I Brought This Daytona USA Arcade Machine Back To Life!

I Brought This Daytona USA Arcade Machine Back To Life!
In this video I’ll give you a run down on how I found, restored, and modified one of the most iconic arcade racing machines ever made, Daytona USA! The main components I used in this machine’s build can be found below.
New Unico 26” Arcade LCD: amzn.to/3P29I4l
GMKtec Mini PC: amzn.to/3Pxrhd5
I-PAC 2 Arcade Game Controller Interface: amzn.to/3TfcBB6
PXN V10 Force Feedback Steering Wheel: amzn.to/4c8YzZw
Daytona USA Arcade Side Artwork: tinyurl.com/ky42xhcr
Arcade Marquee Printed By: arcadegraphix.com
Arcade T-Molding: amzn.to/3V7gutc
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00:00 Intro
00:44 Arcade In It's Original Condition
02:34 Money!
03:50 Big Surprise
05:02 Overall Condition
06:01 Arcade Pedestal Stand
06:45 Decisions Decisions
08:07 Flooring And Base Rebuild
09:15 Time To Mod
09:47 Arcade Monitor
10:53 Steering Force Feedback Controls
12:57 Shifting Controls
13:50 Replacing The Artwork
14:47 Arcade Marquee
15:14 Overall Cost
#retrogaming #arcade #sega
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[@cooltoy]

The main components I used in this machine’s build can be found below. New Unico 26” Arcade LCD: amzn.to/3P29I4l GMKtec Mini PC: amzn.to/3Pxrhd5 I-PAC 2 Arcade Game Controller Interface: amzn.to/3TfcBB6 PXN V10 Force Feedback Steering Wheel: amzn.to/4c8YzZw Daytona USA Arcade Side Artwork: tinyurl.com/ky42xhcr Arcade Marquee Printed By: arcadegraphix.com Arcade T-Molding: amzn.to/3V7gutc

[@pauljakubowski3840]

what PC front end were you using? It looked real clean with the game list on the left!

[@cooltoy]

@@pauljakubowski3840 big box

[@TheDarkThunder]

Back in the day, you walked into an arcade, noisy and crowded but you always listened for that “Day -E- Tone-Naaaaaah!”, then followed the sound like a zombie! Excellent work on bring us back!

[@LinkCherryTree]

not me

[@cooltoy]

@TheDarkThunder Right!? That song is so addicting, it's hard not to sing it for the rest of the day after a few plays.

[@dylanstyles8056]

​@@cooltoyFor me, the sounds that would stick out for me most would be a combination of Pac Man eating pellets, the Pole Position red to green start along with the "Get ready" from Space Harrier. Good times.

[@TheRealJPhillips]

No lie, one of the best driving cab restores on KZbin. Good work. 👍🏾💯

[@cooltoy]

Thank you so much 🙌

[@DarkXenoGaming]

The best intro ever. This song was listenable on the new Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth, and i played it non stop

[@darktetsuya]

love me some arcade racing! cool to see the old daytona cab get a slick looking makeover. there's quite a few I loved playing in the arcade: outrun 2, intiial d, wangan midnight, daytona usa, super gt, crazy taxi... and every so often the new cruis'n is fun too.

[@cooltoy]

I've never played wangan midnight, I'll have to check that one out.

[@andrewT23]

Nice Aladdin’s Castle shirt. That was my childhood arcade. Great video!

[@cooltoy]

Mine too! My parents used it as a babysitter and would just drop me off there for hours

[@ryanm8322]

Same with my mom lol@@cooltoy

[@MichaelBtheGameGenie]

What a find Doug! Love Daytona and great job restoring this one. That Unico 26” monitor is a game changer for Arcade restorations

[@cooltoy]

Yes sir, the unico monitors are such a blessing when replacing these DOA monitors. Just wish they were a tad bit cheaper.

[@MichaelBtheGameGenie]

@@cooltoy agree on that one as well

[@ironhell813]

Finally a 4:3 lcd in a decent size, I’ve waited literally decades for that.

[@HitnRunTony]

That force feedback is insane, what an amazing job

[@cooltoy]

thanks man!

[@ISpinUWin]

Great job! Ahh.. Aladdin’s Castle, what great memories!

[@cooltoy]

Aladdin’s Castle was definitely a home away from home for me growing up

[@Arcade_Dave]

Wow simply amazing!! The attention to detail and the painstaking restoration you have done is incredible . Great job and I’m extremely jealous of that build .

[@cooltoy]

Thank you very much, a lot of love went into the build, which makes the labor part much easier.

[@pettythief43]

I love Daytona USA so much. Always hoped arcade 1up could bring it to life. Don’t know if they could do it justice though.

