Building Golden Tee Fore Machine

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So I have a pretty generic question, but I know people here can easily help. I am going to build a new pedestal box for a Golden Tee Fore hookup.

If I had the board and hard drive, what are each of the additional pieces (buttons, trackball, wiring harnesses, etc.) that I need (exactly) to build the cabinet and wire the game up. I plan on hooking to an external TV instead of an arcade monitor.

Thanks!
 
your gonna need everything you would in a normal cabinet except a monitor, plus a convertor.

Buttons
Trackball
Wiring harness
Power Supply
Board
Hard Drive
idk if you want a coin door?

I know Jrok sells the convertors for the RGB

I wanna do this to, I want a golden tee so bad and this seems like the easiest way
 
Thanks for the reply. I don't need the coin door. I am just new to the innards of arcade games. My buddy is getting new board for his 2004 machine, so I am going to get his old board.

On the trackball side, if I buy a new ball from Happ or something like that do I also need to purchase a mounting bracket? It seems like there are several variations of those out there, so I don't know if there is an exact type that I need.

Thanks!
 
im gonna bump this for you to hope you get an answer.

I remember something about trackballs depending on which board you have, either a red or green board.

Hopefully someone chimes in!
 
You have a few ways of mounting the trackball (yes the happ one is fine).

Here is a listing I have on craigslist. Though I am going to pull it off and pull out the GT Stuff to sell separate and keep the supergun.

http://tucson.craigslist.org/vgm/2159566086.html

Sorry for the small picture but you can see how the wood is routed underneath. You don't need a mounting plate this way. Or you can route out the entire wood and then use a mounting plate.

The way I have it hooked up is directly to an LCD monitor via vga. I just pulled the cable off the board from the 3dfx card and plugged a monitor into it. Works great.

You will need a jamma harness.

If more questions pop up just let me know, maybe I can help.
 
Here is a close up picture of the inside. I believe I made the wire harness going from the board to the trackball myself.

This is a GT Fore 2005 Green Board.
 

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that looks awesome dude.

I'm doing something similar with a HotRod SE, minus the board mount on the inside (for obvious reasons).
 
Cool, thanks for the photos. I am going to build this as a pedestal cabinet with hand grips on each side for easy moving (neighbors around here like to play very late at night, so we have to move it to the house where the wife is currently the happiest).

I think it still needs to have a pretty large footprint to make it stable when people are trying to destroy the trackball with their palms.

Let me know if anyone has some cool ideas for building such a thing or plans.

What are the options for creating an overlay? It looks like you can buy the overlay and then the function stickers, but for somewhere in the neighborhood of $60 total. Seems like overkill.
 
Overlays for CPs are expensive but well worth it IMO. All of the custom arcade sticks I build we get them from http://www.gameongrafix.com/ (Formally mamemarquees). I have been working with them for years.

The CP overlay have a polycarbonate laminate on them and very rarely wear down. I have only seen a few of my arcade sticks wear a bit and these users play fighting games for 10 hours a day :).

If you you don't want to go with an expensive sticker option you could always get it printed at Kinkos or Costco and put plexi glass on top. You will need to drill button and trackball holes into the plexi as well. If you are already going to buy a 1 1/8" and 3" hole saws for the wood then you should be set anyway.

Also, if you are using the plexi you might need to cut the trackball all the way through the wood, then the plexi will act at the mounting plate of sorts. Plexi will attach to the wood and the trackball will attach to the plexi

Good luck. I just put my unit on a table, it has rubber feet and never moves.
 
How do they hold up with the sticker overlay and no plexi?

With a table top version, do you still feel like you are playing an arcade game? Just curious.
 
My box seems to work just fine. I've never actually played it on a cabinet.

The printed overlays are very durable, at least the ones from game on grafix are. I stick them directly to MDF and they don't peel.
 
I got mine from happ. Honestly I don't remember if I had to do any rewiring or make a harness, but I don't think so.
 
I see most people are building using MDF, is that the best route to build these cabinets?

I now have found some plans that I am going to modify to create a pedestal instead of full sized cabinet.

Another question, how do these arcade game boards hold up being outdoor like in a garage? I live in the south but can still see temperatures in the 20's over night. Obviously it is not that cold in my garage, and it will be insulated to some degree by the cabinet.
 
How about hooking up a speaker on a newly built box? I assume wires from the Jamma harness connect to the speaker?

Would it be best to mount a speaker inside of the actual cabinet and drill holes for the sound to come out?
 
Hey ArcadEd, will this converter be sufficient to get the display for GT to my television set that has a VGA in?
 
Alright, so here is a big question. Can I create my GT cabinet, and also run MAME using the same controls?

I am not sure if you can splice into the JAMMA wires to send connections the the MAME interface card or what the best approach would be (assuming it is possible).
 
Hey ArcadEd, will this converter be sufficient to get the display for GT to my television set that has a VGA in?

You don't need an adapter. There is a VGA cable that runs from the 3dfx card to the gt board. Just take it off the GT board and plug your monitor cable directly into it. You may need a gender changer. I believe you also have to change the dip switches on the board to go to hires mode.
 
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