Author Topic: my humble first attempt (Read 5081 times)

stealthboy · « **on:** August 05, 2004, 02:03:33 pm »

Thanks to this web site and Lucid's arcade flashback, I made my first cab. It was a lot of fun to build, and gets a lot of use at my office where it now lives. I recently put in a trackball and installed advanceMenu (under Linux).

http://www.stealthboy.com/mame.php

Any comments/criticisms are greatly appreciated!

stealthboy · « **Reply #1 on:** August 05, 2004, 02:09:00 pm »

of course my DSL connection at home picks now to go down. sorry 'bout the link, but it should be back up soon.

Soulcon · « **Reply #2 on:** August 05, 2004, 02:11:26 pm »

LOL ok I will check out when your ISP gets back in working order. I am very excited to see how it turned out. Congrats and hopefully I will be joing the "I completed an Arcade crew" Soon

-Soul

simplygriff · « **Reply #3 on:** August 05, 2004, 02:12:18 pm »

yeah I tried it just now and got nothing. From the single pic you have it looks pretty cool. I like the gloss black finish.
-G

AGGIEZ · « **Reply #4 on:** August 05, 2004, 02:34:19 pm »

Very nice. I like how 'clean' it looks. Simple and clean, that's how I like it...

hulkster · « **Reply #5 on:** August 05, 2004, 02:38:26 pm »

first attempt or not....thats a nice looking cab. is the artwork original or made by somebody else?

ras2a · « **Reply #6 on:** August 05, 2004, 03:12:28 pm »

me agree, lovely cab!

stealthboy · « **Reply #7 on:** August 05, 2004, 03:35:58 pm »

Again, sorry about the busted link. Should be back in a few hours.

The cab is all black because I prefer the 'clean' look. Clutter annoys me

. The yellow box image is the logo of my company, because I knew it would be in the game room at work. The coin door and controls are from Happ, and the i-pac and opti-pac boards are from ultimarc. The 2.25" trackball is a recent addition.

It's 3/4" MDF, a very high-quality gloss black paint, and t-molding from t-molding.com.

I have an entire build log with pictures on that web page. I've been fighting with my ISP today, though. Argh!

RayB · « **Reply #8 on:** August 05, 2004, 03:39:38 pm »

Am i seeing right?! You're hanging a floor lamp from the ceiling??

ThePaul · « **Reply #9 on:** August 05, 2004, 03:47:09 pm »

I love the cab! Do you have any photos showing what it looks like with the CP off? More specifically how the CP attaches to the cab?

IceCold · « **Reply #10 on:** August 05, 2004, 04:15:11 pm »

Looks great! And I defintely respect anybody who runs Linux on their cabinet.

Apollo · « **Reply #11 on:** August 05, 2004, 04:47:09 pm »

Good job very slick.

stealthboy · « **Reply #12 on:** August 05, 2004, 06:03:46 pm »

Here's another picture of the control panel after I added the trackball.

RayB · « **Reply #13 on:** August 06, 2004, 05:01:44 pm »

Helloooo! Ceiling lamp question....!

Ghoward · « **Reply #14 on:** August 06, 2004, 05:57:52 pm »

It turned out great, I like the control panel artwork.

Gary

Sir Auros · « **Reply #15 on:** August 07, 2004, 05:18:04 am »

Looks good, but why not a different color for the buttons? Yellow probably would've looked nice if it matched your company's logo.

Soulcon · « **Reply #16 on:** August 07, 2004, 10:11:04 am »

I simply love the simple design of your artwork. Great job bud I hope my full size comes out to be as nice as yours. Great job!

-Soul

Edgedamage · « **Reply #17 on:** August 07, 2004, 10:16:54 am »

Love the panel nice and clean.

Santoro · « **Reply #18 on:** August 08, 2004, 10:24:28 am »

Nice, that cab looks really clean, and I love the basic black.

Jakobud · « **Reply #19 on:** August 09, 2004, 01:56:59 am »

Nice and clean looking! Well done

simplygriff · « **Reply #20 on:** August 09, 2004, 12:27:03 pm »

I read through your site but no where did you say what size monitor you used. I'm just curious. Is it 21"? Again Nice cab.
-G

stealthboy · « **Reply #21 on:** August 09, 2004, 04:13:50 pm »

Yes, it's a 21" monitor. We had an extra one at work so I just used it. I would like to have used a TV instead, but I didn't want to break the bank on my first cab.

