Let's Talk About Sega System 16!

[Ghostnuke]

I think a sega 16 kit in an early Dynamo HS1 is about right.

I think so too. I just think these older games would feel weird on a larger monitor.

 

[Ghostnuke]

Just posting here to say I finally got a cabinet today. It's a Defender cabinet that someone converted to JAMMA and stuck a Side Arms board in. I don't feel nearly as bad about converting it to Sega now.

Anyway, it's a 19" monitor and an old style cabinet. I think it'll turn out great.

 

[PrairieDillo]

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

[tron guy]

fresno craigslist?

the guy emailed me today to see if I was coming to get it. lol

I told him I was 2nd in line.

funny that you were 1st

 

[stevel]

That Golden Axe is awesome. Great game. It seems to me that it is a little short though. I wish there were a few more levels, or they were longer. Still lots of fun though.

 

[Ghostnuke]

fresno craigslist?

the guy emailed me today to see if I was coming to get it. lol

I told him I was 2nd in line.

funny that you were 1st

Haha, yeah. I'll try to get some pics up later. It's definitely not pretty right now, but it will be.

 

[Ghostnuke]

Picture dump time.

Only has side art on one side, but that's ok since it'll be removed anyway.

Still has a nice Defender bezel.

The only other remaining Defender art.

 

[Ghostnuke]

The sticks are way too short.

G07, score!

I think it should clean up well. : )

 

[Scott C]

The best cab I can think of just for pure aesthetics is a dedicated choplifter cab.

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7333

check out the second cab pic
Its good for the single player games like Shinobi. As for the doubles, it would be a good cab to pick up an extra CP, and jammatize that badboy for 2 controllers where you could swap out the single CP or the double. Its only 19", but it looks awesome. Of course, you can't go wrong with a generic Dynamo HS-5 cab with a 25" monitor in the botton configuration of your choice. With the jamma converter by sega for the system 16, you would be set. And with the easy front slide out tray, it would be pretty simple to convert the games. And some NOS golden axe art, you would be pretty set. Only real drawback is your marquee art wouldn't be wide enough.

Sorry to say, but that is not the dedicated Choplifter cabinet. It's the SEGA conversion cabinet, but the Alien Syndrome cabinet shown below is the same cabinet SEGA used for the dedicated Choplifter (not the back corner is just off that pic). My Quartet 2 is in a previously dedicated Choplifter cabinet (I didn't convert it).

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=6857

Scott C.

 

[Ghostnuke]

Black paint or black vinyl, what do you guys think?

 

[PrairieDillo]

I'm still on the fence for using a defender but at least the CP is an easy piece to fab a new replacement and this one came with wico ball tops so that's nice. You should route out a cavity for the sticks on the new CP cause it rides too low right now.

Sand Patch and Paint.
Rustoleum Semi Gloss Back for the win.
The paint paint is cheap and since vinyl is tricky... why make it hard
This is a conversion so vinyl isn't needed.
Just use the most fine foam roller you can get.

 

[YieArKade]

I'll take that Side Arms marquee for cheap if you don't want it. And if you can remove most of that overlay in one piece I'll take it too.

 

[ifkz]

This thread brings back memories for me, as I did roughly the same thing a couple of years ago with a converted empty Stargate cab. It was entirely gutted and painted a bright shade of baby blue. I added an aftermarket generic panel from another game. This was during the MAME craze, so I found someone that was giving away a WG 4900 monitor. I found a couple more parts here and there. Perhaps the most labor intensive part of the project was reconstructing a JAMMA harness, splicing it back together from scraps, and then modifying it into System16 pinout. The only available inexpensive NOS side art was for Altered Beast, so eventually that is what the game became. I'll see if I can post pics a little later. I have a bunch of Sega16 boards mounted in my cab, my Altered Beast board is hanging like a bat upside down. I really crammed everything inside, but it works well. Changing games is a snap!

I sent you a PM about the Sidearms PCB. One of my projects this year is to hand build a System16 to JAMMA adaptor for this cab so I can play some more games

 

[Ghostnuke]

I think I probably will go with paint. I've got a couple projects in front of this one that need vinyl and I'll probably be sick of it by then.

Definitely need to figure something out for the joysticks though. I haven't even looked at the underside of the panel yet. I don't have a router, but I can probably find a plunge cutting bit for my rotary multitool.

I got a green generic Sega cpo, so I'm thinking maybe I'll do the Altered Beast theme. Anyone have an Altered Beast bezel for sale?

 

[ifkz]

Here is how my cab turned out with some paint and all of the parts I added. It is not perfect, I re-used the t-molding and the bottom is a little tattered. It's been fine for me though, for all anyone else knows I could have just bought it at auction.

From the side:

My board mounting example:

 

[Ghostnuke]

Nice looking cabinet! My boards arrived today, c/o Phetishboy, so I had something to do while I was waiting for my wood hardener to dry on another project.

 

[Ghostnuke]

I finally stopped playing Shinobi long enough to take a closer look at the cabinet. It's definitely going to be a lot more work than I initially thought...

The wiring is a hacked up mess. The tube has about 3 different games burned into it, and it looks like the front panel was broken off at some point.

Everything does work, it's just going to be a bit bigger project than I anticipated.

 

[PrairieDillo]

From the side:

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That looks more like a neo geo CP than the original Stargate one. The lip is too short on the front face to be the original.

 

[PrairieDillo]

use this Choplifter cab.
I think it looks old enough to be a good conversion to System 16.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/for/2271880420.html

Mr Bill is selling it.

 

[mrbill2084]

I was sort of holding it for a fellow klov person, but they said they were ok with letting it go, so I fixed the monitor and it works great.

here is the original post with pics.
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=165707

The monitor bezel has golden axe art stuck on the reverse side of the MK. Its a pretty cool cabinet as you can just pull 4 screws and rotate the monitor wood frame.

If someone is looking for golden axe art, I have NOS side art, But I think I have only one axe and one sword or two axes)..

If someone needs the cab to save/build a sega game, I will give them a deal on it..