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Slim Shmups candy cab (working on art)
emphatic:
Looks very nice. Is that "diamond" button layout something you've tried and are comfortable with? Or is it just a mockup right now? The only addition I would make would be a bezel around the monitor that makes it completely square. That the screen is slightly leaning back would make it very easy to let you rotate the screen for horizontal shmups without any real effort. Just lift the bezel out of the cabinet, turn it 90 degrees and slip it back in.
I made a small outline of the needed bezel, but you could surely make it sit flush with a near invisible gap.
And the suggested mounting (screw the monitor's VESA holes onto a bracket that's fitted to the bezel from behind). The four purple blocks are where the supporting rest points inside the cabinet could be.
This would be a very easy rotate, like lifting a picture frame from the wall and re-hanging it. 10 seconds tops.
Also, may I suggest waiting a little bit with your control interface, as there's gonna be a very nice PS3/360/PC interface (small PCB) available soon with screw connectors from Akihabarashop ( https://akihabarashop.jp/images/PS360infopage.jpg ). There are many awesome shmups available for the 360 (especially if you have a j-tagged one or a Japanese 360) so it's worth adding support for that "out of the box".
BurgerKingDiamond:
Good suggestion from emphatic. definitely want to be able to play Gradius V and Deathsmiles if you can. That will be the one major advantage of using an LCD screen. And damn, that pcb is gonna be sweet. I guess someone finally got around Microsofts protections.
ccmathome:
--- Quote from: emphatic on November 19, 2010, 09:24:57 am ---Looks very nice. Is that "diamond" button layout something you've tried and are comfortable with? Or is it just a mockup right now? The only addition I would make would be a bezel around the monitor that makes it completely square. That the screen is slightly leaning back would make it very easy to let you rotate the screen for horizontal shmups without any real effort. Just lift the bezel out of the cabinet, turn it 90 degrees and slip it back in.
I made a small outline of the needed bezel, but you could surely make it sit flush with a near invisible gap.
And the suggested mounting (screw the monitor's VESA holes onto a bracket that's fitted to the bezel from behind). The four purple blocks are where the supporting rest points inside the cabinet could be.
This would be a very easy rotate, like lifting a picture frame from the wall and re-hanging it. 10 seconds tops.
Also, may I suggest waiting a little bit with your control interface, as there's gonna be a very nice PS3/360/PC interface (small PCB) available soon with screw connectors from Akihabarashop ( https://akihabarashop.jp/images/PS360infopage.jpg ). There are many awesome shmups available for the 360 (especially if you have a j-tagged one or a Japanese 360) so it's worth adding support for that "out of the box".
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The layout was just a mockup, great idea on the rotating monitor I will definitely give that a try.
I don't have a j-tagged 360 but will look into getting one, If I put a 360 in guess I should go with the trusty street fighter layout?
With that pcb I'm guessing there's no need to hack a controller?
BurgerKingDiamond:
Do you plan on playing Street Fighter? 4 buttons is enough for shmups, if that is what you are designing this for. I'm going with four buttons, plus start, and a credit button for my Jamma pcbs. BTw, jtags are awesome. I definitely have zero buyer's remorse for mine.
ccmathome:
How much did you pay for that j-tagged 360?