jessecrx

I just picked up a Dynamo Arcade cabinet and it has a 25 inch monitor. I want to completely restore it.

It does have some nicks and scratches on it....

Where can I find original sideart, bezzels and marquees for games that I can buy?

This is going to be an original Street Fighter 2 machine and I want it looking brand spanking new.

Any help would be appreciated

btlives

Your 2 best places to start are Google & Ebay.
Just be advised that side art is not cheap.
Good clean side art can approach $100.
Bezel's & Marquee's can be alot cheaper.

I had several dedicated games like Galaxian
& Vanguard that I put way too much money in.
I sold all my coin-ops and purchased a gamecube
last year. They just took too much room up.
And they were hard to keep minty fresh.
As like you said they get nicked up real easy.

Though I really enjoyed restoring them
at the time.

jessecrx

Well, as of now I have 3 cabinets....

Capcom Impress Cabinet(Japanese)
Neo Geo Mini 4 Slot(Japanese)
and now a Street Fighter 2 Dynamo Cabinet...

It's red and has a Z-style design. I am wondering how I am going to go about restoring the sides of it since it does have some nicks and scratches. Would that red hard coating come off or would I have to buy a whole new particle board panel to replace that side??

Also some of that plastic border edge lining is coming off and I am going to need to replace that too. This is going to be my last project. I've always wanted a dedicated SF2 machine since this was the game that changed my life in so many ways.

I tried searching ebay and there is nothing on there now and google only gives me rom sites and crap sites....not many sales sites

General Zod

Wish I had a cabinet.. i'd do this in a hot minute..



It'll play streetfighter 2 just fine. If it's going to be your last one, at least make it play EVERYTHING

D300

You can get alot of help over at the Arcade Controls Forum

Roto

There's also http://www.arcadecontrols.com/arcade.htm
The guy has a book on building custom cabinets and it's getting really good reviews on Amazon.

jw2299

I've built one MAME machine and I'm working on my second. These sites are a tremendous resource for me.

http://www.arcaderestoration.com/

http://www.twobits.com/

http://www.mamemarquees.com/index.html

http://www.classicarcadegrafix.com/

http://www.klov.com/

jw2299

I have that book, and it's worth every penny. I wish I would have had it when I built my first one.

Roto

Quit tempting me to buy that book and start building one! Unfortunately I don't have the space, especially to build it. If I owned a restaurant or a bar I'd love to build one with a working coin box

PixyJunket

Arcade monitors scare me.

jessecrx

Well, here is the cabinet I just bought....as you guys can see it's gonna need some tlc but I think its going to make a great cabinet.

Oh and I already have an interface that lets you play Xbox, PSOne, PS2 and Dreamcast on any Jamma Cabinet with no modification Here are some pics






















Thanks For All The Helpful Links I am sure those will come in handy!

jw2299

Good luck, keep us posted!

bill_n_opus

Are those cigarette burns on the 1p/2p buttons?

If it is - that's serious old school. Those were the days.