Reignite your inner fighter and prepare for the ultimate showdown!Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown is the definitive version of the Virtua Fighter 5 series that incorporates all the enhancements SEGA has rolled out since 2007 with some brand new features. Feb 08, 2007  'Virtua Fighter' is even better than the successful 'Mortal Kombat', and really taking the old fighting games to a new standard. As in any other fighting game the inspiration of Bruce Lee is felt and the figthing is quite genuine although some moves are a bit unreal.

I am sharing my recently completed Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown Arcade Japanese Lindbergh Cabinet. Also, perhaps others could share their own VF Arcade Cabinets.Regarding this VF5 FS Cab, I am using PS360 controller interface connected to a Xbox 360 for VS5 FS. Beyond playing 'FS', I also use the cab for Virtua Fighter 5 and rarely DOA 5.Sanwa buttons and joystick with a 1mm Kowal actuator. Also, I've been fortunate to get 'dressing' for the cab regarding the 'Version A' and 'FS' graphic laminate mini art marquees.I had to take apart the Toshiba LCD monitor to clean out the smoke haze behind the protective glass, especially built up on the left side of screen due to internal fans operating from the opposite side.Overall, excellent cab for playing VF and getting into the 'game center' zone. Click to expand.Thank you for the kind words including the prior positive posts above.Regarding pride, it's not so much ownership of this cab but the inspiring way it drives myself to play VF and progress. The joy of advancing skills and seeing game play speed increase. So, the cab becomes a supplemental tool for achieving growing results.The Lindbergh cab itself and NNC largely fell into my lap due to circumstances which couldn't have been mapped out knowingly.

A sort of lottery scenario. I am not a wealthy person and came into these machines through sheer obsession and a touch of luck. So, not pride but respect for those who helped in obtaining these machines.Because I have consolized the Lindbergh (and New Net City) the cabs are basically just design products encasing a monitor.A monitor and lit up marquee.

Essentially kiosks of sorts. Thank youRegarding cab dimensions, here are rough measurements, rough in that I had to eye the protruding back section which is centered at the middle base of the cab.

Also, the cab has leg levelers, which affects the height measurement.Height with Marquee is 69.5 inches.Without Marquee, height is 54.5 inches.Depth is 32 inches.Width is 32.5 inches.Regarding the monitor, I have the original Toshiba 1360x768 monitor that came with the cab. The monitor has DVI and VGA inputs.

With DVI, I was able to get 1360. Also, DVI to HDMI worked. For consolization of the cabinet, apparently PS3 won't work on the Lindbergh due to PS3 not being compliant with the monitor?, however xbox 360 and PC works fine. Ah, also Dreamcast via VGA and the screen can be auto corrected in which to make the image widescreen versus 4:3, if one wants that.I believe it's 31 or 32 inches.

I am not sure how to calculate monitor size but this seems about right.If you plan on buying a Lindbergh Japanese sit down Cabinet, be aware of several problems constistent with the earlier Toshiba LCD's which were more prone to contrast issues, especially on the right side of the monitor near the fan intake. By 'contrast', a faded, mottled 'screen door' effect which produces a large vertical 'band' that degrades the overall LCD image, though in game it's somewhat acceptable. Also, there is the issue of dead pixels.Apparently the European upright Lindbergh cabinets used Sanwa monitors, which were prone to their own set of problems. Regarding the Toshiba monitor issues, it's worthy to note that these cabs have been operated for close to a decade, in many cases running non stop for years. The coin counters on a group of Lindbergh cabs in a purchase buy had on average, 40-50,000 coin drops. Interestingly, the cabs with the 'updated revisions' specific to undamaged monitors had less play, which is the basis for stating 'Later revisions'.Because most of these Japanese Lindberghs operated in 'smoke friendly' Japanese Arcades, it's advisable to remove the LCD from the monitor casing so as to clean the screen and protective glass which has a haze of what appeared to be cigarette staining.

Wow that was much more than I expected.Thank you Woodblock!Loved all the details.I'm completely new in the arcade machine's field and I'd like to know better this fantastic world.My first thought was to build it from scratch following some sort of blueprints, if any exists.Like with my custom arcade sticks I love the time I spend building something.I know it's not easy to get a good replica but keep in mind I'll use a numeric controlled machine to build every single piece (like with my arcade sticks).Having said that I don't know if it's doable (does exist a blueprint? ) and I'm asking for advices on the matter.If the replica project is not doable which are the other roads?Another important point is the monitor.I need it to be complaint with the ps3/ps4/xbox 360/xbox one.On this cab I will play FS/GG Xrd (Xrd cab are the same of the FS ones, infact the arcade version is not full HD) and hopefully VF6So the Toshiba one seems not good for my purposes but I'm still curious about the model being a lagless 32'.I know the vizio are good monitors/tv but was wondering which is the best lagless 32' on the market right now?

