Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: Giddygoon on January 20, 2014, 04:31:38 PM
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Hi All,
I recently bought a Japanese Sega F355 shell from ebay, no boards,no psu, but the monitor and the general condition was fair.
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My aim was to convert this Mame /Model2 /Model3 and Vivanonno emus but to do it with respect and not destroy any of the original cables. So that it can returned back to hardware at any time.
I started to tear down the cab for cleaning and inspection.
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First issue was that the PSU was a Japanese spec 110V. So I couldn't test the monitor. I needed a 240V - 110V step down which I got from VidetronicsUK.
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I changed the AC inlet for a euro model.
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After sorting the power conversion, I thought I would start adding NOS decals to start transforming F355 to Outrun 2.
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The panels were in fair shape but not to my standards. I was also lucky and purchased the last NOS side decals from Sega Shed. So I decided to get the panels repaired and resprayed ferrari rosso red before applying the decals.
Before....
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After....
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And with the new decals added.
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I also got a coin tower for the cab. and decided to get that and other metal parts powder coated...
before...
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After....
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Ok, now to replace all the dash as it had lots of cigarette burns, rust and cracks so I replaced the plastics with a new dash and NOS steering wheel and gear shifter.
The old dash...
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The new parts....
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I have added a PC i5 2400 running at 3.2ghz and ATI 6850 graphics card running from an SSD and also using an SLG3000 scan line generator and an Apac.
I installed the PC version of Outrun coast to coast, Crazy taxi, Crazy Taxi 3, Model 2, Model 3, and Mame and have the PC shelled and use a front end for game selection.
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also I added an amp and a sub woofer.
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So the cab is now ready....
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Ok, lets fire it up...
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I have done a video showing the performance of Outrun 2 and other games...
Well it took a lot of time and money but I'm very pleased with the results. It now has pride of place in my games room.
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I was able to find the very rare Japanese top flash from an ID 4 cabinet, I have seen these used on some Outrun 2 cabs in the far east, I was going to get a reproduction Outrun 2 vinal. but i decided to leave it as is.
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Please click the link for the video of the cab in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_gCaeVeQnQ
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great work, man!
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although i have NO IDEA how you did that computer stuff, i'm amazed at how this turned out. fabulous effort on the cosmetic restauration, that's the way to do it!!! :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:
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Sweet !!! :spaceace:
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Nice one John. ;)
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Normally I'm all for keeping it original but hey, it was empty...Great job !
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Well done, looks great. 8)
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Great work on the cabinet! Do you have any spares left?
I am thinking about converting my Nascar to Outrun 2 as well.
Already have a Chihiro type 3 with Outrun 2 / SP discs. Going to install the correct Midi motor drive board for force feedback this week.
Yours is looking nice!
Love the glossy red sidepanels.
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Thanks for the great comments...
All the spares were snapped up by Jamma+ members a while back, I actually finished this project last November just took a while to post.
I defo would love to have the original chihiro system in there one day...
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Great conversion, well done! :)
I defo would love to have the original chihiro system in there one day...
Yes! ...and this system is going cheaper by the time ;)
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Great job you did men, And good choice that you've decided to make it to MAME . now you can have it all type of racing games...