YANDMAN

Thank you, The three days on this occasion was actually a luxury, All the others were built in two days as i don't have a garage of my own living in an apartment, my place of work allows me to use their workshop over the weekend when they are closed, So i get from Saturday morning until Sunday evening and that's from buying the wood to switching it on. not easy but when your focused on the prize your taking home it makes it a little easier.

Shame you cannot get to play it, Pop over to my arcade ha ha...............I have only been making arcade machines for just over a year and in that time i have made six cabinets, My goal is to make a home arcade of machines purely built by myself, So far i have sold my couch and dining table to make room. Here are a couple pics of the ones i built so far there is also a space invaders in the next room.

Love it man this is a thing of beauty, the turbo grafx kicks ass, mine is multi region soooo many awesome pc engine titles

I think this could be a good idea as long as key Atari features are preserved correctly, i think if your going to produce a system then make something more akin to the 7800 so both formats could be played, I do like the idea of just a pure 2600 also though and as mentioned before with modern tv connections, you could also make it a little more powerful to aide the great programmers that release games here, just as the 7800 has the xm on its way the 2600 could be recreated to sit somewhere between the two, There are many great early 80's arcade games that would make great releases on the 2600 but never did due to technical restraints. It should also have a region switch included so all us pal users can play the huge and more readily available u.s versions. I think cosmetically it should take it style from the vader but with a more modern swoopy style rather than the basic block design of the original, switches maybe in a posh metal finish with a super cool silver Atari logo sat under a few mm of clear resin to give it a 3d aspect on top and finished in a stunning almost ceramic black finish, damn it i can see it now i want it. I love the original equipment but tv connections is a pain i would back a modern, more powerful and multi format machine and just to open a new Atari esqu console would be joy.................Fight the future!!

I would just like to say thanks to mostly everyone's kind words, yes of course a huge company could build a better one, i enjoy and love both gaming and arcades and building them, I never opened the post with " Worlds greatest yars arcade machine " but i respect all opinions. Thanks to everybody that likes, it really is a lot of fun to play on. Yan

Whaaat a multi million dollar company v.s one man in his shed with some tools..............ha ha of course they could make a better one, i never said it was the best i just thought some of you guys might like to see this as its only the second custom arcade ever built and the very first to run a vector based version of the game

Many of the classic games in their initial incarnations were white, Galaxian, Galaga Moon war etc

I can supply you a plastic case if you would like one

Hi Guys This is something i had thought about for a while and over a three day period of the Christmas holiday i built this, This is my interpretation of a Yars Revenge arcade machine, It runs a vector based remake of the game as i wanted to make it as though it were made in 81' but also runs the 2600 original and i just thought id share some pictures as some of you might appreciate this. Thanks Yan

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yes obviously due to the picture you posted, Im a big fan of marc's work and if you want a genuine experience this is the way to go, i just found the use of a nintendo 64 era mario on the back a little questionable, but this is a small thing, otherwise a great box.

Thank you for your suggestions, i like what you've done there but im not trying to make these look exactly like ATARI original designs, i wanted to use the style that kept it within being a 7800 box but not copy exactly, Especially with the xm box, the xm brings in a new dawn of gaming for us so why not switch things up a little, Plus ive already processed and sent several orders so im not going to switch them up now, but thank you for your input kevin

Ha ha thanks man, I knew this would get pointed out but for the style i wanted to go with i felt the two main machines were best fitting for the cover

Hi i have made two custom game cases one for the 7800 Pac-Man Collection and the other for the new Donkey Kong XM, The cases are hard plastic like a Sega Mega Drive/Genesis case, They are pretty much the same dimensions as an original Atari 7800 box but come in slightly shorter about half an inch or so. I'm selling Each case for £8.00 Plus postage and will post to both Europe and the states. If you have either of these awesome games and would like a nice safe home for them then drop me a message, I will happily work out postage quotes for anyone interested and i accept Paypal. Here are some pictures of both: Thanks

Hi Walter each box costs £8.00 with £3.50 postage, Inbox me if you want to purchase one Thanks

I'm gonna say £9.00 per case plus postage/shipping, if your in the states i guess its gonna be about £16.00 all in, if you'd like one inbox me and ill get it under way. Thanks yan

Id love to see you re-work pole position, its a fun game but given sharpened for arcade authentic visuals and pokey arcade sound this could be brilliant

Here are my box pics again:

??? Really..........Hmm how strange i can see them here on the page, ill message them to you

Hi guys Here are some pics of my box i designed for Donkey Kong XM, Its a plastic hard case similar to a Megadrive/genesis case, Its almost the same dimensions an an original 7800 cardboard case but comes in about half an inch shorter in height, A 7800 game fits perfectly inside and i think it will be a nice safe place for this fantastic game, if anybody is interested inbox me.

This sounds like somebody has tried a possible region mod and maybe bodged it and given up

mark you were completely right and here is an amended version with altered screenshot.

yeah i thought about it, But then i though when you look at the back of real 7800 boxes every single screen shot is awful so it kinda adds something in the fact that it isn't quite perfect, But thank you very much praise from another designer is always great, I would buy this box i think its retains that 7800 feel.

A complete version with spine added

This is my mock design up of what a box art could look like for this amazing game, It's so good i think at some point it should get a proper box and manual release, If you haven't tried the demo yet you must i was more than impressed. Enjoy