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Dedicated Mortal Kombat 9
Donkbaca:
I just hacked 2 control pads over the weekend, wasn't that hard. I posted about it in my project thread today. Buy two of these:
http://www.vpgames.com/p-3724-mad-catz-xbox-360-street-fighter-iv-controller-sf-4-turbo-fightpad-assorted.aspx
then follow this:
http://shoryuken.com/f177/soldering-madcatz-sfiv-fightpad-179270/index2.html
It'll take you about maybe 2 hours to do. Haruman does hacks, I'd do them too if you didn't feel comfortable soldering, but its really straight forward.
Do whatever you are most comfortable with, but it wouldn't be that much more work to just make a CP.
Reptilz:
Im too in the process of making a MK9 Cabinet powered by the PS3. Im using a painted black MK1 cabinet. I already have the PS3 installed and using a 24" LCD widescreen 1080p TV. Fits perfect, and the space doesn't look to bad, specially after I put up little Character Cards around the bezel arena.
All Im lacking is Artwork, I know what I want done, just need to find someone good with photoshop and someone else to print the artwork out for me.
tcleary:
I decided to just make my MK2/MK3 cabinet switchable between MAME and an Xbox 360. so all the MKs in one cabinet, seemed to make sense. I'm waiting on some hacked controllers and a MK4 cp top that I will wire up to the controller and then should be good to go. I need to get some extra buttons on the CP though and don't want to drill, so I'm still thinking about that. I need at least 4 extra to get the xbox and back button available for each player.
MK9 is a bit strange in 4:3 at 640X480 but it's playable. the characters are just smaller and the camera further away. I think it will be fine and I think it's cool to have the game running in an old school MK cabinet. I'll post pictures once I get it running.
i'm still uncertain how i'll deal with controls. I have someone sending me an extra MK4 control panel top so at first I was going to wire that up and just swap the top panel if I wanted to play mame or xbox 360, but since the xbox 360 controllers work with windows maybe I can get away with using just one panel to interface with the xbox 360 and the pc and have a usb switch in the middle. so then to switch between MK9 and and Mame I'd just have to press 3 buttons, one for vga video, one for audio, and one for USB.
we'll see.
Donkbaca:
So this is all MAME? Not Jamma? If that is the case, all you need is the xbox controllers hooked up to a KVN that has USB and audio, like the one I have in my cab.
You need 7 holes, one fore back, start, and guide for each player and one for the KVM. I would suggest putting them on the top of your cab, that way nobody would see them if that is the case.
tcleary:
yeah, it's pc mame and an xbox 360 and i want to be able to switch back and forth without too much trouble. i want the extra buttons easily accessible. on top of the cab would be hard to reach. i'll figure something out and post some pictures once i figure it out.