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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- I Restored An Original Ninja Turtles Arcade Game Cabinet!
Everything that I used in my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade cabinet restoration project can be found below.
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Everything that I used in my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade cabinet restoration project can be found below.
LG Dualup Monitor: amzn.to/3gJoXBj
Dell Optiplex 9020 SFF PC: amzn.to/3gHUC6f
Arcade Cabinet Side Art: bit.ly/3VjZWM6
Control Panel Overlay: bit.ly/3gJuVlx
Ninja Turtles Arcade Marquee: bit.ly/3VgyfU9
Joysticks/Buttons: bit.ly/3ERDoww
7mm Mini Momentary Push Buttons: amzn.to/3OMfNR2
Zero Delay USB Encoders: amzn.to/3TTtheS
Audio Amplifier: amzn.to/3GA6eTk
New Coin Door Locks: amzn.to/3GEpvmF
Custom Glass: www.onedayglass.com
T Molding: www.t-molding.com/
I checked out the glass shop. About 108 dollars. How much was your quote for local glass? I have a 4 player captain commando that I want to turn into a 4 player multi but I also want to turn it into a suowr street fighter 2 grandmaster. So as of now it's collecting dust, since I stole the crt for another project.
@@jaygallegos8612 I only paid $65 shipped for the glass I got from one day glass. My local glass shop quoted me $70 and a month long wait.
Awesome video. Helped me decide to grab the lg monitor myself. If you don’t mind me asking, how are you setting the display orientation and resolution in windows itself? Are you changing the aspect ratio within the emulator?
@@Shreddy_E you can toggle the display orientation and resolution in the normal windows display setting menu. Then in the emulator (in my case MAME) you can set things like aspect ratio, scan lines, or other video setting filters or changes that you see fit.
If it's gutted out of all original hardware, it's really not a restoration. It's a very nice resto-mod.
An arcade 1up + if you will
This is actually better! One machine to play multiple games.
When I saw this in the arcades at 9, I'll never forget the instant crush I had on April O'Neill. 42 year old me still gets those goosebumps when I see that side art.
Same here man, she was quite the looker
The 1 2 3 4 arrows was the first thing that stuck out to me. Brought me back to 92/93 seeing that bad boy at the arcade. Great memories!! Great job!!!
I’m a sucker for the little details like those coin door decals.
Beautiful cabinet! Don't know if you can call it a "restoration" without keeping everything original, but still really cool to know that the "bones" of your multicade is an OG TMNT cab.
I'm really diggin' those monitors! Been working on my full-size 4-player multicade for years now (cabinet art delusions of grandeur that have been thwarted), and am seriously leaning toward ditching my intended OG aspect ratio monitor for one of those.
Nice work!
Restomod!
Yep, not restored…more like ruined
That April model is "foxxy" - no wonder shes married. Love the idea of hiding the new game/exit, etc buttons. Nice mods.
I have a TMNT cabinet sitting in my garage right now waiting to be restored. It was flipped to a soul caliber game and then finally a golden tee classic cabinet before i received it. I plan to restore it fully. My cabinet is in better shape than yours was, though, and it has a crt that still works. I hope to get to work on it someday soon and do what you did... i was going to do a jamma switcher and pop a simpsons board along with the tmnt jamma board.
You did a wonderful job with this but it's hard to call it a restoration when it's just an empty shell of it's former self. That said, that monitor looks amazing!
Finally someone used a Dualup monitor, I was wanting to use one for a midway cabinet but wasn't sure due to the lack of content showing them in action. This was all i needed to make my decision! Awesome vid man!
Happy I could help
Looks amazing. Using an LCD is a great idea and it look very authentic with the scanlines
Absolute perfection man! It This project came out phenomenal. Making childhood arcade dreams come true is what this hobby is all about. Keep on rocking!
Couldn't agree more!
This is easily my favourite restoration you have done yet. Part of that is TMNT of course but man that screen is beautiful
It's hard not to love the super aquanetted April and in turn, this machine.
You should check out the Pacto 4000H encoder. It's made for 4 players so you will never have enumeration issues like what can happen when using multiple encoders. Also has several features tailored to a 4 player cabs such as a twin stick mode for games like Smash TV. Awesome device.
thanks for the tip 👍
Both this and MK were really well done. Your hard work is obviously shown on both cabinets.
