Author Topic: 4 Player UA2 Mame Cabinet (Read 10918 times)

HaRuMaN · « **on:** March 01, 2012, 10:09:05 am »

Acquired this cabinet for free, it was missing controls, PC, encoder, and coin door. Speakers, television, t-molding, and all art pieces were included.

I have been slowly gathering controls, and a iPac-4.

All I am missing now is the spinner, and a 4 player coin door.

Some pictures (crappy cell phone, I'll take some real pictures later):

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #1 on:** March 01, 2012, 10:12:04 am »

Still working on the PC to go inside, currently nuking & paving to reinstall Windows.

I'll be swapping the yellow balltop for a blue balltop. The sticks are NOS Wico's (switch, not leaf). I'm probably also going to attempt to dye the purple balltop a little darker to match the buttons.

Turambar · « **Reply #2 on:** March 01, 2012, 10:46:24 am »

So did you have to build the control panel from scratch, or was it just empty? No matter how you slice it, this is a steal of a deal at $0.

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #3 on:** March 01, 2012, 11:02:07 am »

Quote from: Turambar on March 01, 2012, 10:46:24 am

So did you have to build the control panel from scratch, or was it just empty? No matter how you slice it, this is a steal of a deal at $0.

It was just empty. The panel was there, just had to populate it.

Green Giant · « **Reply #4 on:** March 01, 2012, 11:16:10 am »

Quote from: HaRuMaN on March 01, 2012, 11:02:07 am

Quote from: Turambar on March 01, 2012, 10:46:24 am
So did you have to build the control panel from scratch, or was it just empty? No matter how you slice it, this is a steal of a deal at $0.

It was just empty. The panel was there, just had to populate it.

All that for free?

Are you like the video game mafia or something?

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #5 on:** March 01, 2012, 11:20:38 am »

Quote from: Green Giant on March 01, 2012, 11:16:10 am

Quote from: HaRuMaN on March 01, 2012, 11:02:07 am
Quote from: Turambar on March 01, 2012, 10:46:24 am
So did you have to build the control panel from scratch, or was it just empty? No matter how you slice it, this is a steal of a deal at $0.

It was just empty. The panel was there, just had to populate it.
All that for free?

Are you like the video game mafia or something?

Yes. I'm a mod here, after all... people give me stuff so I'll look the other way...

Just kidding of course. This came from a member here who had also acquired it for free. He just didn't have the room for it, and I did.

Turambar · « **Reply #6 on:** March 01, 2012, 11:28:25 am »

Are you going to add a spinner? I see the CP art has a spot for it.

Green Giant · « **Reply #7 on:** March 01, 2012, 11:29:20 am »

Quote from: HaRuMaN on March 01, 2012, 11:20:38 am

Quote from: Green Giant on March 01, 2012, 11:16:10 am
Quote from: HaRuMaN on March 01, 2012, 11:02:07 am
Quote from: Turambar on March 01, 2012, 10:46:24 am
So did you have to build the control panel from scratch, or was it just empty? No matter how you slice it, this is a steal of a deal at $0.

It was just empty. The panel was there, just had to populate it.
All that for free?

Are you like the video game mafia or something?

Yes. I'm a mod here, after all... people give me stuff so I'll look the other way...

Just kidding of course. This came from a member here who had also acquired it for free. He just didn't have the room for it, and I did.

I knew it.

WTB invitation to your daughters wedding.

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #8 on:** March 01, 2012, 11:31:25 am »

Quote from: Turambar on March 01, 2012, 11:28:25 am

Are you going to add a spinner? I see the CP art has a spot for it.

Yes. All that's missing now is the spinner, and the coin door. Working on building funds so I can get those. Spinner will probably be my next purchase.

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #9 on:** March 01, 2012, 11:40:36 am »

Quote from: Green Giant on March 01, 2012, 11:29:20 am

I knew it.

WTB invitation to your daughters wedding.