My next project will be a ms. pac-man / galaga style cocktail cab, and I plan to use a TV for that one. Perhaps even a real arcade monitor if I can work up the courage to install something with no case like that

.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 09, 2004, 04:14:46 pm »

Very nice and understaded. Good work.

simplygriff · « **Reply #23 on:** August 09, 2004, 04:25:26 pm »

Quote from: stealthboy on August 09, 2004, 04:13:50 pm

Yes, it's a 21" monitor. We had an extra one at work so I just used it. I would like to have used a TV instead, but I didn't want to break the bank on my first cab.

My next project will be a ms. pac-man / galaga style cocktail cab, and I plan to use a TV for that one. Perhaps even a real arcade monitor if I can work up the courage to install something with no case like that .

Cool. I'm using a 21" as well so it's nice to see what it's gonna look like. Thanks for the info!;D
-G

stealthboy · « **Reply #24 on:** August 09, 2004, 09:30:31 pm »

Here's another pic:

stealthboy · « **Reply #25 on:** August 09, 2004, 09:35:22 pm »

And here's the new marquee that I'm having printed by classicarcadegrafix.com....

Martoon · « **Reply #26 on:** August 13, 2004, 10:04:04 pm »

Quote from: RayB on August 06, 2004, 05:01:44 pm

Helloooo! Ceiling lamp question....!

Yeah, I wanna know about that lamp, too.

stealthboy · « **Reply #27 on:** August 13, 2004, 10:06:20 pm »

Quote from: Martoon on August 13, 2004, 10:04:04 pm

Quote from: RayB on August 06, 2004, 05:01:44 pm
Helloooo! Ceiling lamp question....!

Yeah, I wanna know about that lamp, too.

A little negative gravity and everyone gets all in a bunch.

No, seriously, it is a floor lamp, but the base broke one day, and we figured it was a perfect lamp for the foosball table. A little fun with wiring and voila!

Martoon · « **Reply #28 on:** August 14, 2004, 09:50:31 am »

Quote from: stealthboy on August 13, 2004, 10:06:20 pm

Quote from: Martoon on August 13, 2004, 10:04:04 pm
Quote from: RayB on August 06, 2004, 05:01:44 pm
Helloooo! Ceiling lamp question....!

Yeah, I wanna know about that lamp, too.

A little negative gravity and everyone gets all in a bunch.

No, seriously, it is a floor lamp, but the base broke one day, and we figured it was a perfect lamp for the foosball table. A little fun with wiring and voila!

There, was that so hard?

stealthboy · « **Reply #29 on:** August 18, 2004, 09:10:02 am »

Here's the latest pic with my new monitor bezel.

RayB · « **Reply #30 on:** August 18, 2004, 09:39:12 pm »

Welp, I'm not crazy about the cab design, but I do give you points for being different. It's certainly unique and still professional looking.

~Ray

Witchboard · « **Reply #31 on:** August 18, 2004, 09:57:43 pm »

Looks good to me. You need some black admin/player buttons.

Knoxximus · « **Reply #32 on:** August 18, 2004, 11:47:17 pm »

Too much bezel.....not enough monitor

stealthboy · « **Reply #33 on:** August 19, 2004, 09:32:27 am »

Yeah, I know, I'm just using a 21" computer monitor. I'm looking around for a cheap-ish TV to use instead, but for now, it'll work.

Hey, it's just my first. My next project will be a cocktail cab (four-way stick, trackball, one or two buttons only). I'll definitely be using a real display device for that one.

traig · « **Reply #34 on:** August 22, 2004, 09:35:02 pm »

Beautiful. How did you affix the plexi in front of the monitor?

stealthboy · « **Reply #35 on:** August 23, 2004, 09:29:37 am »

Quote from: traig on August 22, 2004, 09:35:02 pm

Beautiful. How did you affix the plexi in front of the monitor?

There are six small screws (three on each side). You can see them if you look closely. That way I can remove the bezel and get to the monitor easily if I need to.

For example, when I get my act together an get an actual TV or arcade monitor instead of the computer monitor I have in there now

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