Dynamo Arcade 19' converted to MAME

[dugg8]

Hello all,

I've been reading through this forum for the past few months in order to finish my MAME cabinet. I picked up an old Dynamo arcade 19' (no monitor) from a repair shop for $50.00 on the first week of October. After working tirelessly for 7 wks I finally completed the project and I'm happy with the end result. The link below is to a short video I made on the work I've done to cabinet.

[Erik]

Very nice job.  Definitely looks like something you'd have seen in the arcade in the early 90s 

[dugg8]

Thanks. I was debating on whether to go with a CRT or LCD. Ultimately I chose LCD for reliability and ease of use but maybe if I do another project down the road I'll use a CRT.

[Donkbaca]

Very nice! What do you use to cut holes in the metal cp?

[dugg8]

I used a arbor bit with a with a 1 1/8 diameter hole saw. The different diameters can be purchased individually. It was a real pain to drill each hole with the average time taking 10 minutes per hole.




http://www.homedepot.com/Milwaukee/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xg2Zzv/R-202327771/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

[BurgerKingDiamond]

It looks great. A CRT would have been better, but if you're playing games from probably about early 90's on it will look fine. Pac man and DK for example look pretty crappy on a LCD cuz the pixels are all super blocky and such.

I bet you could find a better side art though. Or make your own. I don't really like when I see a big squarish piece of side art on a cab. It just doesn't look good to me.

[Termin8tor]

Love the cab, love the vid, love the music, well done 

[Malenko]

can you just post the pix? no streaming video allowed at work.

[dugg8]

It looks great. A CRT would have been better, but if you're playing games from probably about early 90's on it will look fine. Pac man and DK for example look pretty crappy on a LCD cuz the pixels are all super blocky and such.

I bet you could find a better side art though. Or make your own. I don't really like when I see a big squarish piece of side art on a cab. It just doesn't look good to me.

I wasn't crazy about the side art either but I think that is what they used on the original SF2 machines. I will be ordering the bezel from game on grafix next week and eventually install a coin door to finish it off.