Lol... got 20+ years to wait?

opt2not · « **Reply #10 on:** March 01, 2012, 03:24:22 pm »

When was the last time you saw a Haruman project thread?

Mark your calenders folks! This day must be recorded.

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #11 on:** March 02, 2012, 08:50:20 am »

Quote from: opt2not on March 01, 2012, 03:24:22 pm

When was the last time you saw a Haruman project thread?

Mark your calenders folks! This day must be recorded.

Why I outta...

Ok... so... it's been a while:

Feb 2004: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=15939.0

Nov 2004: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=27300.0

Mar 2007: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=63957.0

Turambar · « **Reply #12 on:** March 02, 2012, 10:52:07 am »

From marble contact paper to forum moderator...

It means I can dream big, too!!!!!!

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #13 on:** March 02, 2012, 11:47:53 am »

Hard to believe I joined BYOAC in 2003...

yotsuya · « **Reply #14 on:** March 02, 2012, 11:50:39 am »

Ten year anniversary next year! Good for you.

I joined summer of 2010. Been fun!

wp34 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 02, 2012, 12:14:47 pm »

Quote from: HaRuMaN on March 01, 2012, 10:09:05 am

Acquired this cabinet for free, it was missing controls, PC, encoder, and coin door. Speakers, television, t-molding, and all art pieces were included.

I have been slowly gathering controls, and a iPac-4.

All I am missing now is the spinner, and a 4 player coin door.

Some pictures (crappy cell phone, I'll take some real pictures later):

That looks like Timeo's old cabinet.

http://timoe.blogspot.com/

It was one of my first-favorite cabinets when I got into this hobby. That is one of the better 4-player examples I've seen. I have to admit to being a bit jealous you got that for free.

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #16 on:** March 02, 2012, 12:17:55 pm »

Good eye, it is his cabinet.

paigeoliver · « **Reply #17 on:** March 02, 2012, 12:50:48 pm »

Very nice looking. Shame that the spinner spot is unpopulated, but would it even be usable where the original builder put it? Seems like the player 4 joystick gets in the way.

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #18 on:** March 02, 2012, 12:54:46 pm »

Quote from: paigeoliver on March 02, 2012, 12:50:48 pm

Very nice looking. Shame that the spinner spot is unpopulated, but would it even be usable where the original builder put it? Seems like the player 4 joystick gets in the way.

Read up, spinner is my next purchase.

Haven't attempted to see how usable it will be, maybe I'll try today with an imaginary spinner.

yotsuya · « **Reply #19 on:** March 02, 2012, 01:46:59 pm »

My two player panel is sort of the same way. To use the spinner, I rest my hand on the player two joystick. It actually works.

BobA · « **Reply #20 on:** March 02, 2012, 02:26:34 pm »

Great looking cab and great price. Make it your own !! Don't just complete it, MOD it.

opt2not · « **Reply #21 on:** March 02, 2012, 03:14:54 pm »

I just like the fact that there's a stack of original CPS2 boards sitting all lonely next to a mame cabinet in that picture. It's blasphemous I tell ya, blasphemous!

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #22 on:** March 02, 2012, 03:47:23 pm »

Quote from: opt2not on March 02, 2012, 03:14:54 pm

I just like the fact that there's a stack of original CPS2 boards sitting all lonely next to a mame cabinet in that picture. It's blasphemous I tell ya, blasphemous!

Hey I can only fit one into the Impress at a time!

SFZ3, MVC, and XMVSF are the CPS2 boards there...

wp34 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 02, 2012, 04:59:52 pm »

Quote from: HaRuMaN on March 02, 2012, 12:17:55 pm

Good eye, it is his cabinet.

That's pretty cool. This raises an interesting moral exercise for me. Since this cabinet is a "classic" to me what happens if you mod it?

Can one mame a MAME cabinet Grasshopper?

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #24 on:** March 02, 2012, 11:33:18 pm »

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #25 on:** March 02, 2012, 11:46:37 pm »

A little Belgian wheat beer in a Wolvie pint glass to celebrate!

