phatchit
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I might be picking up a Donkey kong and know nothing about nintendo cabs.Whats the cons, pros,what do i look for,how easy is it to fix ,how expensive, are the boards exchangeable . Let the schooling begin. Thanks fellow Klovers
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I might be picking up a Donkey kong and know nothing about nintendo cabs.Whats the cons, pros,what do i look for,how easy is it to fix ,how expensive, are the boards exchangeable . Let the schooling begin. Thanks fellow Klovers
Boards are not interchangeable
They wern't made for humans. I am a towering 5'9" and I am staring right at the marquee when I try to play. Pretty much the only game I have that I must play sitting down.
Easy to restore, the laminated cabinets are very tough and clean up easilly. Side art, bezels, control panels, instruction decals are all readilly available.
DK should be Red or Blue. DRJr, should be orange. Lots of conversions out there floating around.
They wern't made for humans. I am a towering 5'9" and I am staring right at the marquee when I try to play. Pretty much the only game I have that I must play sitting down.
Easy to restore, the laminated cabinets are very tough and clean up easilly. Side art, bezels, control panels, instruction decals are all readilly available.
DK should be Red or Blue. DRJr, should be orange. Lots of conversions out there floating around.
No way dude!
I believe it's the dreaded 5/8" offset but ask Phet He'd know I think he just built one.
Yeah I think that's right. I didn't think it was offset, but when I look closer, it might be. Sorry I forgot my micrometers and calipers in my other pants.
If it's made of plywood, lightweight and the trim is about 11/16" then you have a DK cab. If it's heavy, particle board and trim is 5/8" then you have a Popeye.
The plywood cabs are great, small, light and easy to work on. one of my favorites to rebuild and work on.
Particle board cabs are US built, plywood are Japanese. DK and DK Junior came in particle board cabs as well. - Barry
Marquee,front glass,bracket and inside bracket need removal to extract the monitor.Other than that no other cons that I can think of.
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i must be losing it, but out of the 100 or so donkey kongs that i have owned over the years, i have never had to remove a marquee to get the monitor out
If the cabinet is setup as a vertical player, then a person can swap out DK, DKJR and DK3.