[@cooltoy]

I don't think Arcade1Up would do the game any favors, they have had a pretty poor track record as of late.

[@adamkalb1412]

❤🏁Congratulations Buddy

[@cooltoy]

Thanks man!

[@BDevi0us]

🔥 Your channel never dissapoints!

[@cooltoy]

Thank you very much!

[@BGAMESBrasil]

Wooww! A amazing Job!! The original key tô this old Arcade has a New home now! 😀 Great vídeo!

[@cooltoy]

Thanks! 😀

[@TiltingT]

Wow Doug, you did a fanastic job brother! Looks absolutely awesome

[@cooltoy]

Thank you very much!

[@en4crcdn]

Looks awesome!

[@cooltoy]

Thank you kindly!

[@bradneely9174]

Not sure what's more impressive, the Daytona 2 and Sega 3 board in an original Daytona USA cabinet, or the Aladdins Castle shirt from the Battlefield Mall. I swear I spent every coin I had trading it for Aladdins tokens and hitting it up after walking through the food court in Springfield. Great memories!

[@cooltoy]

I miss that place more than words can express. So many wonderful memories at Aladdin's Castle.

[@VAMPIREMACHIINE]

omg beautiful job dude! this build is crazy awesome! that yellow t-molding is epic! 🤟

[@cooltoy]

Thanks, I figured many would think it’s too flashy but I like vibrant colors on most things

[@VAMPIREMACHIINE]

@@cooltoy I got the same taste bro, love all the bright t-molding! Makes the cabinets and artwork pop so nice. I got 100’ of bright red 3/4” t-molding in my garage for my cabinet I’m building this spring/summer.

[@ncf1]

That thing had more covid on it per square inch than any other piece of furniture in the Northern Hemisphere :D Juus kiddin', simply *amazing* work my man, that must be hugely rewarding, what an accomplishment. There's a new game, Turbo Outrun Reimagined that just came out, thats maybe one to try, but dont think it has force feedback. Great work mate, congratulations!

[@cooltoy]

lol yeah needless to say I washed my hands lots and lots after cleaning the machine. I’ll check out that game, thanks for the tip 👍

[@ytyndale3643]

You have excellent arcade restoration skills for shizzle.

[@cooltoy]

Thank you very much!

[@TheresaJohnLobos]

Finished product looks awesome

[@cooltoy]

Thank you so much

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

[@cooltoy]

My pleasure, glad you enjoyed the video 👍

[@mikeboss416]

Incredible project. Really cool and so well done.

[@cooltoy]

Thank you very much, I'm quite happy with how it turned out.

[@Rob.Coleman]

Nice restoration/conversion 👍👍👍. Always good to breathe new life into those endless SEGA blue skies.

[@cooltoy]

Love me some SEGA!!

[@ironhell813]

Don’t forget to keep the original monitor and internals in case you want to do a proper restoration.

[@paulberres9878]

I love ❤️ that t-shirt... what a throw back!

[@cooltoy]

I spent sooooo much time there growing up

[@paulberres9878]

me too!

[@Bearcade]

Great game. Love this game I have an Outrun and a Cruis’n USA

[@cooltoy]

two amazing games for sure!

[@lordraYden128]

Awesome work! I did a similar conversion with a F&F Drift and it's been the greatest thing since sliced bread🍻

[@cooltoy]

Nice! Down the road I’m likely going to add an actual seat from a racing cabinet like that. The pedestal on this unit is fine for me, but my little nephews come over for gaming and they will struggle to see the screen without a boost

[@lordraYden128]

@@cooltoy Yep then you can add a subwoofer and bass shaker of course. Good times!

[@ironhell813]

@cooltoy If you want the full size one is less rare so maybe trade a collector that has one of you keep the original parts from this one you might get a full one and then you won’t need to convert it. AFAIK the pedestal is also rare on this unit so treat it and its parts kindly. If I was in the states and owned the full cab I’d trade you, as I’ve always wanted the standup version.

[@vacuumman3729]

Are you near Tulsa my man? Saw this exact machine on FB Marketplace! You certainly did a far better job than I ever could, lol

[@cooltoy]

Yeah I’m a couple hours away from Tulsa in Missouri. Thanks for the kind words!

[@michaell5565]

Awesome build! looks great!

[@cooltoy]

I'm glad you liked it! 👍

[@kevinrk1663]

Great work! I had a two player sit down Daytona in my garage for a bit. It was a honker and unreliable. Yours seems like a great mix of “original feel” but updated reliability and the multi game is a big plus.

[@cooltoy]

Thank you so much

[@MrEd20901]

Awesome build, and hard to beat the end cost. I have never seen a stand up Daytona USA. Any place that had a Daytona always had at least a 2 seat, while most had 4. Local mallcade is great with an 8 seater, with FFB seats. And i have never seen one of the cars down. Same place has a 5 player The Grid.

