Author Topic: Welcome to the Sharkade! New Pics 5-31-2005 (Read 14341 times)

JThw8 · « **Reply #40 on:** February 13, 2005, 09:08:53 pm »

Thanks for the encouragement. Yes, it is huge, but it works well in the space its in and I havent had to face any of the usual issues about making things fit. Also the lower portion doubles as storage for the room since there is so much extra space

(seriously, Im storing christmas decorations in there)

Also the size has made for one of the roomiest, most comfortable 4 player cps Ive ever played on. And as noted I still have room to add a spinner and a 4 way (which I intend to do) and it still wont feel cramped.

Its definitely not for everyone, it didnt even start out as something I was sure I wanted, but it was the right cab at the right time and Im just not a fan of woodworking.

Im awaiting word from Scott at mamemarquees (has anyone heard from him lately?) on my marquee. I sent him the final design about 2 weeks ago for his approval and printing. Still deciding on a CPO...all in due time I guess. The wife has been patient but if I dont stop to put a real floor in that room soon she's gonna kill me

jagnogg · « **Reply #41 on:** February 14, 2005, 08:33:56 am »

I love this thing. In a few years this guy is going to be playing high definition games in wide screen on a playstation 3 or Xbox 2 in a cabinet and we're all going to be jealous.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #42 on:** February 14, 2005, 01:00:05 pm »

Hey, I'm thinking the color it's painted is to simulate water, yes?

Are you going to add in some light refraction-type stuff all over, perhaps? You know, how you get light bouncing here, there, everywhere when you look at it, both on top of and below?

'zat make sense, and if so, have you contemplated it?

JThw8 · « **Reply #43 on:** February 14, 2005, 02:11:28 pm »

The color was really just a base of paint I already had. Most of the art will be covered by the wall art mural shown in the first post.

I did however contemplate something similar for the CPO. I want to keep it fairly generic so the controls layout doesnt interfere with the graphic so I am thinking of an effect like you are looking up into the sunlight through the water. I just need to find a good graphic to base it off of.

brandon · « **Reply #44 on:** February 14, 2005, 05:06:44 pm »

I know this is outlandish and considering that water and electronics dont mix.. but.. at some point you could build an aquarium in your cabinet

imagine having tropical fish swimming through your Mame marquee.. haha.. ok, thats about the craziest thing I've ever suggested what the heck I figured I'd throw it out there...

DreamWeb · « **Reply #45 on:** February 14, 2005, 05:19:08 pm »

Hey, JThw8

Let me know the dimensions you need.. and maybe I can whip something up for you (what you described.. looking up at the sun through water)

d.

JThw8 · « **Reply #46 on:** February 14, 2005, 05:47:52 pm »

Quote from: brandon on February 14, 2005, 05:06:44 pm

I know this is outlandish and considering that water and electronics dont mix.. but.. at some point you could build an aquarium in your cabinet imagine having tropical fish swimming through your Mame marquee.. haha.. ok, thats about the craziest thing I've ever suggested what the heck I figured I'd throw it out there...

Actually if you look at the early part of this thread I think I had pondered that idea myself. I was going to use some tall thin tanks to either side of the monitor, plenty of room for it

Sometime down the road I may still revisit the idea.

JThw8 · « **Reply #47 on:** February 14, 2005, 05:48:52 pm »

Quote from: DreamWeb on February 14, 2005, 05:19:08 pm

Hey, JThw8

Let me know the dimensions you need.. and maybe I can whip something up for you (what you described.. looking up at the sun through water)

d.

Its 49"w x 22"d It would be great if you could come up with something, thanks for the help!

brandon · « **Reply #48 on:** February 14, 2005, 05:56:47 pm »

Quote from: JThw8 on February 14, 2005, 05:47:52 pm

Quote from: brandon on February 14, 2005, 05:06:44 pm
I know this is outlandish and considering that water and electronics dont mix.. but.. at some point you could build an aquarium in your cabinet

DrewKaree · « **Reply #49 on:** February 14, 2005, 11:26:46 pm »

Quote from: JThw8 on February 14, 2005, 05:47:52 pm

Quote from: brandon on February 14, 2005, 05:06:44 pm
I know this is outlandish and considering that water and electronics dont mix.. but.. at some point you could build an aquarium in your cabinet imagine having tropical fish swimming through your Mame marquee.. haha.. ok, thats about the craziest thing I've ever suggested what the heck I figured I'd throw it out there...

Actually if you look at the early part of this thread I think I had pondered that idea myself. I was going to use some tall thin tanks to either side of the monitor, plenty of room for it Sometime down the road I may still revisit the idea.

I'm about to go looking through my bookmarks for you. I KNOW you can build a tank, and reading that "tank in the marquee" idea sounds AWESOME! You could light it from below, and the top part of the cab could be hinged to allow for feeding/cleaning and whatnot.

My brother-in-law wanted a 55 gal tank for cheap, and I found a site that gives dimensions of materials needed to build a tank when you input the l x w x h of the size of tank you wish to build.

