Thursday, July 26, 2012

Coming Soon To A Games Room Near You

Working Final Fight $50 !
Thanks to buddy of mine this Saturday I'll be getting this awesome Final Fight cabinet.
This is one of the games I remember pumping quarters into as a kid.
Really a game I often play on various Capcom to collections via some of my many consoles.
Every now and again I fire it up in MAME and give it a go also.
Really it was one of my holy grails of gaming. Thanks to the generosity of a fellow gamer  who knew I loved this game I now own it. Sergio thank you again sir for really hooking me up with this. This was like a grand slam !

I don't think I'll work on it til the other projects are sold, but I'm happy to say it doesn't need any parts that I can't find. Monitor will need to be capped, body will need to be stripped, sanded, patched and painted. I'll also need to order some T-molding, but that's it.





Monday, July 23, 2012

MameMania and 60 in 1 Project

So as I said I managed to buy back two projects I had sold almost two years ago.
With my collection finalized (at least what will make it into the house!) and nearing completion I got the "bug."

I needed some goodies to work on and I'm excited to wrap these up. I've completed the body work, which is not flawless, but good enough for cabinets I don't plan on keeping. One is going to be DK blue, the other a nice bright yellow I picked up yesterday.

The master plan MAMEMANIA, a pure wrestling cabinet featuring MAME and console emulation.
Games ranging from Atari titles all the way up to and including some Dreamcast and PS1 titles.
Yellow paint, red t-molding ! Think Hulkamaina !





**** Right now in Ajax (Ontario Canada) its way too hot to paint. I'd love to be outside doing that now, but I've opted to chill in the AC ****

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

New Projects....More Info To Come !

Donkey Kong Jr MAME - DONE !
Donkey Kong 60 in 1 (jamma) - DONE!
Popeye Jamma w. Bad Dudes & Wrestlefest - DONE! ....and awaiting monitor swap.
Mario Bros MAME - PC still a work in progress

** My Mario MAME is coming along well but the summer months leave me with less and less time.
I've got pretty much everything done with the Mario Mame less the PC.
Setting up the PC with all the ROMS and emulators takes time. I'll do it, I want it done, it just takes time.
With that said I took on two new projects !

About two years ago when I got what is now my Donkey Kong Jr I picked up three more cabinets in the deal. One turned into my buddies Street Fighter II MAME and two I sold at cost to a co-worker.
Fast forward two years, most projects done, my NEO GEO sold, my MAME sold, my Virtua Cop 2 cabinet sold, and my Outrun cabinet spoken for I have a void !

I was able to buy the cabinets back at cost plus $20 to deliver.
One is going to be a 60 in 1 that I will sell and use the money to support the hobby, the other a custom Wrestling cabinet done Hulkamaina style !