SOLD! SOLD! SOLD!

Hello
I have a NBA Jam Tournament 4 Player coin arcade game for sale.
Buttons and joystick work. Case has some imperfections. (some scratches in plexi glass)
Game turns on and you can hear the sound but the monitor doesn't work. I was quoted $400 for the repair.(included new monitor)

I am asking $300 for the machine as it is now. (before monitor is replaced)

This should make a great cabinet for someone that can repair it or turn it into a mame. I have no knowledge of how to do it myself.

Game is located near Grand Rapids MI.

That's a really sweet cab for $300. If I lived less than a 15 hour drive from MI I'd come pick it up.

Yes that is a long drive!
And If I knew enough about Mame I would convert it!

oneway wrote:Yes that is a long drive!
And If I knew enough about Mame I would convert it!

Sand it down, apply some laminate (or paint it), remove the busted monitor and replace it with a 27" Wells Gardner (or a PC monitor depending on your budget). Put in a mediocre PC (Pentium 4 2,8GHz or even weaker with 1gig ram will do for 99% of all MAME-games).

For the control panel; could you take a picture underneath the control panel? I'm sure the controllers are microswitched and wired. Just get an iPac2 and use it to connect the buttons to the PC.

I tell you, it's freaking easy as soon as you get started. I'd start with making the cabinet look fresh by sanding it/painting it or laminating it. Post your progress in the Projects-section and we'll all help you with whatever questions you might have.

Cool. I will have to try again. I tried Mame in 2001 and couldn't get it to work correctly. (probably a windows issue)
I will probably try again, I do have an extra pc. Then I can sell the board. And I am good with paint, vinyl graphics and wood working.

The controls are micro switch I already cleaned them and got them working again.

Is Ipac better than sticking with Jamma? I have been reading alot the last 2 weeks and seem to get lost!

The Ipac4 looked like it would work well, and be an easy install. I will check on software and redo this cab.
What OS are most people running? It also looked like I may be able to hook the WII or Xbox up also. Can more than one be hooked up to the same controls?

Thanks for all the help.

oneway wrote:Cool. I will have to try again. I tried Mame in 2001 and couldn't get it to work correctly. (probably a windows issue)
I will probably try again, I do have an extra pc. Then I can sell the board. And I am good with paint, vinyl graphics and wood working.

MAME is pretty easy to set up, we'll tell you what you need when you get that far.

oneway wrote:The controls are micro switch I already cleaned them and got them working again.

Is Ipac better than sticking with Jamma? I have been reading alot the last 2 weeks and seem to get lost!

It's two different worlds really. If you want to build a MAME cab then you need an iPac in order to convert the control panel input to PC signals (either PS2 or USB signals). So basically, for your 4-player control panel you would need an iPac4 as the iPac2 doesn't have enough inputs.

oneway wrote:The Ipac4 looked like it would work well, and be an easy install. I will check on software and redo this cab.
What OS are most people running? It also looked like I may be able to hook the WII or Xbox up also. Can more than one be hooked up to the same controls?

It's rather easy to install indeed. Just hook all your microswitches to the iPac and connect the iPac to your PC using USB or PS2. Then all you need is to configure all the buttons (what keyboard keys they will convert into) using the software that comes with the ipac interface.

My preferred arcade cab OS is Windows XP, but there are many using Vista, Win7 and even Linux. Although I'd recommend using a stripped down version of Windows XP Pro (use nLite and remove all the stuff you don't need, so the OS boots up faster).

Then you can install an arcade frontend like Maximus Arcade or Hyperspin and have Windows boot directly into it. That way everything looks neat (you can have snapshots, video previews etc.) and you can control the cab using the control panel only.

oneway wrote:Thanks for all the help.

Don't hesitate to ask. Good luck with your project!

Thanks for the help.

I will keep it and turn it into a MAME cab.
I will post any other questions in the proper forum.

Thanks

ahh.. I would love this.. Too bad ur so far away...

Cabinet has been Sold! Thanks for looking.

You sold it? What about your MAME project?