You could probably build the tank you were originally thinking, perhaps thinner, or whatever....hopefully I've still got that my bookmarks....back with that answer soon.

DreamWeb · « **Reply #50 on:** February 14, 2005, 11:32:14 pm »

Hey there.

This thing took forever to build.. not because it was overly complicated but because your CP is sooooo dang huge. The actual uncompressed TIF (this is only 7% of the actual size) is massive.. if you want it, I'll probably have to CD it to you. 49x22 at 300dpi is a hog.

Anyhow.. is this what you had in mind? Complete with lens flair pr0n.

Let me know.

David

DrewKaree · « **Reply #51 on:** February 15, 2005, 12:41:19 am »

Alright, here's the MAIN site www.garf.org

To find this on the main site, in the left-hand frame, under the "How-To Pages" there's "Aquarium Construction and Tips"

Here's the "build a tank" part: http://www.garf.org/tank/buildtank.asp

Enter in the dimensions you want, and whether you want to use Acrylic or Glass, and you'll be presented with the materials and all the descriptions you'll need, in addition to pictures and directions on how to assemble your very own tank!

In case you're wondering - click here for a SUPER nice write-up including pictures of how to build one SUPER-SWEET aquarium and everyone here might be interested in how he finishes off the acrylic edges (on page 2).

Some other sites, in case you just have NOTHING to do and need more projects to fill your day, or ideas on other stuff you never knew you wanted to do until you looked at these sites

(I KNOW I can't be the only guy who enjoys fish and fish tanks here):

www.aquariumadvice.com
www.aquariumhobbyist.com
Another U-build-it tank site with directions

That should have you off and running....OH, and the type of acrylic suggested to use when building a tank is termed "continuous cast acrylic"..."cast acrylic" is the strongest, "extruded acrylic" is the stuff we normally use for marquees and CP coverings. Look under the Yellow pages for Plastics, Plastic manufacturers, and sign shops. Most will carry acrylic sheets cheaper than Lowes and HD. Just be advised while these places have extensive knowledge of thier plastics, seldom are they up to speed for water uses.

JThw8 · « **Reply #52 on:** February 15, 2005, 08:24:03 am »

Quote from: DreamWeb on February 14, 2005, 11:32:14 pm

Hey there.

This thing took forever to build.. not because it was overly complicated but because your CP is sooooo dang huge. The actual uncompressed TIF (this is only 7% of the actual size) is massive.. if you want it, I'll probably have to CD it to you. 49x22 at 300dpi is a hog.

Anyhow.. is this what you had in mind? Complete with lens flair pr0n.

Let me know.

David

That is sweet....better than I could have hoped. Im going to PM you with upload info for my FTP site, we can try that first to save you the time of having to burn it. Truly wonderful work!

JThw8 · « **Reply #53 on:** February 15, 2005, 08:29:11 am »

Quote from: DrewKaree on February 15, 2005, 12:41:19 am

Alright, here's the MAIN site www.garf.org

I will definitely check all this out. I had done the byoa (build your own aquarium) thing quite a few years back, its alot of fun. I definitely want to get this finished in its first iteration before I tackle it. Im so far behind on my "honey do" list right now that if I bring it up I may have to live in the arcade

DrewKaree · « **Reply #54 on:** February 15, 2005, 09:07:48 am »

And you thought all that space of the SIX player version wouldn't come in handy!

JThw8 · « **Reply #55 on:** February 15, 2005, 09:19:03 am »

Quote from: DrewKaree on February 15, 2005, 09:07:48 am

And you thought all that space of the SIX player version wouldn't come in handy!

If nothing else Im really enjoying how easy it has made fitting everything. And the comfort of the control panel with only 4 players now.

quadmasta · « **Reply #56 on:** February 15, 2005, 10:59:01 am »

You could cut out one of the coin door holes a little bigger and put an aquarium on one of the sides of the front.

Gunstar Hero · « **Reply #57 on:** February 15, 2005, 03:14:39 pm »

Yeah man, that cab screams for a widescreen monitor.

JThw8 · « **Reply #58 on:** February 28, 2005, 07:44:47 pm »

Just got the marquee and CPO from scott at mamemarquees. The work is fabulous (and very quick!) The CPO that DreamWeb designed is gorgeous.

Of course all that being said I screwed up big time. I have my little not pad of measurments and stuff that I carry around, and I used that to send Scott and DreamWeb the CP measurements, somehow I told them both 49x22 when it was 49x26.25 so I have 4.25 inches of uncovered space. If I align the CPO at the bottom edge it leaves the 4 player start buttons uncovered in a clean straight line so Im thinking about just doing something different with them. I had the idea to maybe make a filler strip of engine turned aluminum but Im really looking for something that follows the theme a bit more.

Im open to ideas....toss them at me

RetroJames · « **Reply #59 on:** February 28, 2005, 11:41:52 pm »

pics...pics...pics....