That tmnt is awesome, and adding a third button to play other 4 players is a good idea while keeping the control panel looking original.
I have a hard time playing MK without the MK button layout (I’ve tried) but your reasons for doing it make sense.
Looking forward to seeing more projects.
Yeah, I figure if something is going to take up as much space as these machines do, I best make them as functional and versatile as I can.
Awesome. Probable going the same way. Mk2 TMNT or Simpson .. but really thinking MK2. But got to find art for the lowboy cab. Not sure yet who does them down here in OZ.
You had me at green t~moulding
Dream come true is right man. This was my absolute favorite arcade game as a kid. This is incredible. That cabinet looks amazing. Fantastic job.
Thanks Mike!
@@cooltoy tell me your next project is a 6 player X men haha... Wouldn't that be something.
@@The_Bad_Guy. if I ever came across one of those in the wild I’d definitely tackle that project. But those machines are a unicorn now days
Looks great. I love the look of those old crt's but they really are a pain in the ass to keep up. I had a couple of old arcades that I finally just put lcd's in.
Yeah they are great when they are working right, but that only lasts for so long. I get flack from purists all the time about using LCDs, but I firmly believe people should just use whatever makes them happy and suits their personal needs. No sense in adhering to made up rules about what you can or cant use in an arcade machine.
@@cooltoy yea i caught some shit once when I put an lcd in a neo geo big red. Lol I don't care what people say ,those crt monitors are a pain in the ass . I just want my machines to look good and function without having to constantly fix them.
Chefs kiss on this one Doug. Wow…just wow!!
thank you so much Dan!
You've got some serious talent when it comes to this stuff Doug. I just dont have the skillset you have to do stuff like this. Thanks for all the great videos you put out.
My skillset is all self taught and developed by trial and error. I've just always been that person that has the non stop "can do" attitude and I will do everything I can by myself, until I hit a wall and find out I literally can't do something on my own 😂. Thanks for the kind words.
I could play this game forever
Me too, it never gets old
I'm not a huge fan of 90s era arcade games but you did a fabulous job on this one and I do like the turtles. Also glad that you didn't just trash that monitor and sold it on to somebody else. Those multisync 25 inch monitors, even broken, are worth a pretty penny. I'll give you a sub just for that alone
Great work. Glad to see more arcade enthusiasts maintaining the culture. Happy 1 UP.
Thank you so much!
Really nice build, always a pleasure to watch your videos.
thanks a ton John!
Wow! very impressive! To dedicate time and love for giving life to this tmnt cab. Was in a decade stage. that i imagine no one can make this happen. Great Job 👍
The cabinet had definitely seen better days. I'm a sucker for underdogs though, so I felt I had to bring it back from the grave.
Wow. I just saw this from a year ago. Nice work man..
Awesome, thank you!
Outstanding Work Buddy❤Congratulations ❤️
Thank you so much 😀
Funny I noticed the ring too for the first time before you mentioned it. Funny the things you notice as you get older. And this is not a reference to Mandela.
Very, very cool. Cool congrats. Looks beautiful.
Nice to see you acquire your dream arcade cab and restore it. I know exactly what you mean. Great job.
It's so great
Thanks!
nice, i wished i could but would have to make from scratch and probably either a okish dell or rpi. but still nice.
Incredible. Looks amazing. Reminds me I stowed away the Cowabunga Collection for Christmas. Can’t wait to bust that out this winter.
It’s such a great game, you’ll love it!
whoa sweet restoration! I'm sure people might complain about using an LCD, but if that one can do scanlines I'd say that's a fair compromise especially with how scarce some of those monitors are quickly becoming! shout-out to that donatello keychain I might have to cop me one! (absolutely my favorite turtle and my main in the videogames ever since the beginning!!)
Donatello will always be the best turtle, hands down!
Your work is always amazing. Wish you lived nearby. Someone is selling an NBA Showtime/NFL blitz cab that needs a lot less work than what you did for $300. But I have no interest in restoration. Man, cool stuff.
