The Official Post your Arcade Cabinet Thread!!

footmeetsskull

Yeah I have a VS cable. I was thinking of setting up side to side but, kinda like back to back better.

footmeetsskull

ericleroi, post: 7644378, member: 4391 wrote:

Top notch. How did you clean them up so well?

Started with soap and water. Then, we used a heavy duty degreaser and sanded after that before painting.

rcaido

Vs cable did you make yourself? Official? I'm having Franco make me one I have one already but wanted a 6button setup.

FreedomGundam

My first contributing post to this thread. :)

Not as cool as what most of you guys have, but here's my current work-in-progress. Mostly inspired by Vewlix cabinets, as well as a hint of Naomi cabs.
About a week or so (total time) this past August & September of brainstorming, designing, re-designing and the like; and the better part of my week off this past week cutting and building.





Still have some stuff that needs to be completed, obviously:
- control panel
- some sort of banner/marquee
- closing doors for the front
- some minor wiring of speakers, switches, etc

mendopnhc

I think you made a g balance clone without knowing it

footmeetsskull

rcaido, post: 7644645, member: 4387 wrote:

Vs cable did you make yourself? Official? I'm having Franco make me one I have one already but wanted a 6button setup.

Official it came with the Astros.

Trugoy

mendopnhc, post: 7645020, member: 47803 wrote:

I think you made a g balance clone without knowing it

um... wow.... now I want one of those !
Dont tell my vewlix clone!

footmeetsskull

Posted a few vids of my cabs on my YouTube in my sig. Doing a vid for my Blast City tomorrow.

childsremix

footmeetsskull, post: 7655403, member: 2990 wrote:

Posted a few vids of my cabs on my YouTube in my sig. Doing a vid for my Blast City tomorrow.

Thanks for the video! Would you ask your family how much it would cost to get a repaint done? Im considering taking an astro in to get repainted and wanted to know what I can expect to pay.

footmeetsskull

childsremix, post: 7664666, member: 5579 wrote:

Thanks for the video! Would you ask your family how much it would cost to get a repaint done? Im considering taking an astro in to get repainted and wanted to know what I can expect to pay.

We use Sikkens paint which from what I understand is top tier when it comes to automotive paint. It's not cheap you are looking at probably around $1,000.

rcaido

My small arcade room vid


Will do one for Mother Russia soon...

footmeetsskull

@rcaido call me Smuckers cuz I'm jelly!

BurnerAzR

@rcaido Damn dude, I was watching your vid, I took one look at my girl and she said no! Like a hundred times Lmao. Guess one cab is my limit.... For now at least.

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footmeetsskull

BurnerAzR, post: 7665503, member: 11396 wrote:

@rcaido Damn dude, I was watching your vid, I took one look at my girl and she said no! Like a hundred times Lmao. Guess one cab is my limit.... For now at least.

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Lol how quick my 1 cab limit turned into 4 hahaha

EVAWINGZERO

Nice vid Rcaido. I've been SUPER busy lately, working a bunch, house hunting, and house hunting.... I got some good stuff coming though, and I can't wait to get back towork on y Laptop-Cades.

FreedomGundam

Got this working over the weekend. It's functional and usable for the time being, but there's still some minor tweaks and adjustments that'll have to be made in the coming days/weeks.



More details and better pictures to come when the final features have been thrown in.

cammy-white

FreedomGundam, post: 7697591, member: 49468 wrote:

Got this working over the weekend. It's functional and usable for the time being, but there's still some minor tweaks and adjustments that'll have to be made in the coming days/weeks.


More details and better pictures to come when the final features have been thrown in.

One of the best console cabinets, I have seen in a while so clean.
If I paid you to do mine what would be the damage?

Black Convoy

We got this guy a few years back from a friend who was cleaning his garage for $50. The sticks are shot and the monitor is on it's last legs but it has the artwork and the board and coin mechanism work great. I'm considering sanding down the sides, but for sure I'm replacing the buttons/sticks with some sanwas and getting a new monitor and speakers. It'll be difficult since it's at my dad's house in Colorado. However, as soon as I get a new house, I'll give it a forever home.

FrankCastleAZ

Nice pickup. Classic Dyanamo HS-5. :-)
I love how you access the PCBs on those with the sliding board in front.

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undamned

Reminds me I still need to overhaul an old Vapor Trail I picked up a few years back on the cheap.
-ud

clipse84

Pictures of my Kraylix arcade cabinet.





Here Are Some Pictures With The Lights On.. 95% done I just need the akishop ps360+ pcb’s

P. Gorath

Black Convoy, post: 7706329, member: 80963 wrote:

We got this guy a few years back from a friend who was cleaning his garage for $50. The sticks are shot and the monitor is on it's last legs but it has the artwork and the board and coin mechanism work great. I'm considering sanding down the sides, but for sure I'm replacing the buttons/sticks with some sanwas and getting a new monitor and speakers. It'll be difficult since it's at my dad's house in Colorado. However, as soon as I get a new house, I'll give it a forever home.

Don't put sanwas in an american cabinet, that would be silly.

SisqoDisqo

P. Gorath, post: 7714955, member: 505 wrote:

Don't put sanwas in an american cabinet, that would be silly.

aside from that, routing the wood panel just to fit them in would be a bitch!

EVAWINGZERO

Finished rewiring both of my cabs and got them both up and running and cleaned up.


My Blast City has been running 360 since I have gotten it. My Astro has been running a 1-Slot MVS mobo with Garou/KOF.


