now, without any luck

Koolbrez67 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 27, 2010, 03:30:28 am »

WOW I am in love with this build. Great work.

dekar24k · « **Reply #16 on:** February 27, 2010, 08:02:52 am »

Really, really great work!

saleem · « **Reply #17 on:** February 27, 2010, 08:56:36 am »

Quote from: Muerto on February 27, 2010, 02:44:42 am

thanks again guys.

I have just wrote in the Buy/Sell/Trade..

- and i have had a thread asking the same question on KLOV for a week now, without any luck

so what other cp's are identical or similar to ghost and goblins?

Muerto · « **Reply #18 on:** February 27, 2010, 09:00:56 am »

i don´t know, but a CP in the same shape would do fine!

Grasshopper · « **Reply #19 on:** February 27, 2010, 09:17:08 am »

Nice job. This is one of my favourite games of all time.

IMHO the mid to late eighties is the golden era of video games. Games from that time were still simple enough to retain the charm of the earliest games but sufficiently complex to provide a lot of replay value.

saleem · « **Reply #20 on:** February 27, 2010, 10:22:52 am »

Quote from: Muerto on February 27, 2010, 09:00:56 am

i don´t know, but a CP in the same shape would do fine!

a guy did a bubble bobble cab,it uses the same if not a similar cp,i am sure this is a taito cab with the metal cp?

Funnel · « **Reply #21 on:** February 27, 2010, 05:52:31 pm »

Wow that monitor support looks awesome! Dude you have mad skills.

Muerto · « **Reply #22 on:** February 28, 2010, 10:40:49 am »

Got the cab home today..... horray!
I made a temporary CP, so i can have some fun while i search for one.... and still need to mount joy stick and buttons... ill do that tomorrow!

applying the NOS side art, and i must say, it makes a huge difference when it was on!

Up and running.... :shock:

slasherman · « **Reply #23 on:** February 28, 2010, 11:04:32 am »

Nice job, do you have the original joystick, if so what kind of joystick is it?

Muerto · « **Reply #24 on:** February 28, 2010, 12:04:04 pm »

nope, no joystick, no CP

Kman-Sweden · « **Reply #25 on:** February 28, 2010, 02:07:38 pm »

emphatic · « **Reply #26 on:** February 28, 2010, 02:44:47 pm »

Is that a plastic bezel around the monitor behind the artwork? Looks awesome btw.

Muerto · « **Reply #27 on:** February 28, 2010, 02:47:57 pm »

yes, prevents you from looking into the cab.... got it on ebay..

link here

EwJ · « **Reply #28 on:** March 01, 2010, 04:09:43 am »

Awesome build!

Nice attention to accuracy on the layout (btw, passer=compass). Are you working from original cabinet dimensions? (and if so, can you share them?)
The paint job looks really smooth - did you use any special equipment or process?

This is, by far, my favourite arcade game. I spent many hours and quarters on it back around '87 and is one of the few I 'completed'.
I hope to one day do a scratch build too.(and have it come out half as nice).

Here's hoping you'll find a control panel soon.

Don't know if this will be of any use, but these guys appear to have a repro cp overlay.
edit: add url

Muerto · « **Reply #29 on:** March 01, 2010, 05:18:22 am »

Thanks!

The paint was rolled on, and the paint was oil based gloss 40.

The drawing for the cab can be found here

-EDIT-
And i have the CPO, but thanks for the link.

EwJ · « **Reply #30 on:** March 01, 2010, 05:43:51 am »

Outstanding finish using a roller

Thanks a million for the drawing!

Are you hooking up a coin door?

Muerto · « **Reply #31 on:** March 01, 2010, 05:47:06 am »

yes, there´s a coin door in the mail somewhere between the US and Denmark...

ammitz · « **Reply #32 on:** March 01, 2010, 07:47:49 am »

Hi

What a nice and very fast build you have. Amazing

I'm wondering where abouts in Denmark, I'm from Århus my self.

Christian

Muerto · « **Reply #33 on:** March 04, 2010, 06:46:54 am »

Got joystick and buttons hooked up yesterday, and it played flawless.
later yesterday i hooked up the speakers, and the sound worked 100%
but now, there´s no sound, is started to make some scratch noises and then disappearing all together, so now there´s only a faint "sssssss" in the speakers.... any idea why?? - have i fried a chip? (checked my soldering, and there´s nothing wrong with it...)

emphatic · « **Reply #34 on:** March 04, 2010, 08:53:00 am »

Have you checked your +5V so it's not too high? What kind of power supply are you using?

Muerto · « **Reply #35 on:** March 04, 2010, 09:17:07 am »

Hey.
Checked the +5 and it was 5.32, so adjusted it to 5V:

Power supply:

These are the speakers i´m using, i figured they where ok..??

ammitz · « **Reply #36 on:** March 04, 2010, 10:55:35 am »

have you tried to connect them to another audio device to see if the speakers work?

Muerto · « **Reply #37 on:** March 04, 2010, 11:01:55 am »

yes, and they work, when i hooked them up to the GnG pcb yesterday they worked...

emphatic · « **Reply #38 on:** March 04, 2010, 11:05:34 am »

Hopefully, I'm wrong, but I think you might have busted the amp on your PCB. It all depends on how you've hooked those speakers up though.

Here's some examples on how to do it along with an example of how to not do it. The amp wants to get at least 4 ohms apparently.

This is from a Swedish site, so if you can read that there's even more info here: http://cc.arkadtorget.se/speakers.html

Muerto · « **Reply #39 on:** March 04, 2010, 11:14:13 am »

i hooked them up like the drawing in the middle.. - PARALLEL
i see if i can find the schematics of the PCB, and find that amp...


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