:: Donkey Kong - The ReNoVaTiOn :: The End !

[Dexter]

Bruno,

I love the red way more than the blue (I am now going to steal your colour scheme for my DK project, hope you don't mind)

Looks AWESOME

Mine is also going to be a MAME job.

[scr33n]

Great..... 

Bruno, one question:

what kind of t-molding you've used for the cab?

5/8" t-molding:

http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?sku=TMW58IN

or

9/16" flat t-molding

http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?sku=TMWF916IN


Thanks...

[DarthNuno]

Yop 

I got the T-molding from the twistedquarter ebay shop, and the right reference is :

Nintendo 9/16" WHITE T-molding **Brand New** 20 ft.  

20 feet is enough for doing all the cabinet by the way 

[DarthNuno]

Couicks 

Now... this is a great moment... I'll apply the new repro side arts 

First, I've to find the exact location on the side before applying them... ok 

Here's the procedure :

(As you'll see on the coming pictures, this is my wife who are doing all the job  )









And now... the big moment... let's see how the sticker looks like, without his protection...  ...



BEAUTIFULL   



Ok, let's do the same work for the other side   



I love Nintendo   



Stay tuned for the last details 

[Sonic 1992]

STUNNING QUALITY!!!!

Looks GREAT!!   Thank goodness someone reproduced this stuff!!!!!!!!

Pretty scary applying a sticker that big, huh?  Gotta be soo careful.. no room for any error or misplacement!!

Again... Great Job!!!     

[Dexter]

Bruno,

This just keeps looking better and better. Great job 

[amadama]

Great work as usual Bruno! And great job to Mrs. DarthNuno too for putting on the side art!
Can't wait to see more pictures.
Alex

[DarthNuno]

 

Today, let's "refresh" this old coin door :



In order to do the job, here's the tools of the day :



This time, I'll do the job manually, see this vid' 





*Beware* a lof of dust with this method ! 



The most part of the job is done...



...but I've to finish the work manually, because there are some areas almost impossible to reach with the drill, and in order to have an homogeneous finish before applying the new paint :

[DarthNuno]

Here's my method to paint *inside* my house... this 'custom' box 



As usual, PRIMER first 





Once it's done, I'll apply to layers of 'black satin' paint... here's the result 



Here's the original screws from the frame's coin door. Dirt & Rust       



Not a problem... 24 hours in a 'rust remover' bath...



..and they look like new   





On location :

[petieken]

It's amazing to see how you restore a rusty coin door to a like-new state. Great work!

[DarthNuno]

The work on the coin door is not over. Now let's fix this 



The usual bath in order to remove dust & rust :



24 hours later 



Now, I sand everything, except the 'return coin' push button...



...which I'm protecting it like that...



...before applying the paint.



Primer first 



Let's try something new... "hammerfinish silver" paint 



One layer will be enough, this paint is very thick. Beware, fresh paint 



Done     



On location  :

[Sonic 1992]

Looking GREAT!!   You're almost done!!!   

[DarthNuno]

I'm using Advance Mame 0.90 + Advance Menu under pure DOS.

When I boot the cab, I got this menu 



Here's what I can play on this cab   









Opsss... one game is missing on this cab...  ... and maybe the most important one for me ...  CRAZY KONG 

Yes, I remember playing it when I was young, even more than the original Donkey Kong game from Nintendo...

Ok, but it's a *pain* to remove the computer from the cab now, add a CD-Rom drive on it or a floppy drive... because it's a full DOS configuration in it 

Here's the solution : Let's replace the HDD by a compact flash card and its IDE converter 



I copy all the file from the HDD to the compact flash card... I add the Crazy Kong rom... and I also make a backup of everything 

Let's boot on it now 



Yehawww  Live will be more easy now 

[JamesSS]

Great work.

Have you seen the new Donkey Kong 2 rom hack.

http://www.jeffsromhack.com/products/d2k.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWaT8WmoDis

I do not know if the roms can just be renamed to work in mame yet as I have not been able to obtain a copy.
Maybe they wll be included mifitmame.

[Giddygoon]

She's Beautiful!!!

Another excellent example of what can be done with patience and attention to detail!


Well-done Bruno!!