and this one i am trying to sell actually. looks cool none the less. i have no idea what game the side art is from. ive been thinking about painting it black and hunting down a capcom CP overlay.
oh the memoriesā¦ whenever i walked into an arcade in the 90ās, this is the marquee i was looking for.
Finally got around to finishing up my newer cab. Monitor on this thing is toooooo good. iPhone pic doesnāt do it justice.
Now I just need a place big enough that I can have both cabs in operation at onceā¦ Currently my other cab is out in the garage
I am going to say Bad Dudes.
Hey everyone, i just wanted to share my new project i have been working on. Will be devoted to Super Street Fighter 4! 
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3189330/IMG_0030.JPG
This is the wonder state it was in before a good cleaning and a new coat of paint.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3189330/IMG_0031.JPG
Another view of the rusted control panel.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3189330/IMG_0034.JPG
Disassemble!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3189330/IMG_0066.JPG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3189330/IMG_0063.JPG
Almost there! Xbox 360 running in cabinet with sound. New control panel, overlay, sticks, and buttons have been ordered. I will be working on hacking gamestop controller for the CP.
http://s556.photobucket.com/albums/ss7/cupswithstring/Site/SSF4Marquee.jpg
This will be the new marquee
thats bad ass!
The marqee looks great! Interested to know how you did the artwork as I need something similar but with regular A4 dimensions for my cab.
The PS2 or Xbox versions of 3rd Strike would be preferable to a MAME setup in my opinion. Although there are slight speed and gameplay differences from the PCB and the console releases I would still prefer the stability of a console over the varied nature of a pc.
With a pc you have to deal with:
-input delay
-inaccuracy of emulators. Although everyone says āa emulator IS the game!ā thatās not exactly true. Emulation is never perfect, and is nowhere near as well documented or approved for competition as a console release.
-Emulator slowdown/speed-up. See above. Nearly every emulator runs at a different speed from the arcade, and that can make a big difference to me. With programs running in the background there is always the issue of random things happening to affect performance in an emulator, and even cause it to crash. This is far less likely on a console.
In the past I owned a MAME cab:
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/1798/image6n.th.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3618/image1xx.th.jpg
It has now been taken apart for modification. I sold the 19" Tri-sync monitor I had in there during a moment of desperation and now Iām looking for a replacement. I think Iām going to attempt to refurbish the original monitor by doing a cap kit on the chassis, and replacing the tube from an RCA television to get rid of the burn in. Iāll lose the EGA/VGA functionality, but I never used those much anyway.
Different times Iāve wanted to replace the comp sticks and buttons with Japanese stuff, but I think Iāll leave it alone for now. Maybe once I get the other stuff in line.
I had an Ultimarc I-pac in there, and it was pretty good. Extremely easy to work with. I have heard it dropped inputs, but that never seemed the case with me. I sold it along with my monitor. In the future I plan on adding multi-console cthulhu support for ps2/3, and also DC support. I should be able to connect it all together with D-sub connectors.
I think Iām getting kind of bored with MAME. I have played hundreds and hundreds of hours of classic arcade games in the last few years, and Iām ready to move on to a new era of gaming. Iād like to to get into the stuff that came out in the late 90s. Most of those games are not emulated well enough for my liking, and the console versions have been released in near arcade perfect form.
Iām not really interested in collecting boards in any form. Itās too expensive for me, and the allure of consoles/emulation is too strong.
My other two projects:
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4861/01016a.th.jpg
Rampage Cabinet. Probably going to be MAMEād for a friend into a fighter cab and sold.
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/8778/01214a.th.jpg
Ms. Pac-Man. Iām thinking of turing this into a dedicated vertical cab and installing a joystick+3 buttons.
Seeing this thread makes me regret passing on a SFII Cabinet for less than $50. I should have made room for it!
The things Iād do for an Astro City setup like yoursā¦
@ sacronus - Bad Ass man, Love those Cabs so much
I was wondering how hard is it to replace a monitor on an arcade cabinet? I was thinking about picking this up
http://batonrouge.craigslist.org/vgm/1669878052.html
and was wondering how much would it run me to put MvC2 on there? Or how hard it would be to put a dreamcast in it and let it play MvC2 or a PS2 with HDLoader?
I wouldnāt recommend you replacing the monitor yourself if you donāt have the experience with it. You can get hurt really bad or worst kill yourself.
canāt pass up a chance to show off my handiwork ā iām proud of it 
i have a worklog/thread in this forum as well, with tons of photos. I know someone asked for sketchup files ā and if i can ever find them [i think they might be on my work computer], i will definitely have them up. theyāre not accurate/to scale, as i just used them to draw out how i wanted certain components to look. [CPanel, display/rounded top, etc]
Iām loving the TE Vewlix Cab. Great job!
This would be a pretty easy job.
Learn how to discharge the monitor first and safely remove it. Itās not that hard or dangerous, but itās important you review everything thoroughly beforehand. Or even better ask the owner to remove it for you before hand and see if you can get a discount for the cab minus the broken monitor!
Once youāve done that then you can add a new monitor. This cab is big enough that you could fit a 19" PC monitor in there without having to remove the case. You may have to put in a little shelf to set it on, but thatās not a big deal. If youāre feeling more ambitious you can source a 20" pc monitor, remove the plastic housing, and install it on the mounts for the arcade monitor. IF you do this then the result will be fantastic.
To hook up your new monitor all you have to do is plug it into the NAOMI via the VGA port, or buy a VGA cable for your dreamcast. I would recommend the dreamcast since you can play a wider variety of games more easily (burned games!).
To get controls youāll need to hack some DC pads and connect them to the controls. Again not a big deal.
I could get MVC2 and every other DC fighter running in this cab for less than $150.
Thanks, i managed to snag it off ebay locally for an awesome price. I am almost done hacking the first madcatz pad. MANNNNNNNNNNN so much work involved to get this thing up and running. I spent 8 hours last night just to solder the connectors to 25pin. Of course not having any flux didnt help my cause but heads up to anyone planning on doing the same.
sarconus this is scrubby as hell but how do you (and some others) run xbox/sf4 in your cabs?
What connections/devices are in use here?
My New Astro
Last week I picked up a New Astro Locally (miracle BTW lol)
Cabinet was in perfect condition, no cracks/dents/major damage.
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Except a rough paint job/ a lot of stickers/ in need of a new CP.
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn312/pjrenaud/oldastro.jpg
So after a week of sanding/priming/painting/clear coating, and a photoshop of the astro city CP I ordered from Akihabara Shop (Hope it comes soon lol)ā¦
I have this:
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn312/pjrenaud/NewAstro.jpg
I originally wanted to try and get it close to the original color, but I figured why not flip the color scheme. Light color on the bezel and dark on the body.
I am very pleased with the finish and color, just need my CP and I want to hook a Jpac to it also and it will be a great addition with my Custom Vewlix in my small apartment lmao!
**BTW - Anyone know where I can get a plexi marquee for the top, it dosent have to be OG can be repro. So far my search online has been unsuccessful.
You bought your cab! Awesome! Looks great.
Thanks for the help R1V3R5, so glad i went with it!