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23-07-2013 8:24am

Looks sexy,
how come you keep it under wraps?
I keep the curtains closed beside mine to keep the sun off them.

On another arcade note.
Was somebody on here looking for 24mm P1 & P2 buttons?
Because I need some too!

That old jamma cab im fixing up originally had 24mm light up buttons.
Its coming on rapidly.I got it stripped out and cleaned last night.Found a single old 10p in it and a refresher wrapper.
It also had a wico leaf switch joystick.
That was a complete bastard to get out.
Luckily enough with a bit of wood working I'll be able to flip the CP and add a marquee light.
Getting some non working/untested monitors from Mitch later.
Hopefully will be able to fit a 20" in there!
heres a few before pics.
http://imgur.com/a/LvJ0I

(let me know if that link is bust)

Andrew76 · 23-07-2013 8:55am

urbanledge wrote: »

Looks sexy,
how come you keep it under wraps?
I keep the curtains closed beside mine to keep the sun off them.

On another arcade note.
Was somebody on here looking for 24mm P1 & P2 buttons?
Because I need some too!

That old jamma cab im fixing up originally had 24mm light up buttons.
Its coming on rapidly.I got it stripped out and cleaned last night.Found a single old 10p in it and a refresher wrapper.
It also had a wico leaf switch joystick.
That was a complete bastard to get out.
Luckily enough with a bit of wood working I'll be able to flip the CP and add a marquee light.
Getting some non working/untested monitors from Mitch later.
Hopefully will be able to fit a 20" in there!
heres a few before pics.
http://imgur.com/a/LvJ0I

(let me know if that link is bust)

Have to keep it under wraps as I've two young lads running about the place, just a bit risky leaving the screen un-protected with them about. :pac:

Yep your pics work fine, lol at the cat. Nice little cab that. :cool:

TechnoFreek · 23-07-2013 9:02am

I have my cab out in the open. Every now and cab my young lad (20 months) grabs hold of both joysticks and practically starts swinging off them.

Not good for the heart.

He also likes stuffing raisins and apple slices down the coin slot.

23-07-2013 9:20am

Yeah I hate it when the Nieces come over and start milling the joysticks!
The cat is a pain in the hoop.Its deaf as a post so sounds like a crying baby.
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CiDeRmAn · 23-07-2013 10:21am

Looking at Andrews lovely pics reminds me I need to pick up a bulb for my AWSD.
Is there a B&Q option I wonder?

Andrew76 · 23-07-2013 11:17am

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Looking at Andrews lovely pics reminds me I need to pick up a bulb for my AWSD.
Is there a B&Q option I wonder?

I think unky_chop_chop got a new bulb for his NAC in B&Q, presumably they are the same dimensions? Not sure though.

Here's the length you're looking for (probably standard):

CiDeRmAn · 23-07-2013 11:50am

Thanks
Of course should fitting result in explosion I'll be sending you the bill from the girl who has to draw my eyebrows back on!

Andrew76 · 23-07-2013 12:50pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Thanks
Of course should fitting result in explosion I'll be sending you the bill from the girl who has to draw my eyebrows back on!

If she looks anything like your 'OUYA' girl then make sure she includes a phone number on that bill. :P

TechnoFreek · 23-07-2013 9:32pm

Any gurus keeping upto date with hyperspin development?
Any new releases or updates of note in the last few months?

o1s1n · 23-07-2013 11:37pm

Good place to get fluorescent bulbs for these cabs is pet shops. One in my candy is for a fish tank

CiDeRmAn · 24-07-2013 7:58am

o1s1n wrote: »

Good place to get fluorescent bulbs for these cabs is pet shops. One in my candy is for a fish tank

Am I right about the size?
I know a great pet shop that had everything, might call in today

o1s1n · 24-07-2013 11:12am

I'm not sure about the length of the one in the atomiswave. I'd assumed they were all the same size, but the one in my Pony is shorter than the one in the SNK cab.

So open up the marquee/light section and take a measuring tape to it. Should give you a good approximation of which one you need to get.

You also need to make sure you have the correct diameter. The diameter sizes are measured in eights of an inch. A T8 bulb is an inch - from what I remember, I'm pretty sure that's the standard size for candy cabs.

So for example you may need a 58cm T8 bulb.

Los Lobos · 24-07-2013 11:19am

TechnoFreek wrote: »

I have my cab out in the open. Every now and cab my young lad (20 months) grabs hold of both joysticks and practically starts swinging off them.

Not good for the heart.

He also likes stuffing raisins and apple slices down the coin slot.

I found a cheese sandwich in my VHS player not too long ago.
A broken Ps1 game in a Ps2. Looked like it had been eaten by the Ps2
And last night, a ton of elastic bands in my snes.

I gotta keep a better eye on the young lad.

CiDeRmAn · 24-07-2013 11:46am

My family had issues with the VCR back in the day, had to wait till I came back from Sligo on leave to fix it, turned out to be a silvermint!

