I want my machine to look as close to the real thing as possible, which is why I wanted to get the closest to a WPC-95 cabinet as I could, so along with this cabinet, I have also purchased a NOS (new old stock, so a part that’s brand new, but manufactured when the tables were still being built by Bally/Williams, over 15 years ago now, and has been sitting in storage this whole time) WPC-95 speaker panel, which will add a great amount of authenticity to my build. Although their cabinet is pretty nice (and seeing complete builds of their kit, it looks pretty slick), it is only an approximation of a WPC table, it’s dimensions are slightly off, and fell short of the real arcade accuracy I am aiming for in my build.Ī WPC-95 speaker panel, branded Williams (they also made Bally versions of this panel), brand new, not bad for something 15+ years old! Looking locally, I found a company in Melbourne, Arcade Worx ( who specialize in flat pack arcade cabinets of various types, including pinball. I inquired into how much it would cost to send the cabinet to Australia, but the shipping ended up costing more than the cabinet itself, so there went that idea. First, I tried VirtuaPin ( an American manufacturer of both complete virtual cabinets, as well as flat pack replica WPC cabinets. ![]() I rather like the look of these particular tables, and my favorite table, Williams’ Monster Bash, is a WPC-95 machine, and I decided to base my build on that cabinet. Bally/Williams frequently revised their cabinets and hardware throughout the 90’s, ending with their last revision, WPC-95. (Allen Shope, )īy the end of the 90’s, pinball cabinet designs became more or less standard across all manufacturers, they were all roughly the same size, and the design of each cabinet was also very similar. The 2nd option is to build a cabinet from scratch, but I don’t have the necessary skill, tools, space, pretty much everything involved to go down that route! So remains the 3rd option, to buy a pre-cut, flat pack cabinet from a manufacturer and assemble the parts myself. This is a good option as typically you’ll be able to get a complete cabinet with all of the trim (steel legs, brackets, playfield glass, buttons etc), however the quality of the cabinets will vary (you would never dare gut a fully working machine in good condition, only machines beyond repair are useful for this task), and the arcade purist in me couldn’t imagine harming a real machine! There’s a few ways to build such a table, quite a few people get an old cabinet from a real machine, gut the machine, and convert them into virtual cabinets. A virtual cabinet by user chris77 of, this is what I hope to achieve (minus the decals)Ī virtual pinball cabinet is an electronic version of a pinball table, with a large LCD screen replacing the regular playfield on a real pinball table.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |