Original & Custom Nintendo Cabaret Comparisons

Phetishboy

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Well, though I am still waiting on a few items to finish my DK cabaret, I brought it into the gameroom from the garage it has been sitting in for several months. I decided to shoot a few side to side and back to back comparison shots of the factory DK/Space Demon cabaret and my custom DKjr cabaret. You can see some of the changes, improvements and improvisations I needed to make, while still keeping pretty true to the original cab.

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Man that is very close .

Rarely do I like custom , non-original games , but that DK Jr is the most awesome custom cab I've ever seen . If it was real it would be at the top of my must have list . I love that DK Jr !
 
Man that is very close .

Rarely do I like custom , non-original games , but that DK Jr is the most awesome custom cab I've ever seen . If it was real it would be at the top of my must have list . I love that DK Jr !

Oh it's real. You just have to believe.
 
white t-molding > chocolate t-molding

No shit. If this machine was designed today I'd ask WTF was wrong with the design team. Knowing it was born from a mid to late 70's mindset, the cab feels like a style time capsule from that era. That being said, I still have 400 feet of this brown T-molding to sell for all your DK Cabaret restoration needs.
 
No shit. If this machine was designed today I'd ask WTF was wrong with the design team. Knowing it was born from a mid to late 70's mindset, the cab feels like a style time capsule from that era. That being said, I still have 400 feet of this brown T-molding to sell for all your DK Cabaret restoration needs.

Someone will need it for authenticity, or for that special custom Hershey cabinet.
 
Dude you should post the plans for this so that others can build there own cabarets since so few DK cabarets are in the wild.

Dude, you should learn how to use the search function. :) The specs Phet used for his cabinet are in this thread:

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=136478&highlight=cabaret

Just draw them out. I started building a cabinet based on those specs and the measurements turned out great:

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=248951&highlight=custom+mario+cabaret
 
Sorry but I was not trying to be pushy but I just think that your cab is really cool and that building my own might be the only way i can get Nintendo cabaret since normal Nintendo cabs a hard enough to find in my area. In fact the only Donkey Kong I have seen on CL in a 150 mile radius in the last 6 months is the one DreamTR is selling
 
Dude, you should learn how to use the search function. :) The specs Phet used for his cabinet are in this thread:

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=136478&highlight=cabaret

Just draw them out. I started building a cabinet based on those specs and the measurements turned out great:

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=248951&highlight=custom+mario+cabaret

Those are the measurements I would have used had I not found a cab to copy. They will help if you are starting from scratch for sure. You just have to gather them from all those posts (I think there were at least 2 threads that contained all the measurements), then begin drafting your own plans from the scattered measurements like Atlass is doing. Or, maybe he'll pass his completed plans along to you when he is finished, who knows.
 
Can't wait to see Popeye !

Do you think a Mario Bros mini would be possible ? Or is there not enough room on the cp for two players ?
 
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