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Mass Effect MAME cabinet *updated Oct. 1
ainGide:
Hello, everyone! I wanted to start a topic about my cabinet to sort of get myself motivated to finish. :)
This cab is based on the SSV Normandy, which is the hero ship in the Mass Effect game series. The theme isn't strictly arcade, but ME is pretty sci-fi, Bladerunner...ish and '80s, so I went with it. The left side is the SR1, the model from the first game, and the right side is the SR2, the model from the sequel. Control panel is based on the navigation deck of the ship.
There's nothing particularly new regarding the physical design of the cab. It's just a tweaked version of the basic Lusid design from Project Arcade and a bunch of stolen ideas from improvements people have made over the years. The guts are an AMD machine from a few years ago running Hyperspin. The setup is fast enough to run SF4 at 60fps, which was my baseline.
Thanks for looking!
jimmy2x2x:
Very nice work!
Are the sides a vinyl print?
emphatic:
Lovely artwork! Really digging the borders on the CPO. :applaud:
KagatoAMV:
Cool theme choice, I'm a big fan of ME and ME2. I'm looking forward to seeing more pics as you progress.
ainGide:
--- Quote from: jimmy2x2x on September 05, 2010, 03:59:20 pm ---Very nice work!
Are the sides a vinyl print?
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Thanks! It's actually just paint.
There was some fumbling around to get something that looked good, but I ended up finding a good combination of flat paint, masking tape, hammered spray-paint and markers. The main idea behind using hammered paint was stolen from the awesome Heavy Metal Arcade (http://bellsouthpwp2.net/g/c/gcnewsome/fin001.html).
I attached a photo of the first scrap of wood I tested on (final version is a lot less sloppy ;D). The 3D effect from the combination of paints really works when you walk around and see all of the different highlights and textures.