But then........ This happened.




I Finally got a nice copy of my GRAIL fighting game. I am soooo happy!

Black Convoy

Man, I am jealous of that Blast City. As soon as I get a decent house, my goal is to get one of those or a Versus City.

Congrats on the SSFIIX. I've seen those go for crazy amounts.

EVAWINGZERO

Thanks, I paid a bit, but not too much. It's worth it, such a great game and so much better on actual CPS2.

Over the weekend, I had gone to an Arcade Auction in Georgia. I wanted another MK cab and wound getting 2 for a good price. One had been converted to Tekken 2 (Working, but needs some monitor work for sure). This one will be getting turned back to MK2. The other was an MK1 turned into a Marvel Vs. Street Fighter cab. This one needs a complete chassis rebuild, but was complete with the CPS2 game in it. I figured the game would be dead because it was probably still running it's stock battery from 96. Fast forward to last night, my cabs get dropped off and I snag the CPS board out of the cab to bring home. Plug it into the Astro and.....


I'll be replacing the battery in it this week, just to be safe. the game runs 100% It's the American version of the game too!

rcaido

I like the MvSF japanese version more...I cant believe i sold mine awhile back, im starting to collect CPS2 fighters...All i need is Vampire Savior, MvC, & MvSF & i should have all the classics.

Braintrash

For now, with a Naomi 2 mobo inside.

Bernie

Anyone have some good suggestions on where I can ind some decent seats to line up well with a candy cab? I can't seem to find anything worthwhile locally in stores around me. Doesn't really need to be padded or fancy or anything like that, just something not too expensive and at a good height.

sying

Bernie, post: 7836359, member: 74 wrote:

Anyone have some good suggestions on where I can ind some decent seats to line up well with a candy cab? I can't seem to find anything worthwhile locally in stores around me. Doesn't really need to be padded or fancy or anything like that, just something not too expensive and at a good height.

Sears has some adjustable black barstools, if you can deal with the Craftsman branding. They are about $40 each.

FrankCastleAZ

There's a large thread about this on Arcade Otaku you should read.
I'd link but I'mnot in position to do so atm

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FreedomGundam

Finally got around to putting in the last couple of little touches to my custom cabinet a few weeks ago.
So consequently, finally got around to taking/editing some additional pictures. Here are the details.

Bernie

FrankCastleAZ: I think I found what you're talking about but that's a bit too fancy for what I'm looking for. Plus they're in UK, which doesn't help me - I'm in the southwest U.S.

sying: I'll check those out. Probably too high for my candy cabs but it may be good for the American woody style I just picked up. Thanks.

emphatic

Bernie, post: 7836359, member: 74 wrote:

Anyone have some good suggestions on where I can ind some decent seats to line up well with a candy cab? I can't seem to find anything worthwhile locally in stores around me. Doesn't really need to be padded or fancy or anything like that, just something not too expensive and at a good height.

Get some "Jeff" from Ikea. They are cheap, and have back support for longer gaming sessions.

Donovan Guilfoyle

i would love t get a candy or a viewlix but i live in ohio and shipping is expensive (also college does not help in the money being available)

x24

emphatic, post: 7844330, member: 20303 wrote:

Get some "Jeff" from Ikea. They are cheap, and have back support for longer gaming sessions.

I have and use the same ones, although it can feel a bit flimsy. get chair pads while you're at it.

obertor

Great cabinets!

A quick question, does anyone know what the wait time is currently on a "Kraylix" cab?

x24

FreedomGundam, post: 7842812, member: 49468 wrote:

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I like how clean you have it on the inside. You should probably go further and front-mount that mini amp so you can control your volume without reaching in.

EVAWINGZERO

Just got this beast in the game room..... My back is killing me! Traded a friend a cab for this.

Not a Tekken fan at all, but I got some X Tekken running in it!

Black Convoy

Always did like the way the Tekken 5 cabs looked. The arcade I used to go to always had a problem with the card solenoid. (IE People throwing tokens inside of it)

rcaido

I always thought Tekken cabs were standup, is this custom made?

EVAWINGZERO

The dedicated Tekken 5 cabs are adjustable. They can go from standing to sitting. Pretty damn awesome.

rcaido

Is it easy to switch from sit-down to stand-up? Is it Tri-sync? The thing I didn't care for was the monitor bezel was grey. Felt like someone Mounted an old TV t an awesome cab.

EVAWINGZERO

I agree, I'm thinking about spraying it Flat Black, to match the rest of the cab, but I may eventually sell/trade it so I'm not sure.

It takes 2 people to raise or lower it based on the weight of everything. One person to lift, the other to add the bolts/risers.

This monitor is VGA only, not Tri Sync. Perfect for my 360 games!

EVAWINGZERO

Found an effing GEM in a small Alabama arcade......Got it for a sweet deal too....

EVAWINGZERO

Hmmm Images seem to not be working..... Anyways, I found a really nice capcom Impress cab in an Alabama arcade. Got it for a great price too.

aktham

Which 32 inch display are you guys using in your Vewlix clone? It's impossible to find the L32X1 :(

Kyle

Turning a candy cab into a deer hunting game is an abomination.

EVAWINGZERO

It really was.... Glad I am turning it back to a CPS2 cab.

Pablo_the_Mex

Anyone here ever try one of those jamma to vga converters? IMO we are at the point where every arcade collector is hoarding shit. Can't track down a large monitor at all.