That would be an awesome candidate. Those blitz/showtime cabinets are great
Fantastic job Doug! I want this exact setup for my home arcade .. have 3, 2 player arcades but need that loaded out 4 player TMNT!
That would be an excellent addition to your set up
wow what a complete overhaul congrats on restoring this thing . I have alot of memories playing turtles in the arcade , im very jealous!
Some of my best childhood gaming memories ever are all thanks to this arcade cabinet
Dude great job and I'm so jealous that you have an original TMNT arcade cabinet! Remember when I first saw the arcade game at the Clark County Fair in Washington state back in the summer of '90! I was 15 at the time and was instantly in love with the cabinet and game!
I recently scored on a bare Simpsons Arcade1up cabinet for a great price which is missing the control panel, PCB and riser. That I'm turning into a custom 4 player TMNT cabinet. The shape is a little closer to the original TMNT arcade machine. I really don't understand why Arcade1up didn't do that shape in the beginning when they first released their version of the TMNT. Oh well it will be one of a kind and unique. Also it will be running on a Dell 7010 SFF PC with a Ge-Force 1650 graphics card, 32gb of memory and on Windows 10, with Launchbox/BigBox. I do hope someday I will have a real arcade machine and a real pinball machine as well. We will see. lol
good luck with your modded simpsons build, hope it provides you with many hours of fun!
@@cooltoy Thanks man! I really appreciate that! I'll maybe even try to do update videos on my progress. We will see on that though. lol
Can you share details about the glass? I’m building a Konami cabinet from scratch, and am curious what the dimensions and specs are. Thanks!
Tempered Glass
Shape: Square/Rectangle
Thickness: 3/16"
Tint: Clear
Edgework: Seamed Edge
Width: 26 15/16"
Height: 21 7/16"
badasssss
I’m literally watching Doug restore the same project cabs I have sitting in my garage it’s awesome. Last couple months I picked up an original Midway Mortal Kombat(converted to Diehard), and a Golden Tee that’s a 4 player Konami with single speaker. I have a Data East Captain America cab and a Dynamo Street Fighter 2 waiting to be worked on as well. I’m wondering if Doug will be working on those cabs soon. True pioneer great content like always.
Wow talk about timing! Captain America looks awesome when it's fully done up with the stars and stripes artwork all over the machine. Good luck on your builds
Nice build, very satisfying to finally own something you used to covet in your youth 👍.
It really is, it's always special to be able to check off a childhood bucket list item.
Nice vid yeah I remember as a kid just looking at the side art thinking that chick was beautiful lol. Didn't notice the ring haha nice attention to detail. Also you look so different without the hat and hair down haha. Nice Job cooltoy!! How many arcade cabs do you have between lifesize arcade and 1ups? 👍
15 in total so far
@@cooltoy Oh wow nice!! I just one day want the 1up Midway collection one that as every MK MK 1, MK 2, MK3 and UMK3 and like 12 other Midway games or something. That one lol
Bro that's awesome! I have some Arcade1ups and really wanting to upgrade the Street Fighter 2 machine to add more games. Just would hate to start then mess it up and get frustrated. My diy skills are being lived through you. Awesome job! Love all the games you showed in the video you could play.
Thanks David!
Very beautiful looking. Great job.
thanks!
Wonderfull job!! I made a MK2 cabinet too! Congratulations!
Thank you 🙏
Beautiful! One of my favorite cabinets!❤
It's hard not to love the OG turtles machine that's for certain.
@@cooltoy Yup! TMNT, X-Men and Simpsons.❤Building 3 custom Konami cabinets now. I don't have room for full sized and Arcade1up are too small.
I would love to see more in-depth build process around the monitor, bezel, and glass. I want to try and refurb some cabinet, but would want to get away from the CRT monitors and install new 16:9 monitors. I just really dont know what kind of undertaking that would be.
Dude thanks for this! I have the Simpsons cabinet which is the same factor as this and when that CRT finally goes I think I'm going to go the Dualup route. Would love a video detailing the mount setup for that.
Same, i have a tmnt cabinet with a newer crt in it, but im really hoping it will last a while. But when it does go bad, i now have a plan.
