Parris' arcade collection

I guess most people here are not really interested in arcade material, but for those of you who are:

1) Naomi DX (also known as a Naomi 50), which consists of a huge control panel, 2 player, 12 buttons. There is a seated area and underneath 2 x subwoofers! It has the best Sega audio set up ever and sounds great! I replaced the rear projection screen with a 40" Pro Samsung display.

Started like this:



Ended up:



2) Atomiswave SD (Sit Down), 1 player panel and 6 buttons (the card reader is no longer hooked up) Consists of an Atomiswave motherboard, which is like the Dreamcast. Currently running Dolphin Blue. 29" Tri Sync screen.



3) Egret II SD. 2 Player 12 button CP. 29" Tri Sync screen. This is a rather hybrid Egret consisting of an Atomiswave frame, mainly Egret 3 parts and sadly no Egret II monitor rotation system, so you have to physically lift the monitor out to 'tate it (go from Horizontal to Vertical)



4) Sega Naomi UR (Upright) 2 Player 12 button CP. 29" Tri Sync screen. Internally it is a standard Naomi set up, however the motherboard has been replaced with a Taito Type X2 motherboard and is currently running Trouble Witches.

Started like this:



Ended up:




5 & 6) Naomi SD, 2 Player 12 buttons CP both running Naomi 1 motherboards and GDrom systems. Number 5 is horizontal screen rotation and Number 6 is vertical screen rotation. Both are dual sync monitors (15/31kHz).

5 started like this:



6 started like this (Note it was cut down from an Upright unit)









7) Naomi 2 Initial D DC (Driving Cab). Equipped with a Naomi 2 motherboard and GDrom system. This is a conversion I am still working on.

It started like this:



And is currently like this:



I have additional hardware to be inserted as so as I have the time.

8) Sega New Astro City, 2 player, 6 button CP. 29" Tri Sync monitor. A fantastic cabinet.

Started like:



Ended up:



9) Egret III. 2 Player, 12 button CP. 29" Tri Sync monitor.



Sometimes with arcade hardware you can find yourself literally sprawled out, thousand of parts lying around you, pouring over a schematic diagram or poorly produced photocopy and scratching your head as to what the blown up image actually shows.



But it can be well worth it. Sadly I no longer own the Sega Manx TT unit.

 

If anyone is actually interested in the arcade stuff, then visit us (a few users who use that section of the site) and follow various threads on rebuilds, discussions, images, chat and technical information.

It can be pretty interesting for us 'cade peeps.

If you are interested in just how to put a Naomi SD together:
http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23139

Let's see whether more AG members get into 'cade.
:thumbsup:

 

Lovely. Great restoration / repair / rebuild work!

What gets the most play time?

I'll try and nab an Astro for my new place.

 

The Jamma cabinets get the most usage due to the fact that everyone in my household likes things like Puzzle Bobble, Metal Slug and Klax. We just swap out boards.

I think the Astro is a fantastic unit. Really solid construction, looks good and plenty of scope for different boards and projects.

Thanks ;-)

 

SWEET!

It seems you put much dedication into all of the cabs! Do you have all of them in the same room?
It looks damn great!

Congrats Parris!

 

THAT'S JUST TEH UBER AWESOME!! crazy shit :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I wish I had the space to keep such a volume of great arcade goodies. It's an every "young" mans dream

 

Truly amazing work Parris! ray: I just drooled over all pictures, particularly the last one. I can only imagine how rewarding is the experience to restore those cabs.

I guess your friends are always asking to have some parties at your house just to play in those. :lol:

 

Now we know where we should held an AG international meeting :110:

 

Really excellent work!I envy your patience,i begun to restore a cab about two years ago and have done very little since then! :lol:
Very very nice collection too...keep it up! :thumbsup:

 

Simply beautiful. Well done!

 

Wow, thanks for the comments - much appreciated.

There's a bit of an arcade get together this December at mine. One member from AG is invited as he is local to me, but a few from another forum are coming along.

It gets this stuff used rather than sitting looking like a ghostly arcade.

 

I follow all your threads about arcade stuff, it's always a great read with lots of good pictures.
And you are so modest about your work! That Initial D cab for example turned out insane!

 

Hey, it came out good I admit, but seriously there are people who hand build, custom make parts. Their work is truly insane!

I started all this just cleaning consoles and fixing dodgy lasers and it grew into a monster ;-)

 

I envy your kids mate, amazing work you've done there!

 

Barcode, it's all your fault. Don't know whether you remember our conversation about various motherboards and trying to obtain them? Started with hunting down the PS1 based System 573 and it grew from there.

So, take a bow ;-)

 

Just great!

I am so jealous of you! Thanks very much for sharing!

 

thats awesome stuff bro. really cool!

 

What an outstanding collection of arcade cabinets. You really deserve living between such a mass of beautifully restored cabinets of which every single one looks like new from the assembly line after you've invested so much work.

What about the games? To catch up with such a hardware overkill you had to own full MVS/F3/Naomi/GNET/STV/AW/TypeX1+2 sets and a mountain of jamma boards :lol:

 

wow,very nice
a question,are they all on freeplay?
and no really oldskool(Killer Instinct/Mortal Kombat) cabinets?
very nice arcade machines!

 

Want images of the motherboards? That I can do! Let me sort that out!

I've not got the biggest games collection, although I have about 20 Naomi titles, which at an average price of about £50 per title kind of mounts up! I'm more of a hardware type of person and rarely really play anything. The wife and kids do though.

In time I'll hunt down the titles I really like, such as old skool jamma "R-Type" boards.