GameOver · « **Reply #60 on:** March 01, 2005, 09:10:22 pm »

I think you're on the right track with the metal/steel - how about this - I used some perforated steel (I think that's what it's called) to build my son a gun case last summer. Got it at Lowes or Home Depot. It looks something like these pics. It was pretty easy to cut straight across, but I'm not sure how you'd cut holes for the buttons. You could even slant it up, maybe at 45 deg angle so the buttons would face the players (glowing buttons!) or even lay it flat like the rest of the CP, then put some blue lights inside the cab to give a water effect. The light would glow through the metal screen. Just a thought...trying to get those BYOAC creative juices flowin'!

GameOver · « **Reply #61 on:** March 01, 2005, 09:14:11 pm »

I guess it would help if I attached the pics....another thought, but for some reason I can't see the artwork Dreamweb did for you so I'm not sure if this would work or not, but I know they make those laminated 'underwater scenes' you can get at pet stores to put in your fishtank. Pick one that matches the artwork & cut to size. Just an idea.

Here's the steel stuff...

RayB · « **Reply #62 on:** March 04, 2005, 11:59:58 am »

HEY, I'm sorry, but you're gonna have to re-start your cabinet.
THIS is what it should look like:
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=8611

brandon · « **Reply #63 on:** March 04, 2005, 01:51:42 pm »

Quote from: RayB on March 04, 2005, 11:59:58 am

HEY, I'm sorry, but you're gonna have to re-start your cabinet.
THIS is what it should look like:
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=8611

haha.. that's great.. yeah, you definitely need some teeth on the control panel to poke you in the forearms.. I just might add that to mine

DreamWeb · « **Reply #64 on:** March 04, 2005, 02:26:31 pm »

Wow! That Maneater cabinet is the best cabinet I've ever seen!!

d.

dek · « **Reply #65 on:** March 04, 2005, 06:51:25 pm »

I prefer the Taitans

RayB · « **Reply #66 on:** March 04, 2005, 07:05:18 pm »

What game is that. "Taitans" is not in KLOV.

quarterback · « **Reply #67 on:** March 04, 2005, 09:07:03 pm »

Whoa!

Flack · « **Reply #68 on:** March 07, 2005, 05:59:40 pm »

Quote from: JThw8 on February 13, 2005, 09:08:53 pm

brandon · « **Reply #69 on:** March 07, 2005, 07:01:03 pm »

I think a backlit aquarium marquee would be the coolest! and you could use a cool Mame marquee for backing sort of like this stuff..

GameOver · « **Reply #70 on:** April 10, 2005, 05:04:27 pm »

What happened to Sharkade?

oldsage · « **Reply #71 on:** April 10, 2005, 05:25:26 pm »

Quote from: GameOver on April 10, 2005, 05:04:27 pm

What happened to Sharkade?

DrewKaree · « **Reply #72 on:** April 12, 2005, 09:23:29 pm »

He probably wired it up, tried the fishtank ideas, and shorted out all the electrical components when he spilled on 'em!

rchadd · « **Reply #73 on:** April 13, 2005, 05:57:59 pm »

the shark is Bruce from the movie Finding Nemo

make it a Nemo themed cab!

JThw8 · « **Reply #74 on:** May 31, 2005, 03:33:52 pm »

Quote from: GameOver on April 10, 2005, 05:04:27 pm

What happened to Sharkade? SHARKBAIT?!

Any updates?

Ahh sorry folks, just life and work getting in the way. The room it was housed in was mid renovation and before I did all the artwork then risked destroying it while moving around I stopped to finish work on the room. I'm getting back to it as time permits but summer is here which means more time devoted to maintaining/upgrading the race car (another sickness)

The Sharkade is definitely not gone or forgotten, my daughter was visiting this weekend and is still addicted to it.

I finally finished the major work in the room and the car is ready to go until I break something at the next race so Im going to try to get some of the finishing work done shortly.

JThw8 · « **Reply #75 on:** May 31, 2005, 07:36:34 pm »

Ok, I got a little inspired and got the side art and marquee installed. Still need to get my lights working but you get the idea

And yes I plan to get that marquee straightened out a bit more before the final install, I have to pull it out again to work on the lights

JThw8 · « **Reply #76 on:** May 31, 2005, 10:11:36 pm »

And finally the CPO installed. I must say many thanks again to Dream Web for the great design and Mamemarqees for the wonderful printing work. And I say DOH again for my crappy measurment mistake but I have some plans to fix it soon.

AmericanDemon · « **Reply #77 on:** May 31, 2005, 11:06:03 pm »

Looking good....but man what a HUGE cab.

DreamWeb · « **Reply #78 on:** May 31, 2005, 11:18:25 pm »

Yes.. it can also double as a summer home.

But, seriously.. lookin' good! Keep goin'!

d.

Joystick Jerk · « **Reply #79 on:** June 01, 2005, 01:01:28 am »

Please tell me you're going to mount an actual pair of shark's jaws somwhere on this cab.

EDIT: I just saw that last pic of yours. You could pick up two pairs of juvenile great white shark jaws fairly inexpensively, and then mount them on each side of the marquee so that the words "Sharkade" showed through the jaws inbtween the teeth.


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