Great Job! Looks beautiful with the green trim.. Def recomend iL Sticks! I
My thoughts. Absolutely epic. I’m with you, this is 100% my childhood and totally encompasses everything I remember about arcade gaming growing up. Personally I have to make do with the Arcade1up version. Nowhere near as good as yours , but satisfies my itch! Great video 👍🏻
One of my favorite memories as a kid was beating this game in the arcade with a group of older kids. It was one of the first times I ever beat a game, and an arcade game at that, made it even more special.
@@cooltoy Exactly the same here! It was at a fair ground and my mate was the one who chucked in all the 20p coins to do it, man this game certainly eats your money towards the end 😳 For me the biggest rush was just hearing that opening intro music blaring out across the fairground, gives me goosebumps to listen to even now. What a game this is!
Another awesome cabinet way to go looks great!!
Thank you so much!
Looks fantastic
thanks Dillion!
Amazing as always my friend. Can't wait to see the next one you have in store!
thank you!
So rad. Love it. I would require coins on mine but fully understand and appreciate your choice. Envious. Gonna do this myself as soon as I own my own place.
Excellent job! It turned out beautifully and that is an interesting fact that the model playing April is wearing a wedding ring.
It’s crazy that I’ve looked at this cabinet artwork for decades and never caught that detail until recently
Wouldnt be cool if you made a bezel - how can i say - inclined to the lcd giving a depth perception like a crt bezel?
Awesome work!
Who didn't want a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cab, absolutely brilliant. love your stuff as always, saw you in another video recently with your hair down, total different look, cap suits you better ;) Thanks as always, really enjoy your videos.
lol don't worry you're not going to hurt my feelings on the hair, it's just something I'm growing out to cut off and donate to charity, not something I actually think looks good.
@@cooltoy Even more shows how much a nice guy you are and good role model
Nice build! I just acquired a rebuilt TMNT cabinet myself! I need to redo the access door on the back and I'm curious what your final door looks like. Did you leave it as a removable board or did you add hinges and/or handles to spruce it up a bit?
Left it as a removable board that unlocks using the same key as the key locks on the coin doors
Just noticed y added other multiplayer games on this cabinet. Can’t belive all the things u do to these machines. Very cool. 😎
Yeah I wanted to make sure this machine was going to be extra versatile and play many other of my favorite games as well. Especially when something is as large as this machine is, you want to make sure you get the most out of it.
Awesome conversion! Came out great!1
Thanks man!
Bro that looks so mint
thanks man!
Great job, Cooltoy. Love it
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
🔥That TMNT Cabinet is Epic!🔥
That turned out Amazing!! Love the bright green T-Molding and way smarter going with the LCD. That 25” 4:3 Monitor is Awesome! As someone who uses CRT EmuDriver with a 32” Sony Trinitron CRT Calibrated to 224p, those scan-lines look perfect!
Come spring time, I’m building a proper MVC2 Cabinet that will be run from Fightcade. Using a LG 32GP850-B (1440p 165Hz, 4ms latency) with Reshade for scanlines and bezels. Brooks Universal Fighting Boards, Sanwa hardware of course.
Kinda hoping you beat me to the punch and show Arcade 1up how it’s done!
Revenge video?… 🤣
sounds like you've got an awesome recipe to make a killer MVC2 machine!
Man that is one B E A Utiful cabinet
thank you!
Awsome machine brother. Happy holidays!! God bless!
Thank you, happy holidays to you and your family!
You did it again. Congrats!
thank you 🙌
Man that’s what I want
Beautiful rebuild! Love it
Glad you like it!
I'm tossing up between concave or convex buttons for my cab, is there a particular difference in your opinion that makes the convex better?
It's just a personal preference of mine
Fantastic job! That's my dream arcade too! Also...Donatello is the best turtle I agree! Keep up the great work!
Hands down, Donatello 4 Life!
Wonderful job!! 👍
Thank you very much!
This is dope, I have a Legends Ultimate Arcade in my house, it's crazy I never would have thought we could have stuff like this as I kid #turtlepower
Fantastic Job On the Cabinet!! Just wondering what are you running NFL BLITZ ON? I have a raspberry PI
I have an old pc that I picked up for around $100 locally running inside the machine. Runs pretty much any arcade game ever without an issue, and is much more powerful than a pi.
