Author Topic: New Midway Cabinet - 16 minute video of the build attached! (Read 5640 times)

digitalarcade · « **on:** June 23, 2005, 07:33:28 pm »

Started making a Midway type cabinet over the last weekend. This one is going to have a Space Invader theme.....

Coin door and graphic arrived today:

dweebs0r · « **Reply #1 on:** June 24, 2005, 08:32:18 am »

Looks great. Cant wait to see how this one turns out.

Space Invaders had one of the coolest looking themes.

Where'd you get the fan and speaker grills?

Is that laminate or a vinyl overlay?

Thanks,
-Dweebs

Bones · « **Reply #2 on:** June 24, 2005, 08:42:36 am »

Yeah those little aliens look great! Are you going to back light them?

AlanS17 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 24, 2005, 11:27:24 am »

Quote from: BrokenBones1 on June 24, 2005, 08:42:36 am

Yeah those little aliens look great! Are you going to back light them?

I don't think that's possible. When the table top is in position, the side walls of the cabinet would be right under the alien.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 24, 2005, 02:30:57 pm »

Nice project. It would be cool to backlight those image.

quarterback · « **Reply #5 on:** June 24, 2005, 02:53:04 pm »

Hey man, you should really optimize those pictures, it takes forever for them all to load because half of them are almost 1meg EACH!

Here's your first one.

AlanS17 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 24, 2005, 02:59:08 pm »

Any time I take a picture to put online, I take it at 640x480 to avoid that problem altogether.

quarterback · « **Reply #7 on:** June 24, 2005, 03:07:12 pm »

Quote from: AlanS17 on June 24, 2005, 02:59:08 pm

Any time I take a picture to put online, I take it at 640x480 to avoid that problem altogether.

It's not the dimensions of the picture here that make the difference. The origial picture actually was already at 640x480.

digitalarcade · « **Reply #8 on:** June 24, 2005, 06:39:18 pm »

Sorry about the size of the piccies chaps....

digitalarcade · « **Reply #9 on:** June 25, 2005, 01:46:02 pm »

Check out the lastest pics here:

http://www.digitalarcade.co.uk/rich_tyers.htm

digitalarcade · « **Reply #10 on:** June 25, 2005, 04:26:25 pm »

dweebs0r · « **Reply #11 on:** June 25, 2005, 05:58:05 pm »

Quote from: dweebs0r on June 24, 2005, 08:32:18 am

Where'd you get the fan and speaker grills?

Is that laminated wood or a vinyl overlay?

Also, what size and brand of monitor is that? I am doing an arcadedepot.com cabinet now and I may end up using a computer monitor instead of an original (for cost reasons). That looks really good so far. And let me know when the DVD documentation is done, I want one.

Thanks,
-Dweebs

digitalarcade · « **Reply #12 on:** June 25, 2005, 08:47:50 pm »

Hi m8,

The monitor is a 19" Mitshibushi Diamondtron. Took it out of its case. Picked it up quite cheaply from a local recycle centre.

The covering on the cabinet is fablon.

DVD is coming on nicely. Will let u know when it's available

Knievel · « **Reply #13 on:** June 25, 2005, 11:32:49 pm »

Looking great so far...this is going to be a beauty.

Grasshopper · « **Reply #14 on:** June 26, 2005, 01:34:10 pm »

I love the chrome and black look but I question whether fablon will be durable in the long term.

Can you tell me where you got the overlay printed?

Thanks in advance.

digitalarcade · « **Reply #15 on:** June 28, 2005, 03:23:33 am »

Started doing the control panels...

digitalarcade · « **Reply #16 on:** June 29, 2005, 02:54:26 am »

dweebs0r · « **Reply #17 on:** June 29, 2005, 06:56:47 am »

Ok, I am following this thread closely and doing alot of the same things.

I just decased a 19 inch monitor for use in my cab.

How did you mount yours?

Is it ok to build a shelf and have it lie on the metal cage?

Should I put it back in the plastic case (minus the top bezel)?

Can you remove that tape from the monitor or will the monitor come apart at that point?

Thanks again for the pointers. Cab is looking great! Very inspiring.

If these questions are "hijacking" your thread, let me know and I'll stop asking.