Kerbdog! J'accuse!

o1s1n · 24-07-2013 12:06pm

One of my parents dogs pissed in their VCR not long after they bought it (and it was new enough tech at the time)

Still worked grand for a good 20 years afterwards.

Would love to see how a modern blueray player would stand up to such punishment. I doubt it would

24-07-2013 12:26pm

Lads what would you pay for a burn free 20" hantarex polo?
I'm talking realistic money not adverts money!

o1s1n · 24-07-2013 12:51pm

€150 maybe? Not really too sure to be honest! Isn't Mitch selling them? Isn't say he'll give you a good price.

Myrddin · 24-07-2013 12:54pm

o1s1n wrote: »

€150 maybe? Not really too sure to be honest! Isn't Mitch selling them? Isn't say he'll give you a good price.

I'd have said about €70/€80 max, I seen videotronics selling 28" Polos before for €140ish

24-07-2013 12:56pm

I got a few off mitch,
unfortunately there all busted.
got 3 off him so will try get the 3 working and sell two.
if i do get them going they'll be going for A&R prices

o1s1n · 24-07-2013 1:24pm

Ahhh, when you said 'burn free 20" hantarex polo' and I knew that you'd previously bought busted monitors from mitch, I put it together and thought you were buying a new 20 inch hantarex from him (he mentioned before that he can get them in for about that price)

If they're refurbs then yeah, my estimation is way over the mark.

24-07-2013 1:42pm

I got the last few of mitch for free,
ended up chucking most of them tbh
I got one 13"/14" with light/medium burn out of the lot.
tis a nice little monitor in the end!

might have another going for free if anyone wants it?
will test it later,

The Last Bandit · 24-07-2013 1:48pm

Yep I'll take it, need an arcade screen for testing out some stuff so doesn't need to be perfect.

24-07-2013 1:51pm

sound,
I'll test it later and see what it does!

25-07-2013 8:53am

Working on the the old school cab last night,
still waiting on parts.I dont know why I'm so eager to finish it!
It never had a marquee light so I had to do some "woodwork" to make it work.
Got the harness in and got the monitor up and running.
I dont plan on leaving this monitor in it.It squeals like a pig when ever theres a lot of white on the screen.
going to squeeze a 20" vertical into it!

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MrVestek · 27-07-2013 5:07pm

Applied the marquee to the plexi.

The way it's printed means that it's clear and see through (no white either).

Here I am prototyping it with just A4 paper as a light difuser. Seems to work rather well!

29-07-2013 7:52pm

Fiest of the polo back in action!
a handy flyback swap!:D:D

80s Synth Pop · 29-07-2013 7:58pm

urbanledge wrote: »

Fiest of the polo back in action!
a handy flyback swap!:D:D

do you mind me asking where you got the flyback transformer? I've a similar monitor myself in need of repair - most likely a flyback and cap kit will fix it. looking for somewhere online to buy the parts

CiDeRmAn · 29-07-2013 8:11pm

The photo of the naked CRT puts me immediately in mind of Terry Gilliam's Brazil....
Buttle or Tuttle?

29-07-2013 9:10pm

Hay 80's
actualy ended up getting the flyback on flea bay from Germany.

it was 35e delivered
I just asked one of the lads over on J+ what model i needed and they sent me in the right direction.
I think I could have gotten it a bit cheaper if I had of looks around more.
Another update!

where once was 13" is now 20"
fits nicely.I'll sort out a cardboard bezel tomorrow and new glass.
Unfortunately the original glass was vandalized so is useless.
Thats part of the reason I changed the monitor size too.
strangely the glass is rectangular so was hori only anyway so made sense to change it.

got a 60-1 vert jamma for it!keeping it oldschool.:D

MrVestek · 30-07-2013 3:40pm

Not sure what thread this question belongs in really but anybody know any cheap (not arcadeguns) IR based usb guns that could be obtained to use with my arcade cabinet?

I'd love to be able to play House Of The Dead via NAOMI on the cab or some of the older stuff like Time Crisis or Terminator 2.

safetyboy · 30-07-2013 3:54pm

Ronni has a windy in stock

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30-07-2013 3:55pm

I had an ultimarc one before.
It was good (at times)
seemed like it needed to be calibrated a lot.
dont think it was cheap tho.I sold it on adverts in January

kevin2me · 30-07-2013 4:52pm

Achilles wrote: »

Not sure what thread this question belongs in really but anybody know any cheap (not arcadeguns) IR based usb guns that could be obtained to use with my arcade cabinet?

I'd love to be able to play House Of The Dead via NAOMI on the cab or some of the older stuff like Time Crisis or Terminator 2.

Gun Games are nightmare I find depending on what you want.

1
For Mame I bought Top Gun III for 50e, works great with anything you can run in Mame,
Recoil is pretty Cool too, and reason I didnt get Ultimarc guns.
http://www.play-asia.com/EMS_TopGun_III-paOS-13-71-1i-49-en-70-4e7s.html
You wont be able to get likes Time Crisis Working as too slow in Mame.
But some great Lightgun games like Police trainer and such.

