Saving A Beat up 4 Player Simpsons

[Tighe]

yea the control panel is a slikstik I bought from someone on BYOAC..yea its an illusion all works good. I'm torn because I know it really doesn't look like a real showcase but at the same time a showcase takes up double the space..and there is no way i'm sticking that in our living room haha. I really like the cabinet you put together, and my original plan was to put all of my 90s style games in a konami cabinet. Since I can really only fit one cabinet in my place (not counting my cocktail cab haha) i'm thinking i'll just stay with my 360. I guess my best bet is to just keep it as is and fix up the monitor stand so it looks a little more real. You think if I do Tmolding on that I should do it so the tmolding faces to the sides, or faces the front where you stand I can pretty much do either, I would just cut slits in the wood to keep it in place. In the meantime i'm keeping my eyes open for a cabinet like yours..can store it at my parents place in NJ until I move out to the suburbs hah.

You know there isn't anything from stopping you from putting a widescreen monitor in a cabinet.

 

[JRoz]

Well yea but it won't be proportional..i'm assuming that cabinet you have there would probably fit a 25-28" LCD if you were lucky right? You're right you could always just make a custom faceplate for it I guess

 

[Tighe]

Well yea but it won't be proportional..i'm assuming that cabinet you have there would probably fit a 25-28" LCD if you were lucky right? You're right you could always just make a custom faceplate for it I guess

That, or you could bolt in on the outside, and have it hang over the edges. I have seen that done, look fine.

This would be best:

 

[Tighe]

got any pics of cramming that 27" in there? I like the white molding btw nice contrast in color.

Here you go Jimmy!

 

[Tighe]

Done!

This project is now what I consider 99% done, since the only things left to do are very minor, and I want to move on to other projects.

Fully Body Shot:

Control Panel Top:

Bottom:

Volume control from PC speaker/sub-woofer. I wired the amp into the existing cabinet speakers, and the sub-woofer is inside the cabinet. Sounds great:

You can change the disc from the bottom left coin door:

 

[Tighe]

Video

Here is a video I made, watch on youtube to see in HD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbnRTKI2hHQ

 

[Tighe]

Posting anything in the Restoration section is a sure fire way for no one to see it.

 

[trickman]

Not true! I love seeing this stuff!

 

[Tighe]

Maybe I should buy replacement side art now! I downloaded The Simpsons for the 360, it is just like the original:

 

[gottifour]

Looks great all the way around! I really like the look of the CP with the white controls.

Did I miss the part where you explained how you wired up the controls? Did you buy an already hacked XBOX 360 controller or do it yourself?

I would like to get the newer NBA Jam going in my MAME cab which is currently using an ipac. It looks like I may have to run redundant wires to a hacked XBOX 360 controller or something.


Either way, great work on the restoration of the cabinet!