Darksiders 2 dlc the abyssal forge. I am not aware of any blueprints available, though I can surely help with offering baseline dimensions. Looking at the Lindbergh cab, it is essentially four parts: The base, Spine, Control Panel and Monitor.Of course marquee being the fifth.With dimensions and pictures, one should be able to build a cab that contains the spirit of the Lindbergh aesthetic. A few 'hooks' which are undeniably Lindbergh.The only complicated section would be the cab base with it's many tapered angles on the front.Once and if you build this Lindbergh, perhaps you could share your end product and schematic for others or put together a kit.Many people have a love/hate affair with the Lindbergh, some of that likely due to the fact that it's a difficult cab to acquire and isn't well known or experienced. The sit down version is very different from the European stand up model and has a lot of beautiful detail work that wouldn't muster an arcade in the West.

Delicate would be a good word to use.Looking at the aesthetics, especially the prototype model that was first revealed with enclosed gridded speaker grills similar to the front main coin door patterned with the similar silver toned grid, the designers were going for a Japanese revival where the cultural past meets the present.The cab itself invokes a sense of being a Butsudan, or Japanese Buddhist Altar with it's grid lines which imitate the inner doors of the more elaborate variety. Also, it harks in some ways to a 'Sedan' in which high officials, merchants and nobility would be carried by laborers as a sort of medieval taxi.It seems that the designers sought out and crystalized a very Japanese essence within the piece and hybridized this essence with modern design elements.It's a very masculine cabinet and has again, some classical properties which would likely be lost on Western observation. Unlike the other cabinets such as the Viewlix, Noir and Galaxy, the Lindbergh is very elaborate and decorative, with the strange sky 'tree line' motif on the control panel area. A sort of 'dark night in Kyoto' scenario from an obscure Buddhist letter juxtaposed with modern gaming. Even the amber Lindbergh marquee light attached to the top of the monitor casing has a certain natural glow, a sort of somber candle light.From another vantage, because of it's stark curvature at the base, one could think of armor, which then translates into a sort of cold steel military platform.Anyhow, these metaphors are a matter of denoting the underlying themes playing out with this cabinet, a departure from the more streamline 'Net' series that came before.Part of the large cost of these cabs comes from the craftwork and extra details that are added. The final touch would be the adddition of gemstones or silk fabric (gold brocade micro swathes or flourishes).

A sort of embossed leather control panel showing a scene from a Buddhist sutra.Sega was obviously bringing art and depth back to the arcade platform. A touch of Louis Vuitton. A 'high class piece'. This is of course seen in Virtua Fighter series and others from Yu Suzuki. A matter of tradition really.With that in mind, one could build the baseline dimensions but also think about design elements which fall under the same footprint as that of the Lindbergh. One doesn't need to necessarily design an exact copy but translate through use of different materials a similar 'high class' approach.A whole family of Lindbergh home cabs highlighting some cultural aspect or impact within the philosophy obtained from the original design.Regarding Monitors, yes, it would be difficult to find a Toshiba at an affordable price as they are essentially industrial monitors for commercial use that have been reengineered to work within the Lindbergh and more so have a lagless experience.

No one seems to know the rate of the monitor but it's obviously adequate for game playing, otherwise this would be a popular complaint and the 'coffin nail' for the cab itself.I am not personally well versed in what particular brand or model would be best for fighting games.I am an avid Shmup enthusiast who plays a lot of CAVE bullet hell shooters so lag is an important issue. In this case I play with a Toshiba Pure Flat CRT arcade monitor housed in a New Net City, plus another Gateway 27 inch CRT monitor. CRT is great for lagless gaming.However, that wouldn't work for your project so I would simply go online and find reviews and comparision studies on different monitors.

I can remember a Japanese Virtual Fighter champion (Fudoh?) complaining at EVO about the level of Lag in their ps4/monitor set ups and attributed losses and need for modifying strategies around this issue. Hey G0d3L, thanks for the get well post, well again. Let me know anything you might need. I will be making a youtube video soon highlighting the cab and doing a complete walk around.Hey Kurt, thanks for the kind words. Just to add, I didn't build the machine, simply mod it.

I won't likely get another chance for a second Lindbergh any time soon but will be shortly getting a custom two player panel made for two player action.So, yeah, if I can be of any assistance let me know. Good to see the weather is warming up!

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