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The Retroforce Game Museum: Almost Done!
welkstar | 10:15 PM on 03.29.2009 22 comments




It’s been awhile folks. The Retroforce Game Museum has sat idly by since September while I busied myself with schoolwork. I couldn’t bear to see it sitting there all half finished any longer. I’ve been putting in some hours the past couple of days to push it closer to completion. Advice to cab builders: don't make your cab playable until it's finished.

Here’s my progress report:

-covered control panel in wood grain vinyl
-added speaker fabric
-secured speakers
-added marquee light & reflective backing
-designed and printed marquee
-attached marquee (sandwiched between 2 pieces of plexi)
-designed and built screen bezel

All that is left to do is get a big piece of plexi glass to cover the viewing area and get the side art printed.

But enough jibba jabba, pics or it didn’t happen right?


Here’s the marquee I designed. I just used some of the assets from the sideart, along with more inspiration from Galaga.










Love this shot.


My room mate Kaiyan rockin some SFII

And a special treat, the cab in action!



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seigfreid's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/29/2009 22:26
seigfreid
So much awesome. Its really cool you did this. How hard was it?
garison's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/29/2009 22:31
garison
Ok, what's your address, Welkstar? I'm coming over.
's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/29/2009 22:37
Clint
This is going to be epic :D
pendelton21's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/29/2009 22:49
pendelton21
My dong just exploded.
CWal37's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/29/2009 22:56
CWal37
OMG, I need that. Building an arcade cabinet is one of those things I swear I'll do when I'm out of school.
jackal27's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/29/2009 23:06
jackal27
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
bahss's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/29/2009 23:37
bahss
They should've sent a poet... So... Beautiful...
The Incredible Edible Egg's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/30/2009 00:08
The Incredible Edible Egg
...but does it have wind jammers?
mr spooky's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/30/2009 00:21
mr spooky
I'm planning to that someday make a custom arcade cabinet in the future, but it will be a lot different then that one.
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/30/2009 00:30
Brian Szabelski
I am coming to visit you in Columbus to play this. I'm serious.
welkstar's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/30/2009 00:35
welkstar
@Seigfreid: It wasn't too hard, I found all of the instructions online. I spent a lot of time in the planning stage to prevent problems during the actual build. Besides a router with a special bit, you only really need basic tools.

@Garison: Buckeyetown-Columbus, OH

@The Incredible Edible Egg: You know I love me some Wind Jammers :)
bahss's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/30/2009 01:34
bahss
NARP @ WELKSTAR'S PLACE, CONFIRMED!
Persona's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/30/2009 04:28
Persona
hmmm what does it play? all roms or just SFII?
welkstar's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/30/2009 08:40
welkstar
@Persona: It currently is loaded up with a couple thousand arcade roms. It's also rigged to play Atari 2600-Dreamcast and everything in between, but I don't have them all set up yet.
Fusiontr's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/30/2009 09:58
Fusiontr
This may just be worth travelling to America for

Welkstar
you are amazing and I want your retro babies
ShuperShawn's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/30/2009 10:16
ShuperShawn
Hey welkstar, where did you get your plans for this cabinet, I've always wanted to build one and I would appreciate it if you could give me the link.

Also, beautifull job on the cabinet. The craftmanship is just incredible.
Rifter01's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/30/2009 10:38
Rifter01
<3 <3 <3
Ian Roberts's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/30/2009 11:41
Ian Roberts
Amazing work sir, stunning. *salutes*
ShuperShawn's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/30/2009 11:53
ShuperShawn
Dammit, should have read your blog better, I didn't realize you built this from scratch, that's even more amazing.
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/30/2009 13:44
vexed alex
HOLY SHIT! That's the raddest thing ever!
Xymplx's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2009 22:05
Xymplx
Well done sir, well done.
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