[@cooltoy]

Wow, you're local mall arcade is special, definitely not common these days to hear about such nice set ups still in operation in places like that!

[@KING_KONK]

THUGFRESH this cab came out amazing omg so awesome

[@cooltoy]

Thanks man, I’m really happy with how it turned out in the end

[@LoveToGameOfCourse]

So awesome. It’s beautiful.

[@cooltoy]

Much appreciated 👍

[@Realmoflo]

Nice. You built it better than the original

[@cooltoy]

thanks, I definitely wanted to improve on it where I could

[@akvalues]

You great taste bro!!!

[@cooltoy]

I appreciate that!

[@hectoraleman]

Looks awesome. Going with a PC Multicade racer will probably get way more play than a stock Daytona.

[@cooltoy]

Absolutely. Daytona USA is great, but it’s so nice to have many other racing games to play as well

[@charleychuck]

Great job 👍

[@cooltoy]

Thanks 👍

[@uberdogg1]

Initial D is a fun arcade racer that might work in your cabinet.

[@cooltoy]

Yep, got the first 3 added to this machine so far. I'm playing a little bit of Initial D 3 towards the end of the video.

[@mathewmoreno1839]

Schaweet! Two 👍 up from me! I would say Diddy Kong Racing for the kiddies B/C why not your the mod man, and undeniably from a branch in our timeline....and our timeline will be retold as "genesis" cannon in the future pages of The Gamers Bible!🎉

[@cooltoy]

Good suggestion!

[@joshuapacman]

This is sweet chances are the original owners used a conversion kit. I know sega sold them for vf2/3 to convert older cabinets.

[@cooltoy]

very well could be, though I think the conversion kits were aimed towards the sit down machines.

[@nathanielenochs1843]

I hope that SEGA brings the rebranded version of this game along with other installments in this series to Steam and GOG.

[@cooltoy]

Sadly I don’t think that’s likely. Otherwise they would have done so already

[@SPYoung-xe5hj]

Cool build! I followed your a1up pinball screen mod! Would you be able to share how you configured the wheel for each game in a separate video? Working on converting a cab to driving cab and everything works but struggling to get the wheel working with each game/emulator.

[@cooltoy]

Unless you are using the exact same wheel and encoders as I did I couldn’t really help you out in that aspect as how I set up my games would be completely unique compared to your set up with different hardware

[@KeystoneLawnCare]

Dope!

[@cooltoy]

thanks!

[@Victor-it6bv]

Is it easy to get an arcade shifter to work with your PC?

[@cooltoy]

Shifters are easy as they just use micro switches and can be connected to a pc with just about any kind of usb encoder. The tricky connections are pedals and steering as those require analog input signals to be read by specialized usb encoders

[@dennyk2294]

I am currently rehabbing a Ghouls 'n Ghosts arcade. What kind of black paint would you recommend to use for the side of the cabinet?

[@cooltoy]

Satin Black is typically what I use, as it's a nice middle ground between Flat and Glossy Black.

[@dennyk2294]

Have you had any issues with graphics sticking to latex paints though?@@cooltoy

[@cooltoy]

@@dennyk2294 I’ve never had that issue, just make sure the paint has had ample time to dry and the temperature in your work space is adequate when applying the graphics

[@dennyk2294]

Cool, thanks!@@cooltoy

[@AllChad]

I wanna say the standup cabs didn’t have FFB? I could be wrong though

[@cooltoy]

Correct, stand up Daytona arcades didn't have force feedback

[@darrenrussell8980]

Are you using lots of different emulators behind 1 frontend?

[@cooltoy]

Yep

[@darrenrussell8980]

I need to do a similar project! Get Scud Race/Super GT on there if you don't already. Runs really well on the model3 emu

[@thunderxxxhydro5738]

Link to where you get your bulbs please?

[@cooltoy]

Are you talking about the marquee lights or the coin door lights?

[@thunderxxxhydro5738]

@cooltoy the marquee lights please.

[@cooltoy]

I used this for my marquee lights: amzn.to/437sMUx

[@thunderxxxhydro5738]

@@cooltoy awesome! Thank you

[@SG25]

Any reason why you couldn't have just sanded the old art off rather than scraping it off?

[@cooltoy]

Typically it just sands the surface graphic off and then creates a horrendous mess when it gets to the sticker residue on these old machines

[@Superdimensional]

It’s not complete because you left all that rust around the shifter and that beat down artwork on the control panel, get in there and get it 100% 😂

[@cooltoy]

That control panel graphic is "unobtanium" so I'm glad it was as in decent enough condition as it is. The rust just adds character 😆