Turbo cab!

[Sadler]

I was lucky enough to pick up a TurboGrafx cab today from a craigslist deal. Huge thanks to xele for the help moving this thing! Anyway, the whole experience was pretty awesome. I thought the seller was quite a character, but I'm probably basing that entirely on his mustache. I asked about other TG marquees or TG/PCE hardware he might have lying around. Turns out the guy has a laseractive! He didn't seem to want to let it go though, and I don't blame him. Anyway, as far as history on this cab goes, apparently it was a Galaga '88 cab converted for United Artist movie theaters. I think the guy said at one time he had two jamma tg's (actually I think he said PCE), but I'm not sure. Anyway, some pics:

Open cabinet:


Controller:


Marquee:



Galaga sticker:


Coin mechanism:


Random wires I don't understand. Presumably video and audio are somewhere in here:


Way up in the cab. Power supply and some other stuff?


I'd really like to get this thing up and running again. Presumably my first goal is to figure out the wiring inside the cab so I can make a jamma harness for it?

[CPTRAVE]

Cool, can't wait to see it put together and working. Is that the one you found for USD 100?

[SignOfZeta]

So...it doesn't actually have a TG-16 in it? It also looks semi-proprietary, which is odd for something from that far into the JAMMA years.

Well, it doesn't appear to have much rot/squirrel shit in it, so that's good.

[Deletion]

Very cool. Can you post a pic with the marquee and controller in place?

[DrBread]

Oh man! This thing is beautiful! I would honestly have ruined jeans after obtaining one of these.

[Sadler]

Cool, can't wait to see it put together and working. Is that the one you found for USD 100?

That's the one, although by the time truck rental was through I was out quite a bit more than $100.

So...it doesn't actually have a TG-16 in it? It also looks semi-proprietary, which is odd for something from that far into the JAMMA years.

Well, it doesn't appear to have much rot/squirrel shit in it, so that's good.

No TG nor harness in it, it's just the cab. Fortunately rodent excrement is minimal.

Very cool. Can you post a pic with the marquee and controller in place?

Sure can!

[FiftyQuid]

That thing is awesome!  I would love to see a picture of it even mockingly put together!  $100 is a steal.  If I was anywhere near you I would have helped you move that piece too.  Very nice!  

[EDIT] Ninja'd.  Thanks!

P.S. - Was that cat in the cabinet or does he belong to you?  

[Sadler]

That thing is awesome!  I would love to see a picture of it even mockingly put together!  $100 is a steal.  If I was anywhere near you I would have helped you move that piece too.  Very nice! 

"Assembled" pics just above your post.

P.S. - Was that cat in the cabinet or does he belong to you? 

Guy only wanted $5 for the cat, so I figured I'd go for it. J/K that's Bruno

[BlueBMW]

Some of the connectors in there look similar to the connection that were on the harness attached to the original UA TG16 jamma unit I had.  Calling it JAMMA wasn't quite right.... it used some JAMMA like parts, but it really didnt connect plug and play to a jamma cabinet.  It had to be wired in.  Though you could wire it to a jamma fingerboard and make it a jamma compatible unit.

Oh and, while the cabs were pitched as TG16, it is actually a PC engine system used.  They just sold modified game hucards to run US games on it.

[roflmao]

That is freakin' AWESOME, Sadler!

[CPTRAVE]

Awesome, it looks fantastic put together.

[Sparky]

Very cool and have never seen.... Is there anything that goes over there screen/tv?
There are screw holes

[Sadler]

Thanks eveyone! I'm downright stunned that this thing is in my basement right now. I can't believe everything worked out! I know next to nothing about arcade cabs, but my feeling is that I've got quite a bit of work ahead of me to get this thing functional.

Very cool and have never seen.... Is there anything that goes over there screen/tv?
There are screw holes

Yeah, it needs a bezel. My understanding is that I can get a piece of plexiglass cut to fit in the notches, then use poster board to mask the edges. It'd be cool to incorporate some art in the bezel, but I'm having a hard time figuring out what would be appropriate. Bonk doesn't seem like a bad choice.

[BlueBMW]

You need the dude from the tg16 box on the bezel yelling at you whil you play.

[roflmao]

You need the dude from the tg16 box on the bezel yelling at you whil you play.

Haha!  That made me lol.