Painting the Cabinet Black

My Father-in-law got me some Black Semi-Gloss paint from the family Company, so special thanks go out to DarkZone for the Paint, check out their website here....

I gave the Cabinet 3 Coats of Paint and I got this done quite quickly as it was fast drying paint and could be re-coated in 30-45 minutes.I am sure the 32°C summer day help dry the paint.

I made a back panel for the Marquee and the Cabinet out of MDF and also painted this with the black paint. I also drilled two holes in the panels to make it easier to fit and remove them.

After the final Coat was dry I moved the Cabinet into my Games Room for the final construction and Setup. Even with no hardware in the cabinet it was very heavy and the use of a trolley made it just that little bit easier.

Modification to Take a TV

I have at last got some more free time to do some work on my Arcade Machine. I removed the Cabinet from the Shed and gave it a good clean to remove all the dust and Cobwebs.

After some discussions with my wife I am now going to use a TV in my Arcade Machine that we previously had in our bedroom. I measured the TV and have had to alter the height of the shelf and also had to remove some wood from below the Marquee for it to fit correctly. I also had to remove all the other wood work I had done to hold the monitor including the supports for the Bezel.

Name Change and New MameWah Screens

I have made a decision to change the name of this project and the Arcade Machine to "Classic Arcade - Red vs Blue" as I have found that I am now looking at more than just fighting games and in particular two player games were you play against each other in some kind of head-to-head mode.

So to reflect this change I have made some new generic Mamewah Screens to be used. I will have a screen for each game list within a chosen emulator and these are reflected by the icons on the right hand side of the screen shoot. The row of icon along the top are the different emulators that I am going to setup and use.