closeup of a classic coin slot.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
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Building my own arcade cabinet has proven to be a great hobby. Since I've had to do tons of research and thinking, I figured I'd share my findings here in blog form for those who want tips. Once the project is completed, I will be making a more static site dedicated to the entire process.
Status
To-Do
- build & install bezel for MetaCab
- confirm wiring of pinball buttons for MetaCab
- resurface MetaCab Jr. Control panel with Plexi overlay
- redo bezel for MetaCab Jr.
To-Buy
- nothing? Mat Board?
Inventory
- 14 red buttons
- 8 white buttons
- 8 black buttons
- 3" Red Happ Trackball
- 2x 4/8-way switchable Ultimarc magstik plus (red balltop)
- 2x silver Slik Stik Tornado spinner knobs
- 2x EZ Arcade EZMount Arcade Spinner
- 1x Ultimarc MiniPac Controller
- 1x Ultimarc OptiPac Controller (not needed?)
- 1p/2p buttons
- Wiring harness/wiring kit for minipac.
- 19" LG LCD Monitor
- Empty Taito cabinet
Why MetaCab?
Meta: adjective (of a creative work) referring to itself or to the conventions of its genre; self-referential. ORIGIN 1980s : from meta- in the sense [beyond] .
Cab: short for Cabinet, in particular, Arcade Cabinet.
Thus since my arcade cabinets represent multiple games within a single game, I feel they're raising classic gaming to the next level, beyond their original intent.
Labels
- Metacab Jr. (13)
- arcade cabinet design (10)
- Metacab (9)
- retro games (5)
- retro audio (3)
- arcade photos (2)
- art (2)
- flash games (2)
- retro apparel (2)
- atari (1)
- video (1)
- wtf (1)
Links
About Me
- MetaHipster
- Passion for randomness and sarcasm. Aversion to all things right of left.
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