Author Topic: DoDon Arcade Bartop (Read 35511 times)

njay · « **Reply #40 on:** October 11, 2011, 11:09:03 am »

A few little things done:

There where no vesa mounting holes on the back of the monitor..
So i fixed some myself only difference it they will just be screwed directly through the wood ..

Power Plug with filter connected to a simple power strip:

njay · « **Reply #41 on:** October 12, 2011, 05:38:49 am »

Question:

Can anyone help me out with a Control Panel overlay for me to print out and cut the holes with that on the wood?

It will be 45 cm in widht and 15 cm in lenght..

I am not so handy with paint or any other tool for that.
Otherwise i will do it by trail and mistake..

Layout will be:

2 sticks with 12 buttons curved fighter style

Thanks in advance

Martijn · « **Reply #42 on:** October 12, 2011, 05:48:24 am »

Hi, take a look here http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/layout.html

Choose the design you want, and download the DPI PPI you want and print it in photoshop , there you can set the exact DPI PPI so it prints on scale

njay · « **Reply #43 on:** October 12, 2011, 06:02:19 am »

Cool

thx for the link this will help out a lot

njay · « **Reply #44 on:** October 12, 2011, 06:46:20 am »

Here is what i will be:

Per player layout:

njay · « **Reply #45 on:** October 15, 2011, 06:39:45 am »

Let the wiring commence

njay · « **Reply #46 on:** October 17, 2011, 03:05:58 am »

Yeah here we go ...

njay · « **Reply #47 on:** October 21, 2011, 12:18:53 pm »

And so it begins:

the sides:

Panel fit:

njay · « **Reply #48 on:** October 22, 2011, 12:26:25 pm »

Small Update:

equlizer · « **Reply #49 on:** October 22, 2011, 01:01:42 pm »

Great cab! I just see one tiny problem. Player 1 stick is soo close to the edge, that may be uncomfortable for you to play any longer than 10 mins. Player 2 stick persons hand could hit your buttons easily. I had the same issue so i just put the sticks closer to the buttons. Thats just me though.

njay · « **Reply #50 on:** October 24, 2011, 02:34:08 am »

After a good weekends work and with great help from my father inlaw..:

Part 2:

Playtesting me and my girlfriend:

Hand made monitor support , it had no vesa mounts:

Quote from: equlizer on October 22, 2011, 01:01:42 pm

Great cab! I just see one tiny problem. Player 1 stick is soo close to the edge, that may be uncomfortable for you to play any longer than 10 mins. Player 2 stick persons hand could hit your buttons easily. I had the same issue so i just put the sticks closer to the buttons. Thats just me though.

It's fine just the way it is .. i now it seems tight but plays well .. maybe i should make some rubber wrist strip on the cp to rest the players wrist on.
But using a good chair to play with and not to low it's ok

njay · « **Reply #51 on:** October 26, 2011, 10:20:49 am »

Running Tekken 3 (EPSXE):

Coin switch bend over coin reject button:

Nephasth · « **Reply #52 on:** October 26, 2011, 10:38:23 am »

Where did you get that switch for your coin button and how much did you pay for it?

njay · « **Reply #53 on:** October 26, 2011, 11:02:54 am »

http://www.arcadeshop.de/Microswitches-Coin-Switch_442.html

It's 2,50 euro

Nephasth · « **Reply #54 on:** October 26, 2011, 11:15:44 am »

Wow, even with shipping to the states that's about half the price I've found them elsewhere. Is the actuator wire pretty stiff?

Martijn · « **Reply #55 on:** October 26, 2011, 11:17:22 am »

There is a spring in the button, so feels still i guess

njay · « **Reply #56 on:** October 26, 2011, 11:20:26 am »

Stiff yeah guess its ok but it bends easly

Nephasth · « **Reply #57 on:** October 26, 2011, 11:25:04 am »

Sweet! I'm picking up 8 of these for one of my skeeball machines. Thanks for the info!

Nephasth · « **Reply #58 on:** October 26, 2011, 11:38:36 am »

Quote from: pinballjim on October 26, 2011, 11:34:32 am

http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=catalog&parent=101&pg=1

No, the switches have to have a rotating actuator for when the ball rolls past the wire. Can't use lever actuators.

njay · « **Reply #59 on:** October 27, 2011, 02:19:03 am »

And do you like the cab folks ? any tips?

njay · « **Reply #60 on:** October 31, 2011, 09:35:54 am »

Some Wood filler to let the marquee screws disappear :

njay · « **Reply #61 on:** November 04, 2011, 12:40:18 pm »

njay · « **Reply #62 on:** November 07, 2011, 04:59:57 pm »

GTA Vice City:

StreetFighter IV Ae PC:

njay · « **Reply #63 on:** November 10, 2011, 09:40:24 am »

Marquee:

Note: the marquee is different i used a normal mdf piece as the frontside.
So i used a special Kit to glue it to the wood , so hopefully that will hold.

njay · « **Reply #64 on:** November 11, 2011, 03:00:29 am »

It's holding nicely i will be adding a 0,5mm plexiglass film over it.
Now i only need to find something to mount that...

njay · « **Reply #65 on:** November 11, 2011, 06:12:18 am »

Control Panel :

Louis Tully · « **Reply #66 on:** November 11, 2011, 06:34:22 am »

SNAAKE · « **Reply #67 on:** November 11, 2011, 07:00:37 am »

^ I did that. there were bunch of other ideas but I couldnt figure out what to do with such a small 2 players panel. kept it simple.

project looks good so far.

njay · « **Reply #68 on:** November 11, 2011, 07:24:21 am »

Yup,

Snaake did an excellent job in the art department

congrats to him

emphatic · « **Reply #69 on:** November 11, 2011, 12:48:20 pm »

Control panel is off the chain! (inside DDP joke).

mgb · « **Reply #70 on:** November 12, 2011, 11:01:01 am »

This bartop is looking great. I look forward to seeing the cp art on it.
Great job

njay · « **Reply #71 on:** November 12, 2011, 12:07:37 pm »

Thx all

Should be all fine but the parts of the ships will be covered with buttons etc.
It's just to cramped to fitt all outside of the button/stick placement

but should be cool non the less

njay · « **Reply #72 on:** November 14, 2011, 02:18:09 am »

Almost there:

njay · « **Reply #73 on:** November 23, 2011, 03:10:34 am »

So i have just upgraded to a W7 x64 setup with mame64

Nice speed increase for my atom board

mgb · « **Reply #74 on:** November 23, 2011, 11:54:59 am »

Lookin' real good

njay · « **Reply #75 on:** November 23, 2011, 07:10:43 pm »

thx man

njay · « **Reply #76 on:** November 29, 2011, 03:34:54 pm »

Software Update:

Installed mame 0.89:

Area 51 and puzzle bobble 2 is having sound stutter with mame 0.143 on my atom d525 proc.
With the older version it's way better, to bad Ki and Ki2 are still having stutter issues

Daphne installed

Installed PSX emulator besides epsxe because psx emulator has better light gun support without having to press f5 to change the controller type like on epsxe

njay · « **Reply #77 on:** December 03, 2011, 03:48:05 am »

Latest Edition:

njay · « **Reply #78 on:** December 04, 2011, 05:21:04 am »

With sideart applied, pretty amazing no? :

BobA · « **Reply #79 on:** December 04, 2011, 01:58:02 pm »

Great work

Looks wild with all the artwork applied.


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