2
If you got Kit for Naomi, it be worth getting arcade LightGuns.
then could switch between few games by switching Carts or NetDimm
Naomi 1 & 2 Guns games work great like
Confidential Mission
Lupin 3
Maze of Kings
Death Crimson DX

HOD2 is different story as you need BIOS on Motherboard, there is a special BIOS for HOT2.
Ive seen others planning on netbooting it. Unfortunately this is one of the few games that can't be netbooted.
They ended up having to buy the whole HOTD2 cage with the inbuilt Naomi mobo. "

3
Also could buy CHIHIRO MB and try get VCop 3, HoD3 and such working.

MrVestek · 30-07-2013 4:57pm

I probably should have said via a NAOMI emulator.

This a Hyperspin / MAME / Console emulator cab.

Yeah I was just about to order a TopGun III there via Play Asia until I saw shipping of just over $20 which is a little outside my spare cash fun right now.

Don't suppose you fancy selling yours if it's so much hassle? :P

kevin2me · 30-07-2013 6:37pm

Achilles wrote: »

I probably should have said via a NAOMI emulator.

Don't suppose you fancy selling yours if it's so much hassle? :P

Emulator naomi, That be fun, never tried that, must look it up

Aint selling it, Im a Hoarder

haha

o1s1n · 30-07-2013 9:41pm

One of the guys over on J+ uncovered a Bubble Bobble 2 proto! CHA-CHING! Great thread about it;

http://www.jammaplus.co.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53192&SID=414314224daff6213ezca9fe453398957523148&title=taito-f3-bubble-bobble-2-prototype-pcb

MrVestek · 31-07-2013 3:35pm

Ok I got over myself and just purchased an EMS TopGun III from Play Asia.

The recoil that has been known to cause black eyes appeals to me alot.

Just put my order through though and although I filled out my address correctly on the site when I went to pay via PayPal (again with the correct address details) it filled in my address as Monkstown, Hong Kong.

****. I was either going full retard and missed that or the site itself fecked it up. I hope they take the shipping address that is correct on their site and not the one from paypal. It doesn't even say Dublin on it, just Hong Kong.

Grr.

Optimus Prime · 31-07-2013 3:52pm

Put my newly sprayed parts back on the tetris cab im doing last night. Looks good i think. Just have to put the bezel artwork and glass on now. Ill post a pic of the finished cab, before and after when its done. hope to do it tonight or tomorrow.

Edit: pic is from Instagram which is why it looks faded.. aka hipsterish.

MrVestek · 31-07-2013 3:54pm

Looks gorgeous keithgeo!

Optimus Prime · 31-07-2013 4:11pm

Achilles wrote: »

Looks gorgeous keithgeo!

Thanks, im dying to finish it now so i can get stuck into the cocktail table, ive wanted one of these since i was a kid. first arcade game i ever played, in the reception of the sacre cour hotel in salthill!

31-07-2013 4:25pm

Yeah looks the biz!
I'll hopefully get a bit done on my project later.
Got a bit done in work today too..........ha ha ha

CosmicSmash · 31-07-2013 4:30pm

It's great seeing new life injected into the older cabs, keep it up:)

MrVestek · 31-07-2013 4:50pm

Any ideas on something can could be used as a decent enough gun holster for the topgun?

Thanks.

Optimus Prime · 31-07-2013 10:14pm

Tetris Cab.. before the face lift!

And.. Done!

Now.. the space invaders cocktail table!

01-08-2013 8:04am

Got a good bit done last night,
Its now playable!

Got the CP done and wired.
All I need is some nice carriage bolts for the stick.

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Buttons are pritty much the same as the originals so......
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Dont know what I think of the lights!
kinda 50/50 but I'll add a switch anyway.

All thats left is the glass which I have coming tomorrow,
reassemble the coin door and maybe set it for 20 cent
and tidy the wiring.:D

MrVestek · 01-08-2013 9:01am

Well now that I have a fiancé I'm sure we'll start talking about buying a house soon (after the wedding of course).

When all is said and done the first thing I'm purchasing is a Street Fighter II - Champion Edition cab. I don't care weather she likes it or not.

01-08-2013 9:11am

Big words Achilles

lets see if your man enough

CiDeRmAn · 01-08-2013 11:02am

urbanledge wrote: »

Big words Achilles
lets see if your man enough

Expect to hear the sound of begging and man tears at some time in the future, not a great way to make an impression on ones new neighbours though....

MrVestek · 01-08-2013 12:01pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Expect to hear the sound of begging and man tears at some time in the future, not a great way to make an impression on ones new neighbours though....

I don't cry tears I cry acid. ACID MAN TEARS.

01-08-2013 12:30pm

Just ran the numbers and I reckon that cab has cost me 320 all in!
not bad I reckon.
The 60-1 PCB was 50 alone.

If I was to sell it what do you think it would be worth?
Not that I am.
Im going to hang onto it in my garage for a while or maybe get my ma to "look after it"

unless something sexy comes up for sale.........

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