Arcade Cabinet

Anonamoose

Looking for an arcade cabinet for a diy retro game project.
Anybody have any clue where I could start?

Cheers

LoGiE

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banjoman22

I am a furniture maker just out of college and my cousin wants me to build one for him, are you looking to build an arcade cabinet or have one made?

Anonamoose

banjoman22 wrote: »

I am a furniture maker just out of college and my cousin wants me to build one for him, are you looking to build an arcade cabinet or have one made?

I suppose it would depend on price really...

Devil is in the details....

banjoman22

well if you want it made I can give you a price after i know what your after

Anonamoose

I was thinking of something along the lines of the old 1980's upright gaming cabinet... 1800mm tall around 500mm width and depth.
Can't post a photo as I don't have 50 posts yet... but if you google Leisure 2000 arcade cabinet you would get a rough idea

CathalDublin

You would be mad to build, you'd pick up a cabinet similar to the leisure2000 for about €200 with a working CRT, JAMMA harness, PSU, Controls, etc.
This would be your best bet. You can then build a PC 2 JAMMA rig and can play Emulation or use original JAMMA boards.

Not sure what this dude wants but its only worth about €200

Anonamoose

Where would I pick one up....I can't seem to find one anywhere ???

Checked Adverts...Donedeal.....Ebay.....Gumtree

Any help would be appreciated.......

EDIT: Just seen that link....

Myrddin

Anonamoose wrote: »

Where would I pick one up....I can't seem to find one anywhere ???

Checked Adverts...Donedeal.....Ebay.....Gumtree

Any help would be appreciated.......

A user here called mitchomagic should be able to help you if you pm him

CathalDublin

Linked one in the post above, they come up for sale every few weeks, just keep an eye on adverts/donedeal. You could also try contact Mitchomagic on the forums, he usually has a few generic cabs for sale. in fact I think he had a few Naoimis for sale recently for resonable money, a little more than mentioned above though

CiDeRmAn

I would suggest be patient, otherwise you'll buy possibly the first thing you come across any might wind up both poorer and disappointed.
Upright traditional Arcade cabinets come up on Adverts often enough, though prices can be daft.
A non working example that is little more than a shell should be around €100/150, find a working one with a decent monitor and I wouldn't spend more than €350 tbh.
Mitchomagic is a regular in these areas, a quick search and a PM might uncover something suitable and priced keenly.

Also, with my moderator hat on, this thread is for advice only, no sales or selling of services here.
Thanks.

Anonamoose

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I would suggest be patient, otherwise you'll buy possibly the first thing you come across any might wind up both poorer and disappointed.
Upright traditional Arcade cabinets come up on Adverts often enough, though prices can be daft.
A non working example that is little more than a shell should be around €100/150, find a working one with a decent monitor and I wouldn't spend more than €350 tbh.
Mitchomagic is a regular in these areas, a quick search and a PM might uncover something suitable and priced keenly.

Also, with my moderator hat on, this thread is for advice only, no sales or selling of services here.
Thanks.

Thanks.... but I want one nooooooooooooooooooow........

I suppose I better put my patient hat on and keep an eye out....

CiDeRmAn

Kerbdog has a Taito cab but it is in need of a lot of work to become worth keeping.
He has taken all the sh1te out so, if you are interested, I'm sure he can let it go for feck all and let you have something to work on, as a project.
Certainly there'll be plenty of opportunities to use all your skills, from woodwork to metalwork, from electrical wiring to gluing vinyl on the finished product.

Anonamoose

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Kerbdog has a Taito cab but it is in need of a lot of work to become worth keeping.
He has taken all the sh1te out so, if you are interested, I'm sure he can let it go for feck all and let you have something to work on, as a project.
Certainly there'll be plenty of opportunities to use all your skills, from woodwork to metalwork, from electrical wiring to gluing vinyl on the finished product.

Does he have it advertised somewhere that I could get a look at ?

CathalDublin

I assume its one of the taitos in this advert which was being referred to

KeRbDoG

It can be used as a template for that style of cab - 20euro and its yours of course, you would need to pick it up

Hygro

KeRbDoG wrote: »

It can be used as a template for that style of cab - 20euro and its yours of course, you would need to pick it up

Jaysus, I'd be interested in that myself!

Hygro

Hygro wrote: »

Jaysus, I'd be interested in that myself!

You'll have to fight me for it

KeRbDoG

So your aware, it will need the majority of the wood replaced if someone was gonna restore it. Most suited to be a template

CathalDublin

here you go
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057285963