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Title: Bally Midway Cabinet... 0.01% Complete
Post by: nintendoid on May 12, 2016, 10:03:19 am
OK so once again a new summer in the UK means we get maybe 5 days in total of sunshine! So lets see if we can get everything we need to get going.

First plans... we need to build a cabinet, but which one?!? Going through old games I use to play at arcades I would like to try and make a dedicated cabinet of a Midway classic..

I have looked on the internet and found the cabinet... that's the 0.01% Complete!

I now need someone who owns one of these cabinets to help me get the measurements. It does seem very similar to a PACMAN but with a straight angle on the side profile and the screen more angled.

I'm also not sure the official name of these cabinets but seems to have been used for a couple of Bally Midway games such as:

I have added some pictures below if anyone can help me.
(http://www.arcade-museum.com/images/2F118%2F1181242156137.jpg)
(http://ci-cdn.23bits.com/_s/92/427/si-131130025812-960.jpg)

Title: Re: Bally Midway Cabinet... 0.01% Complete
Post by: wp34 on May 12, 2016, 10:12:35 am
Great first post.   :cheers:

Looking forward to this project.  I love this cabinet style.
Title: Re: Bally Midway Cabinet... 0.01% Complete
Post by: Vidiot on May 12, 2016, 11:12:14 am
Looks like a Stargate cab. I've always wanted to do a multi-Williams type cab some day. I'm watching this one. Good luck with your build. Hopefully someone can help with the measurements you need.
Title: Re: Bally Midway Cabinet... 0.01% Complete
Post by: zinger on May 12, 2016, 11:16:52 am
You're not building a Nintendo cabinet?  :o

Good luck with this! How faithful will your build be to the original cabinet?
Title: Re: Bally Midway Cabinet... 0.01% Complete
Post by: Vidiot on May 12, 2016, 11:26:26 am
It looks like Jakobud has the Stargate cab plans:

http://jakobud.com/cabinetPlans.php (http://jakobud.com/cabinetPlans.php)
Title: Re: Bally Midway Cabinet... 0.01% Complete
Post by: nintendoid on May 17, 2016, 05:54:20 am
Quote from: zinger on May 12, 2016, 11:16:52 am
You're not building a Nintendo cabinet?  :o

Good luck with this! How faithful will your build be to the original cabinet?

Have a Nintendo cabinet already :)

Thanks for help but its not a StarGate cabinet :(