My buddy's Grandpa used to own a Arcade over at the local mall. anyways he had a excess of old "arcade" cabinets. He took one over to my shed and we started getting some ideas.
so anyways 2 years later we've got a fully functional 1982 "Joust" Cabinet powered by a 1.6Ghz p4.
The mobo is mounted above the safe. the HDD's USB ports,CD-rom and others are inside the safe. The old coin tokens work and accept quarters. the token slots themselves are now ESC and Pause. the OG joystick and buttons still work. there hardwired to a aftermarket keyboard I/O controller. the monitor has been replaced with a HP19" CRT. Added a Subwoofer to the inside cabinet. all the lights works and function with the computer. we've added a 75w incandecent work light also. it's sweet just for the fact you can't tell its not a real arcade till you reach around the back and hit the power button.
Think this is your guys kind of mods? It's not danked out with LEDS, billions of fans and the arcade is beat up. But hell its from 1982 and it's been around the block. being it was really used and played from 1982 upto 1998. the P1 control panel is worn down to the wood from its years of use . it's still got the some of registration stickers on the glass . It's just fun and cool to know that 25+ years later. It's still being played everyday.
If its something that people would like to know about and how we did all the work to it. I can start a worklog and upload pictures
Thanks guys