Thanks again,
-Dweebs

kcorcoran · « **Reply #18 on:** June 29, 2005, 09:44:21 am »

that monitor is really nice. i like the flat picture on it!
what video card / software setup are you using?

digitalarcade · « **Reply #19 on:** June 29, 2005, 01:58:33 pm »

Quote from: dweebs0r on June 29, 2005, 06:56:47 am

Ok, I am following this thread closely and doing alot of the same things.

I just decased a 19 inch monitor for use in my cab.

How did you mount yours?

digitalarcade · « **Reply #20 on:** June 29, 2005, 05:17:41 pm »

Right..

I bought the graphic at Arcade Overlays in the USA..

dmsuchy · « **Reply #21 on:** June 29, 2005, 05:37:23 pm »

What in the hee haw is fablon?

Grasshopper · « **Reply #22 on:** June 29, 2005, 07:16:36 pm »

Quote from: dmsuchy on June 29, 2005, 05:37:23 pm

What in the hee haw is fablon?

It's called contact paper in the States.

digitalarcade · « **Reply #23 on:** June 29, 2005, 07:50:04 pm »

Sticky back plastic....comes in rolls....

Grasshopper · « **Reply #24 on:** June 29, 2005, 08:02:54 pm »

Will you be bringing this machine to the Classic Gaming Expo?

digitalarcade · « **Reply #25 on:** June 30, 2005, 02:32:09 pm »

Quote from: Grasshopper on June 29, 2005, 08:02:54 pm

Will you be bringing this machine to the Classic Gaming Expo?

Nah not this one - this one has an owner already waiting for it

May bring the XBOX Cocktail Cabinet to CGE if I finish it in time!!!

digitalarcade · « **Reply #26 on:** July 03, 2005, 06:04:10 pm »

WIP....

The top is not attached yet. Gonna paint the top black so there is no MDF colour showing..

Quick question for u chaps... the monitor I am using is very flat.... The bezel is more for a curvy arcade monitor...any suggestions on how I can get the bezel closer to the monitor?

digitalarcade · « **Reply #27 on:** July 04, 2005, 12:06:09 pm »

Right, got hold of a Dell 19" monitor today for FREE!!!!

Wil install that later and see if it fixes the bezel problem. Will use the other monitor in a future cabinet

digitalarcade · « **Reply #28 on:** July 05, 2005, 12:17:13 pm »

Installed a Black Dell 19" monitor.

Used a router to create a groove for the bezel.

P1 controls soldered and working.

To do:

P 2 controls
p1 and p2 buttons
Get coin door working
Rebuild PC

Apollo · « **Reply #29 on:** July 05, 2005, 06:25:04 pm »

Very cool

digitalarcade · « **Reply #30 on:** July 07, 2005, 04:39:40 am »

Thanks for the cool comments.

I purchased the coin door from www.pinballheaven.co.uk

Still a few more things to do before this cab is finished:

1) Solder up P2 controls
2) Get coin door working
3) Get P1 + P2 buttons working
4) Screw down control panels with mirror screws

And thats it.

I have installed Windows XP trial version on the cabinet with MAME 0.73.

Stuck a 16mb Nvidia card in the PC which makes all the difference. With the on-board graphics card the games are chuggy, the sound choppy and the graphics are blocky. With the Nvidia Card everything is super smooth.

Played it last night and am WELL pleased how it plays.

I am even considering hacking my Ms Pacman Cabinet to pieces and building one like this for myself with the re-usable bits (This cabinet is for someonelse by the way!)

Grasshopper · « **Reply #31 on:** July 08, 2005, 02:47:45 pm »

That is way cool, your best yet.

Don't forget to install the simultaneous two player hack.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,38312.0.html

digitalarcade · « **Reply #32 on:** July 08, 2005, 04:03:06 pm »

Cheers Grasshopper

Coin door working, 1- and 2-p buttons wired, 2-p control panel now working

digitalarcade · « **Reply #33 on:** July 11, 2005, 07:20:51 am »

Cabinet finished and picked up by new owner yesterday. A few final pics...

Knievel · « **Reply #34 on:** July 15, 2005, 06:19:59 pm »

That turned out really nice, must've been hard to let it go.

digitalarcade · « **Reply #35 on:** August 09, 2005, 11:09:59 am »

Little movie I put together of me making this cabinet...

http://digitalarcade.proboards38.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1123573339


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