School me on nintendo cabs !!

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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
 
They are extremely light wieght and easy to move around compared to other cabinets.

They run the narrow (3/8?"?) t-molding. Some require a special offset t-molding.

Volume controls are generally located on the monitor frame with all the other crap.
 
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


Cons- The flourescent fixture takes a starter that always has to be ordered online.Switch it out for a modern fixture to avoid the hassle eliminating the need for the obsolete starter.T-molding deteriorates over time but can be replaced now that it is being reproduced by Chomping quarters.Marquee,front glass,bracket and inside bracket need removal to extract the monitor.Other than that no other cons that I can think of.

Pros-light weight,high quality materials,most of the games are fun

Boards are not interchangeable

Price-depends on what you want to pay

Ease of repair depends on what the issue is.
 
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.
 
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!
 

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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.

I'm with you,at 6'2 I have to bend over to play mine and when I do sit down I'm looking at the marquee so I have to bend over sitting down. lol Not to be racist or anything but did Nintendo take only the height of most japanese people into consideration when building these? Is this the reason for the small size? The american made cabs were not this way,Taito being the second shortest cabinet I think? I have american made cabinets that are taller than me.
 
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.

I thought standard would work but it's too wide on both sides. Is'nt the offset only being produced in white?
 
Not sure there was a Post on this a while little bit ago. You always be cheap and just get bigger and cut it down with a razor blade. cant say that'll look good but it would work. Just throw some duct tape up on the marquee to hold it too. J/K
 
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.

You can only use a DK3 in a DK or DKJR if the cab has an edge connector harness.
DK3 pcb only has edge connector and no little black connectors.
And yes,you don't need to remove the marquee to take out the monitor.;)
The plywood cabs use 9/16" T-Molding and the particle cabs use 5/8" offset T-Molding.
 
Cons: The wooden bases are usually broken (but easily rebuilt). And as already mentioned, the light fixtures suck, but again easy to replace.

Pros: Comon, its a friggin' Nintendo, 'nuff said.
 
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