Marquee installed

Laminated vinyl sticker on perspex,can be easily 

removed and changed with different marquees.

Subtle rear lit from the cold cathode tubes.

Thanks to
http://www.xpopromo.com/

&

Scott Cox

Control Panel

Pretty much completed,

 might need some stickers to tidy it up and make it more interesting

Buttons arrived today

Wiring reference
http://www.jammaboards.com/store/pc-mame-ps3-to-arcade-controller-usb-interface-pcb-kit-pc2jamma-usb.html

Half way there

 All powered up

 Vinyl =  DONE! (pro tip, get someone who knows what they're doing to complete this)

 CCFL's on and speakers in, still waiting for the amp

Some new gear

 Imitation Carbon Fiber vinyl control panel overlay,

will be used for the Monitor Bezel to.

Thanks to:
http://www.austinamusements.com.au/

Dual 30cm cold cathode tube kit (white),

will be used for lighting the Marquee.

Thanks to:
http://www.pccasegear.com/

A few buttons, LED's and microswitch's,

will be used as PC power button and

 directional keys for Jukebox software.
Thanks to:
http://www.ozstick.com.au/

Cabinet Painted

 2x8" Speakers and Tweeters, Holes drilled and speakers mounted.
Small hole up to the right is the power button.

 Play area with 6 new button holes.

Cabinet all painted and ready to go!

Side art and marquee

WTB this Batman themed side art with marquee.

 Anyone willing to spot me $100?

http://gameroomgraphics.com/category/full-size-permanent-graphics-for-the-xtension-arcade-cabinet/

 

First working test

 Draw currently full of cords

 Monitor in temp position

 First run with all the gear inside, looks good so far.
PS2 controllers just don't cut it tho!

 PC Logitec Speakers and Sub will do for now

 PC gear hidden under the draw

Temp monitor bracket from inside cabinet

Joysticks

Joystick kit ordered

The new gear

New Stuff that will be going in the cabinet:

22" Acer TFT (max res 1680x1050)
another 1TB HDD (we need even more music)
2x 8" mid range speakers (can't remember the brand)
2x 1.5" dome tweeters (Orion car audio brand, not pictured)


The Arcade Cabinet:

PC Gear almost ready to go in to cabinet

 

The play area, looks like I'll need a new one... 

The Cabinet with front draw removed and all cleaned ready for a sand and paint

The tear down

 "Custom" :p Amp inside an old empty DVD  drive

 The Amp's transformer wired directly into the PSU (dodgy!)

 The old AMP with its massive 5watts of raw power, this just wont cut it anymore

All the PC gear ripped out ready to be transplanted into the cabinet

PC Specs for anyone interested:
Intel E8400 (3GHz)
8Gb DDR2 RAM
Zotac GeForce GTX275
19" HP TFT (Max Res of 1280x1024) - Not going back in
1Tb HDD
450W PSU
5W Amp (not going back in)
3W Speaker (not going back in)

Current setup

This is what the current setup looks like

Software setup:
Windows XP PROformance edition (approx 700mb install)
Hyperspin v1.2
A vast majority of emulators and their ROM's
Including all Mugen (Fighting games)
The Jukebox'er for all music and music videos

It begins

This will be a place to hold all info (and mistakes) regarding the move of the old Arcade and Jukebox Machine (just a PC right now) to an actual Arcade Cabinet.