Got introduced to this forum by Polderarcade, whose nice "little" arcade i visited last week when i picked up his monstrous JAMMA-Cabinet. That cab is my first real-life working arcade cab, but actually already my second cab ever.
A couple of weeks ago, on my way to work, i saw a lonely cab standing outside on someone's driveway. I gave them a call when i had arrived at work (only 5 minutes later) and asked what they were going to do with it. Their answer: take it to the dump. I could have it for free if i was quick about it, so i took one of our forklifts and a pallet and went to pick up the cab.
I think i did good:
It's complete and in very decent state, too bad the game/screen aren't playing ball:
I've been tinkering a bit, cleaning, measuring voltages and reseating the roms, but still no luck. The board has already been frankensteined way back in the '80, with extra spaghetti everywhere on the PCB.
My kids playing Marvel Superheroes Vs STreetfighter on the monstercab in the morning (iPhone pic, bad quality):
This cab is in the process of being MAME'd, i've already got a PC loaded with a couple of emu's and GameEx and the JPAC is on it's way. Now if only i can convince the wife to let me keep this monster in the living room.
