EDIT: pics updated, hopefully they are bigger
after lurking on here for years, i thought i'd post pics of my 90% completed cab. i couldn't have done it without the help of this board and it's members, thank you all.
here is a full frontal, note the coin door. also note the giant 10' screen on the living room wall behind the machine, more on that later:
the coin door is just a sticker, from groovy games i believe. behind the sticker is a fridge for beer, hence the machine name "bAr-cade". just to the left of the door is a bottle opener and volume knob. to the right of the door is a pinball plunger for future pinball.
just below the marquee, between the speakers, is a small 9" fold down LCD. that way i can still watch TV while playing
this small screen also has VGA in so i'm thinking in the future, it could display control cards for the game selected. note that the screen folds down and when up, is held in place by magnets.
next up, a close up of the front of the panel. slot loading dvd drive in the foreground. if you look closely, you can see some lines in the background on the front of the panel (and the bottle opener just below the lines):
those lines i was talking about? the front pops off and out drags a groovy games spinner. i keep the wheel attachment close by so in 5 seconds, i can pull out driving controls:
from the side, you can see my guns holstered behind the panel, one on the left, one on the right (not pictured). keeps them out of site. also pictured, fold down drink holder, for the beers
in this downstairs pic, you can see the 10' screen, the 50" plasma below the screen. top left, you can see my machine . note that the machine clones it's image to either the tv or projector while you can watch another video source on the other screen.
and here are two pics of the end table i made (i still need to stain it). one shows the table closed, the other with it open to put controllers inside. on the table, back right, is a surface flush usb port. this is where i have my xbox 360 controller (used as a mouse with xpadder for the desktop and as a game controller when in game) and keyboard plugged in to control everything downstairs. there is also a hidden power button on the side so i can turn the beast on remotely.
and finally the control panel. i'm thinking of rebuilding it, give it more of the classic arcade panel where the middle sticks out more. that will give me a bit more real estate to add some stuff (thinking of adding 12 button key pads for consoles that use them)
all of the buttons and trackball light up with the excellent LEDblinky. each player has two sticks (one top fire for each player), 8 buttons (plus start/coin) and a spinner; the trackball is shared.
the spinners are opposite each top fire with both top fires centrally located. thought that would give me more control options, for two stick games with fire buttons.
also, i had a custom touchscreen panel built. so the machine is also touch for my jukebox app. works brilliantly with the touchmaster bartop games and also works great as a make shift light gun, touch what you want to shoot!
anyway, that's her. let me know what you all think!
tony