Concept Work

I created these quickly in photoshop using the color sample from the Krylon page.
Obviously this is a very rough, but it illustrates the look I'm going for.
I'm excited to get working on these.

This N' That

So today I picked out the paint I'd like to use on the counter top arcades.
Krylon Gum Drop, Pumpkin Orange, and Sun Yellow. I paired each color up with buttons and a Sanwa ball top that would match. If all goes well and the price is good each cabinet will also feature some classic side art.

Cabinet one features Krylon Sun Yellow along with a transparent yellow ball top and 24mm yellow Sanwa buttons. I'd like to feature the art from Donkey Kong one on this cabinet.

Cabinet two features Krylon Gum Drop along with a transparent purple ball top and 30mm black Sanwa buttons. On this cabinet (which I plan on keeping) I would like to use the art from Donkey Kong Jr.

Cabinet three features Krylon Pumpkin Orange along with a transparent orange ball top and 30mm orange Sanwa buttons. For this cabinet I would feature the art from Donkey Kong 3. I think this cabinet could look the best to be honest. The side art has various pops of orange throughout. All in all I think the elements of this cabinet will work really well together making for (what I hope) to be an amazing finished product.

http://www.localarcade.com/arcade_art/

Next Project

So now with the MAME project done I've moved onto my bar top's and jukebox.
Two of the three bar top's will be for resale and one to keep.
I've picked up brand new jamma harnesses, hori buttons and joysticks, 48-in-1 boards, and just today picked up the spray paint. I'm thinking of printing out side art depending on the cost involved doing so. As is it's looking like I will go with the art from Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr, and Donkey Kong 3.

Moving On!

The MAME project is done, well %99 done.
A few small things remain like cleaning up some wires, going into the BIOS to stop the RAM check the PC does upon power up. It's Thanksgiving so there is a lot on the go, but as is it's %100 playable. I would expect Monday I would take care of these few small things.

I've moved right onto my jukebox project, which I'm excited about.
I've added the link :

http://www.thebossbox.blogspot.com/

DONE !

It's late, I'm pissed off, and I want to smash my brothers IPOD.
Moving over 2000 songs for his trip to Poland is anything but fun.
It's 10:33 and I think I started f**king around with this thing at 6 or so.
Anyway with the help of my brother I completed the MAME cabinet today.
I'll post more pics and info later, but I'm proud to report it's done.

We cut out a portion of the cabinets rear, that allowed us to seat the monitor in the ideal position. Using some wood we shimmed the monitor into place. It's pressed nicely up against the back of the bezel and looks really good.

Anyway more to come later !

Final Stages

So I can finally say (and feel good about it) that this project is finally in the final stages. I'm still waiting to get my hands on a jigsaw, but other then that its pretty much done. I had a few connections on the IPAC that were loose, but I fixed them today. I also had a problem with the audio being super quiet. I rewired the speakers and the audio is great now. Perhaps a little too much bass, but I should be able to easily adjust that. I've decided as mentioned prior that the PC will simply remain tucked behind or beside the cabinet. And the keyboard kept on top of the PC for easy access. I do have one PC issue that I am yet to fix. When I had major PC issues sometime ago when it was repaired it would do a check of the RAM every time. Pressing escape will void the process. However now running MAME I don't want to wait every time for the test to complete. And with the keyboard stashed behind the PC hitting the escape key isn't going to convenient. Other then that I feel good. I've sent out an email to price some side art. I've designed an instruction card as seen in this blog and I'm going to look for a move set sticker similar to the ones found on Tekken cabinets.