tcleary
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I don't know if this really belongs here, but I don't really care, anyone saying go over to BYOAC or whatever can shove it. This is the community I visit and I have a bunch of real arcade games also.
This was a MK4 is pretty good shape. I totally junked it up and brought it back to life as an infinitely more interesting cabinet to me. For one MK4 side art is horrendous, along with the game itself, it has no place in my arcade, but MK2 and MK3 to me are classic, 2 of the games that really got me interested in arcades in the first place.
So that said this is the cab that started it all for me, and it's finally done (well almost, it's damn close)
My original idea was to either get a MK2 or MK3 and then put whichever one I didn't get on one side to make a hybrid cab of my two favorite MK games. I eventually found a MK4 so decided that would have to do. I gutted it, sold the MK4 board for some nice change (it paid for my side art) I got really lucky and someone here or on the other forum mailed me a complete MK2 control panel. what was really lucky about it is the art on it held up, even though it had been painted over and some other overlays had been applied to the top. I was able to get all that crap off and restore it back to a MK2 control panel (but it was converted to Street fighter 6 button layout so that was the only bad thing, it works well as a MAME control panel though)
So I MAMED the thing and it was to be my only cabinet, but then I got the fever and now have 10 games instead of 1, though I think I'm about done with the collection for now.
I still have the MK4 control panel and I can slap that on to get the MK layout. So only thing left to do is either get a MK2 or MK3 control panel top somewhere, or junk up my MK4 top with a MK3 overlay so I can complete the cabinet with the right controls. I could try just putting the MK4 top on here but the colors don't really match and I think it would look goofy.
Why I am making this thread is I finally got around to putting on the MK2 side art on the right side covering that abomination side art of MK4, I don't even know who the hell that character is nor do I want to, it has no place in my arcade. I could stand no longer looking at that big goofy face, it didn't entice me to play some mortal kombat more like it kept me away.
anyway I think the thing turned out nice and it's the perfect MK tribute in my arcade, one less MK4 in the world but one more MK2/MK3
This was a MK4 is pretty good shape. I totally junked it up and brought it back to life as an infinitely more interesting cabinet to me. For one MK4 side art is horrendous, along with the game itself, it has no place in my arcade, but MK2 and MK3 to me are classic, 2 of the games that really got me interested in arcades in the first place.
So that said this is the cab that started it all for me, and it's finally done (well almost, it's damn close)
My original idea was to either get a MK2 or MK3 and then put whichever one I didn't get on one side to make a hybrid cab of my two favorite MK games. I eventually found a MK4 so decided that would have to do. I gutted it, sold the MK4 board for some nice change (it paid for my side art) I got really lucky and someone here or on the other forum mailed me a complete MK2 control panel. what was really lucky about it is the art on it held up, even though it had been painted over and some other overlays had been applied to the top. I was able to get all that crap off and restore it back to a MK2 control panel (but it was converted to Street fighter 6 button layout so that was the only bad thing, it works well as a MAME control panel though)
So I MAMED the thing and it was to be my only cabinet, but then I got the fever and now have 10 games instead of 1, though I think I'm about done with the collection for now.
I still have the MK4 control panel and I can slap that on to get the MK layout. So only thing left to do is either get a MK2 or MK3 control panel top somewhere, or junk up my MK4 top with a MK3 overlay so I can complete the cabinet with the right controls. I could try just putting the MK4 top on here but the colors don't really match and I think it would look goofy.
Why I am making this thread is I finally got around to putting on the MK2 side art on the right side covering that abomination side art of MK4, I don't even know who the hell that character is nor do I want to, it has no place in my arcade. I could stand no longer looking at that big goofy face, it didn't entice me to play some mortal kombat more like it kept me away.
anyway I think the thing turned out nice and it's the perfect MK tribute in my arcade, one less MK4 in the world but one more MK2/MK3
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