Arcade Team

I've just finished my Dino King conversion, I've seen a few of these done and been impressed with how nicely they can look as little jamma cabs - about the closest thing you can get to a mini cute for under £300



I had a good set of artwork scans for Ghouls n' Ghosts and wanted to stick with a 1-player game that could work well in a mini dedicated cab so it seemed like a good choice.

I got straight in touch with FrancoB as I knew he was working on some very nice conversions to see if he could make new perspex for me. What I was aiming for was the bezel & control panel in 2 pieces each, so I could sandwich artwork between them. A lot of work, but he agreed to 'put them in the queue' :awe:

All the hardware removed and tested to make sure a CPS board would actually fit.


All side art removed


Switcher fitted, tapping 240v from the line filter


Loom fitted


Video wiring done so for the first time I could fire up the cab and see the game. Lovely monitors in these cabs for sure.


I set about making some adjustments to the art to make it fit the cab, and wanted to add a rigid topper similar to the original one.

Printed pieces arrived and looked great!

Side Art:


Topper:


Control Panel Overlay:


Bezel:


Franco sent some pics of the finished plastics, my he's good! :awe:



Today I got the plastics and some buttons & the stick I was waiting on so was able to finish the cab after many months.

Finished control panel:


Bezel:


And here's the finished cab in all its glory. I'm really pleased with how it turned out, I tried not to cut any corners and make it as good as I could and I hope that shows.
Thank you again Franco for the super plastic work :awe:





Get a real sense of the size of it against these midi uprights!


Some detail shots:

C'est pas la même cab que pour la mini borne MuchiKing?

J'ai lu que la qualité VGA n'était pas top. Je me demande ce que ça vaut un 14".
T'as un retour dessus Maaku ?