My Arcade Cabinet

fergie666

fergie666

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Hey guys,

Well I thought it was about time I showed off my new arcade cabinet !

I purchased it about a month ago as a non working original Paperboy cabinet from 1985

I put about 150 - 200 hours of work into it and about £350 in total but what I have now is worth twice that at least but it is priceless to me :)

I forgot to take pictures of the cabinet when I first got it lol, I was just to keen to pull it apart and start converting it.

I done regular video logs for each step of the process and you can check them out on my youtube channel

YouTube - xTHExSTIGx

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Hope you like it, let me know what you think ;)
 
fergie666 said:
Lol, be a man and show her who wears the trousers ! I moved this in to the dining room and had to move the dining table out of the way to fit it in : ) Yay

The missus is only just talking to me again :D

Thanks mate
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Haha, thats quality. Actually moving furniture to get it in, she must love you :D
 
Your awesome.

I want that in my house. I dont think there's room for both the wife and the cabinet though.

I might tell her I'm leaving her for a paper boy...........*crickets*

*acquisition of coat*
 
Awesome!!

I only had time to watch part of the video, but will watch the rest when I get time.

Would you mind saying what is in the machine, Hardware wise?
All I know from your above reply is that it has 2 rewired joysticks or joypads, but a full list would be great!!


rp2000
 
rp2000 said:
Awesome!!

I only had time to watch part of the video, but will watch the rest when I get time.

Would you mind saying what is in the machine, Hardware wise?
All I know from your above reply is that it has 2 rewired joysticks or joypads, but a full list would be great!!


rp2000
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Thanks mate, yes no probs. The PC inside is a Abit AV8 mobo, AMD 3700+ CPU, 2 gig Corsair XMS Platinum RAM, Nvidia 7800GS gfx card, 120gb IDE hard drive, windows XP

The controls were built from scratch using a proper I-pac interface which emulates a USB keyboard. I was originally going to rewire some joypads but eventually went the i-pac route

The monitor is a 22" Sony Trinitron CRT
 
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I just spent the last hour watching your vids, you really are a games nutter....lol

Congrats on getting your cab finished, it looks absolutely fantastic, you did a great job amd i know you put a lot of hard work into it, i bet it brings a smile to your face every time you see/use it :D
 
pmbuzz said:
I just spent the last hour watching your vids, you really are a games nutter....lol

Congrats on getting your cab finished, it looks absolutely fantastic, you did a great job amd i know you put a lot of hard work into it, i bet it brings a smile to your face every time you see/use it :D
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LOL Thanks mate ! Yeah I do like a game or two hehe. Thanks for checking out my vids. Yeah the cab makes me very happy : )

Thanks to the rest of you guys kind comments also :)
 
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