Sybarite Paladin AxL Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 What exactly is that cabinet? Does it run Windows or something? Sorry for the silly questions but I just can't see where or how'd you'd fit that many games and into what? And on top of it all, I don't really see why you guys like cabinets that much. To me they're just a gigantic waste of space. A proper games collection should be on a DVD or something, ccompanied by a perfectly optimized emulator, ready to be run on a PC at a moment's notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK3Fan Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 (edited) What exactly is that cabinet? Does it run Windows or something? Sorry for the silly questions but I just can't see where or how'd you'd fit that many games and into what? And on top of it all, I don't really see why you guys like cabinets that much. To me they're just a gigantic waste of space. A proper games collection should be on a DVD or something, ccompanied by a perfectly optimized emulator, ready to be run on a PC at a moment's notice. I have a computer inside that runs all the games. Having the cabinets is more of a nostalgia reason than anything else. Reminds me of being young and imagining one day actually having the game and now I do. Edited January 11, 2008 by MK3Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK3Fan Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 Finally broke down and got some full sideart for the machine from the great services of Scott at www.mamemarquees.com. Only problem is that he just stretched the "Medallion" sideart so it isn't JUST right. I had it printed 2" taller than the factory art because I built the machine that way. The result is that the "MK3" is cropped off. I'll have to live with it. It's still better than what I had, so I am grateful. It wasn't easy changing the art out, but I think it turned out well. Here are some pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bad gamer Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 You've done a nice job there ...looks good.....Congrat's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucandrake Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 dude that is hawt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Looks absolutely fantastic! You're definitely a wonderful craftsman. I can't believe you made the MK3 cabinet from scratch. Were you unable to find an MK3 cabinet off eBay or you really wanted to make it by hand? Anyway, keep up the great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK3Fan Posted January 20, 2008 Author Share Posted January 20, 2008 Looks absolutely fantastic! You're definitely a wonderful craftsman. I can't believe you made the MK3 cabinet from scratch. Were you unable to find an MK3 cabinet off eBay or you really wanted to make it by hand? Anyway, keep up the great work. Thanks for the kind words. My main problem at the time was, yes there were Midway cabs on Ebay, but I was living in Hawaii and shipping for the cab would be around $1000. So I figured that it would be cheaper to just build my own. It turned out to be cheaper just building the cab than buying one and having it shipped, but after buying all the new parts (i.e. new monitor, computer, RGB video card, wiring, buttons, joysticks, etc.), I was sitting at around $3000. It ended up being cheaper just building my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatal Rose Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Wow man that was amazing... Some day I want a classic Virtua Fighter cabinet with VF1and2 for the PC on it, and of course 10 thousand more games too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulberesford76 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Fantastic work. It looks really authentic, just like the original coin-op! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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