Ultimate Dreamcast Arcade Cabinet

[Larrabee]

I am converting my generic cabinet that once housed a 1xxx-in-1 Jamma board to the, "Ultimate Dreamcast Arcade Cabinet." Should be running at 100% in a few weeks thanks to HarumaN.

Specs:

• Generic Cabinet with Sony 21" VGA Monitor, Happs buttons and sticks
• Sega Dreamcast Console
• 2 MadCatz Light Guns ($40 together off of Amazon)
• 2 Sega Fishing Rods ($30 off of Amazon)
• Wiring for arcade controls to DC ($100, again, thanks to HarumaN)

The plan is to drill one- 2" hole on each side for the light guns and fishing rods. Make a shelf for the dreamcast to sit inside of the coin door.

What I need (let me know if you have any ideas):

• Holders for the rods and guns for each side of the cabinet
• Some kind of rubber to cover the holes so they don't look rough.

Here is where I am at so far:

[Larrabee]

Picked up a 1 3/4" Hole saw and the caps for the light gun and fishing rod controllers:


Just sent HarumaN the cash for the controller hacks.

Any suggestions on holsters for the rods and guns?

Also any suggesting for finding a Dreamcast Themed Marquee?

[Larrabee]

OK, got all of the wood working done today.

Here is a video of all of it:

And here are some pics.

Screen Grabs from the video:






iPhone:

[releasedtruth]

I love the DC, surprised more people haven't done something with it. For a marquee, something classic without every character on it would be stellar. Perhaps pick a favorite game or character and use that as the foundation. Sonic, Ryu, Ulala, Jacky, Dr. Eggman, etc. I always liked the Confidential Mission color scheme and design, myself.

[Larrabee]

I love the DC, surprised more people haven't done something with it. For a marquee, something classic without every character on it would be stellar. Perhaps pick a favorite game or character and use that as the foundation. Sonic, Ryu, Ulala, Jacky, Dr. Eggman, etc. I always liked the Confidential Mission color scheme and design, myself.

Where is the best place to get these made? I am guessing Game Graphix?

[mgb]

Both Game on Grafix and Emdkay are very popular.
I've used Game on Grafix for a control panel overlay and I was very pleased. I will be using them again fro my current project.

[Larrabee]

Alright folks, this has been an interesting day.

First off, I picked up a Lacie 22" Monitor from a photographer for $25. He was moving to all Apple cinemas, so he just had a bunch of Lacie monitors to go. These cost $1600 when came out in 2000!

Needless to say it looks amazing and just fits the cab perfectly, no decasing needed. A huge upgrade from the 20" Sony Trinitron I had in there.



Then I decided to rewire everything for the controllers.

Went from this:


to this:



to this:



I will tidy it up a bit more once I get the controllers and everything hooked up.

[Malenko]

looks great!


where do you live and does the guy have anymore?