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #26 on:** March 06, 2012, 11:18:18 am »

Quote from: wp34 on March 02, 2012, 04:59:52 pm

Quote from: HaRuMaN on March 02, 2012, 12:17:55 pm
Good eye, it is his cabinet.

That's pretty cool. This raises an interesting moral exercise for me. Since this cabinet is a "classic" to me what happens if you mod it?

Can one mame a MAME cabinet Grasshopper?

Lol... Oh, I'm gonna MAME the MAME, alright.

northerngames · « **Reply #27 on:** March 06, 2012, 01:36:27 pm »

very nice freebie indeed looks like it's still like new and done right.

would love to have one like it free or not

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #28 on:** March 23, 2012, 03:02:26 pm »

Anyone have a cheap spinner and / or 4 player coin door?

404 · « **Reply #29 on:** March 23, 2012, 06:39:14 pm »

this is definitely a great catch here. What kind of pc rig do you have as the mame setup?

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #30 on:** April 18, 2012, 10:26:03 am »

Quote from: 404 on March 23, 2012, 06:39:14 pm

this is definitely a great catch here. What kind of pc rig do you have as the mame setup?

It's an older AMD single core 64 bit, 2.8 Ghz I think. Has 1.5 Gb of RAM. Nothing special, it was old PC before I built my new Win 7 rig.

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #31 on:** April 18, 2012, 10:32:19 am »

Not a whole lot of progress. I've got player 1 completely wired up, 3 more players to go. I've been resisting the urge to "test" player 1 out, as I know that will keep me from getting the rest of the wiring done.

JBED · « **Reply #32 on:** April 18, 2012, 03:44:03 pm »

Hey Haruman,

Nice pick up!

Do you mind telling me the dimensions of the control panel. For my next project I would like to build a 4 player with a trackball and the layout looks perfect.

Thanks for your time

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #33 on:** April 18, 2012, 03:44:57 pm »

Quote from: JBED on April 18, 2012, 03:44:03 pm

Hey Haruman,

Nice pick up!

Do you mind telling me the dimensions of the control panel. For my next project I would like to build a 4 player with a trackball and the layout looks perfect.

Thanks for your time

I'll take some measurements and let you know.

JBED · « **Reply #34 on:** April 19, 2012, 09:21:58 am »

Thanks!

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #35 on:** April 22, 2012, 06:27:58 pm »

It's 44" X 18.25"

Oh, and the spinner is in the perfect spot, btw. Standing centered on the screen, my arm fits nicely between P2 & P4 joysticks.

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #36 on:** April 23, 2012, 12:45:14 pm »

1 step forward, 2 steps back...

So I got a racheting crimper, that's been making the wiring go a lot faster. I wired up players 1 & 2, and decided to test them out before I got any further...

I wired up player 1 as player 2 and vice versa...

Now, do I:

1) Take the time to rewire

2) Just reprogram the Ipac4 and move on

?

Mysterioii · « **Reply #37 on:** April 23, 2012, 12:58:27 pm »

Quote from: HaRuMaN on March 23, 2012, 03:02:26 pm

Anyone have a cheap spinner and / or 4 player coin door?

Well, here's a pretty cheap one... needs some love...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MAME-ARCADE-PARTS-LOT-spinner-used-joys-pedal-/320890531997?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab690f09d#ht_500wt_1139

yotsuya · « **Reply #38 on:** April 23, 2012, 01:28:15 pm »

Quote from: HaRuMaN on April 23, 2012, 12:45:14 pm

1 step forward, 2 steps back...

So I got a racheting crimper, that's been making the wiring go a lot faster. I wired up players 1 & 2, and decided to test them out before I got any further...

I wired up player 1 as player 2 and vice versa...

Now, do I:

1) Take the time to rewire

2) Just reprogram the Ipac4 and move on

?

Rewire. Why half-ass it?

Mysterioii · « **Reply #39 on:** April 23, 2012, 01:42:52 pm »

Agreed!


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