When I began this project I knew that I wanted to use a Midway design used for the
Mortal
Kombat cabinets. Soon I came across LuSid's Arcade Flashback. He loosely based his
design
of the Midway design. So I loosely based my design off of his plans.
The entire exterior of the cabinet is 5/8" MDF. It has a MUCH smoother finish than
normal plywood. The Sony Wega is sitting on 1" particle board. Contained inside the
cabinet is a heavy duty 2x4 frame. This made the construction super strong (and not
very
light). The MDF is screwed onto the 2x4 frame. The screw holes were spackled over
before
painting.
The control panel is significantly wider than the cabinet. Since the cabinet can
barely
fit through a door by itself, I had to make the control panel removable. It's
basically
an MDF box, with a basic 2x2 frame inside. The top has hinges in the front so it opens
up toward the player. I created the graphic overlay in Photoshop. The control panel is
covered in a layer of lexan.
The back of the cabinet has a large door for access to all the internals. There are
two
exhaust fans just above the rear of the Sony Wega. There is also one exhaust fan right
next to the power supply and then one inlet fan near the computer inside. The back
also
has a power connector and ethernet jack.
The marquee is sandwiched between lexan and backlite with a florescent bulb from Home
Depot. I created the graphic in Photoshop and had it printed on some sort of velum
film
at Kinko's.
