Yes, those Szabos pieces are True works of art. Pricey but worth it.
Now, for the Simpsons, I undertook the largest cab mod job yet.
On Etsy, a seller, graphixarcade, has made available conversion control decks for all, I think, of the four player 1up cabs to a regular sized 2 player deck, made out of MDf, withgraphics, t molding, and an acrylic protective cover, in order to make these games narrower to save floor space and ultimately, fit more cabs on the floor.
After a few weeks, I got my panel in the mail and diligently went to work switching out the buttons and trackball from the stock deck to the new one.
The title game, Simpsons, is a 4 player beat ‘em up like the turtles. For that game, each control set was specific to a certain character so, to make it a two player deck while maintaining the choice of all four characters meant that I had to splice the wires from the unused sticks to the sticks that were used, with the right characters spliced to the right sticks. 16 connection points, 8 per stick. Only took me two or three times to get it right. By the time I was done, I think I know where all these wires go by heart. I also managed to swap out his t molding for the factory t molding that was around the old deck.
The colors don’t quite match. I had to route out the new decks edge groove with a dremel to get it to fit as it’s guide keel was a bit thicker