Damn that is a beauty!! Great job!
Thanks Gregg!
Awesome video and good job on restoration. I love Tmnt ❤
thanks!
LOVE IT!
Thanks!
Wonderful, the GOAT!
I hope to update my SF:CE cab I have in my garage. I think I would like to "modernize" it more then restore. But not really sure yet.
Do whatever makes you happy. I think too many people in this hobby allow themselves to be pressured into doing things a certain way. As long as you enjoy the end result, that's all that should ever matter.
Great job on this. Very well done. Don’t feel bad on the CRT. They are a pain to work with haha. My mame cab is in an old NBA Jam.
I don't lose any sleep on pulling troublesome CRTs. I get lots of flack from purists on here but I firmly believe people should do whatever makes them happy.
I love it! I use to spend every Saturday night in the arcade area of the bowling alley with a stack of quarters playing this game..I think I saw Sunset Riders..I have that on Super Nintendo, i love that game also
Yep, love me some sunset riders. Those early 90s beat ‘em ups from Konami were all winners in my book
nice work
Thanks
TMNT Arcade! 🐸🐸🐸🐸
Thats epic. Are there any blueprints so we can make a cabinet from scratch?
www.classicarcadecabinets.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-4-player.html
Doug awesome job on both cabinets just a ballpark figure what would it cost to do all those changes and bring that cabinet back to life. In the process of getting 2 of them and trying to figure out what to do with either one or both
Mortal Kombat was about $5-600 range in totality when I was done. Turtles was more because of the stupid expensive monitor I used. Had I used a different monitor, Turtles restore would have been about the same as my MK build.
Ur lucky, it least u can pick all characters. I bought that new collectors edition that comes with all games on ps5 and sadly the two arcade games force you to use the same character the whole game. I was hoping to use them all to change it up so I just play the snes version. Either way ur cabinet looks sweet! This cabinet has always been beautiful and bring back great memories. I miss the arcades.
They actually remove April's wedding ring in the Arcade 1up cabinets
Wow. Cowabunga.
another Gem!
I forgot that the original TMNT arcade games were mono sound by default. In the test menu, you can switch to stereo which is a pro tip that many people many not know. I think this only applies to Turtles in Time. I don’t think original TMNT had a test menu just dip switches and nothing related to sound.
Hey buddy I really enjoy your content. My Street Fighter II stopped working so the MOD idea is very fresh in my mind. Advice or guidance to and what I should use? What would you stay away from? Raspberry pi or pandora? I'm some what computer savvy but I'm wanting as close to a plug and play. Then again the larger screen is an idea for sure.
Pandora's Box units are pretty good for simple plug and play without complicated set up. They have models that work on arcades with CRT screens or on modern LCD screens, making them pretty great options for newcomers to modding. Raspberry Pi used to be the king when they were dirt cheap, but prices shot up on them during covid. A PC will allow you to play the most games, and give you the best performance overall, but has the most complicated set up.
You really do amazing work. I have the highest respect for your skills and how you conduct yourself. On another note, let’s hope those Chiefs beat the Bengals this weekend.
Fingers crossed, Go Chiefs!
@cooltoy did you mount the monitor with vesa mount and did you mounted sideways or regular ?
I made my own VESA mount out of wood and attached the wood the the existing CRT monitor mount bracket in the cabinet. I rotated the monitor sideways.
👍 Great job! 👍
Thank you! 👍
Gauntlet !! Is that on coinops ?
I added it to my build
Any advice on a trusted place to purchase original arcade machines. Don’t want to get scammed and don’t know who is a legit dealer in these old cabinets.
@@DeathSavePinballStreaming in person purchases are the way to go these days. Wayyyy too many scamming websites out there. I know several people who have purchased online through captains warehouse online auctions, but those purchases always have a significant auction fee and tax added to the final bid so you rarely will find yourself a deal.
my dream
Looks great. Screw the crt if the dell looks good.
Are those sticks hard to swap A1U sticks with? I want to put some in my tmnt a1u
They aren’t a drop in replacement for the stock Arcade1up joysticks. You’d need to modify your control panel to get them to fit inside your A1Up
Would be lovely if you did a investment cost on the project.