Golden Tee Conversion

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Golden Tee: Control Panel Progess

I’ve made a great deal of progress on the Golden Tee control panel.  I had a spare piece of 3/4″ plywood that appeared to be about the right size for fashioning a control panel base.  I took the control panel overlay that I purchased, placed it on top of the plywood and traced the outside [...]

Vertically Challenged

This biggest challenge in the conversion of the All American Football to Golden Tee has been the monitor orientation. All American Football made use of a vertically mounted monitor while Golden Tee requires a horizontally mounted monitor. My initial thought was to simply rotate the entire monitor, including the frame, in the cabinet [...]

Golden Tee: Progress So Far

Unfortunately, I don’t have any pictures for today’s post, but I’ll provide a brief update on the status of the All American Football to Golden Tee conversion. I’ve created a “mock” control panel to test the fit on the cabinet and have temporarily wired the trackball and buttons to the jamma harness. While [...]

Golden Tee: Wiring Started

I had a chance over the long weekend to get a bit of work done on the Golden Tee conversion.  Unfortunately, not as much work as I would have preferred due to some family commitments.  Regardless, I’m happy with the progress I made although I did have a few stumbling blocks along the way.  I’ll [...]

Golden Tee: The Parts

All of the parts for my Golden Tee conversion, or at least all of the parts I could think of, have finally arrived. As promised a few days ago, here are a few photographs to help you visualize what’s involved (click on the pictures for a larger view): 

It’s Been A Good Week

The parts necessary to convert my All American Football cabinet into a Golden Tee are slowly beginning to show up on my doorstep. Last Thursday I received my Golden Tee 2002 board set, along with the hard drive and necessary cabling. Over the weekend I located an old 200 watt computer power supply [...]

It’s Official: The Conversion Begins

Everyone in the arcade collecting community has an opinion on game conversions. Some despise them, others see nothing wrong with them as it was a common practice during the heyday of arcades. Many games were only available as conversion kits. Given that, someone will definitely be rattled by my decision to turn [...]