I hadn’t touched the cab at all this week as I only really wanted to “get into it” once the CRT was replaced. I did try to turn on the cab, but it was definitely dead, it also didn’t make a sound so I was slighly concerned, but that was Continue Reading
Arcade
New Project – Sammy Atomiswave
It’s been a while since I had a new project A new thread means a new worklog for a new arcade cab! Back when I got the E2, I low key kind of knew that the OCD would eventually get to me and here we are today, the Blast City Continue Reading
Egret 2 – Cleaning, wiring, putting it all back together
The cab has been cleaned as best as I can and the last thing to do is give it a cut and polish, but she’s definitely looking MUCH better than when I first got it. With the chassis arriving back from Joey the other day, it was time to put Continue Reading
Egret 2 – speakers
Let’s talk speakers After using the Logitech Z407’s on my outrun2 cab, I thought this would be a perfect set of speakers to use on this machine to give it that 2.1 upgrade. Trawled through marketplace and found it half price compared to when I purchased mine at Bing Lee Continue Reading
Rhythm Tengoku – Control Panel part 2
As previously mentioned, I had planned to wire harness with a JAMMA edge like this: @LemonyVengeance gave me the idea of bypassing the JAMMA edge and just wire it directly to the Blast City I/O. Due to the sheer amount of wire I needed, I figured it would be cheaper to Continue Reading
Egret 2 – Rotation Mech
Rotation Mech Time to rotate! After all, this is what the Egret is renowned for right? What a VERY nerve wracking experience that was to turn. Give me a frame, lift and turn any day of the week hahaha. I needed to make sure most of the cable ties were Continue Reading
Egret 2 – wiring
Wiring Saturday was all about wiring! Got to love Operators and their hack/splice and do whatever they need to get something to work. There are better ways to do things, but I understand from an Op’s perspective. This is what I started working with. After unraveling it all, I confirmed Continue Reading
Egret 2 – worklog update
Been working on this here and there over the past few days, but managed to get some solid time on Saturday. Monitor I can understand why I’ve heard of people “necking” their tubes on this cab. If you’re not careful and if you haven’t checked the wires if there’s enough Continue Reading
Egret 2 – Procurement
So DRAGONKZ offered me his Egret 2 and since I had no room or immediate cash, one of the cabs had to go. I decided on the Blast City, so on the weekend, the Blast City (the one I had for Monkey Ball) got picked up. All my arcade life, Continue Reading
Rhythm Tengoku – Control Panel
I first tried this game when I got my Naomi NetDIMM setup and it’s a quirky yet addictive game. It’s playable on a joystick setup, but since it’s got a dedicated cabinet with extremely oversized buttons, I figured why not try and go down this avenue without having to purchase Continue Reading