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Rando's UAII cab progress - Playable!
Shortbus:
Welcome, and cool thread so far, I'll keep watching, the book is great, I bought it, it is dated, but so isn't pac-man, it's still worth the price, and learning a new edition is coming out, i'll probably snag that as well. The author "saint" definately did a good job with it, It will get you so excited for your build that your creativity will start flowing like mad, or atleast it did for me. He packs everything you need to know about everything, it's a bargain, and now an updated verison, you'll be set. I had zero woodworking skills or tools for that matter, and was kinda nervous about wiring, etc, but with that book, this forum, patience and a little money, you have found an awesome hobby!
good luck to you, and once again, welcome to the best forum bar-none, for the hobby.
:cheers:
Rando:
Alrighty,
I don't have any real Cab progress to list, other than this site has continued to be a great resource and I'm pretty sure I've narrowed down the joysticks (sanwa) and buttons (concave old style) that I want. But I have made progress in the basement where the Cab will live. Irony in this is that the desire for the Cab is moving my basement renovation along quicker than anticipated. Wife is amused and now more supportive of my motivation! ;)
But for anyone with moisture/humidity issues in their basement, so far I can recommend "dricore" panels. not cheap, over $5 per 2x2 panel. But they're easier than 4x8 pieces to move, have a lower profile than a traditional subfloor, and so far aren't too hard to install. Don't get me wrong, it's not cake, my back hurts, and I've got 375 of these 8lb suckers in my basement that will feel like my living space for the next couple of months while I do this, but so far better (and cheaper) than paying somebody else to do it. Some update pics for you:
1st pic - Current floor is just carpet on pad over concrete, which is not condusive to letting the floor "breath" and retains moisture. Just getting that up will reduce humidity. Annoying part, those wood tacks at the border that the carpet attaches to are embedded into the concrete with these little nails that are quite a ---smurfette--- to pull up without getting a big divot.
2nd pic - Initial laying out of some panels with some 1/4 inch boards along side as spacers. Also fired up dehumidifier to remove any remaining humidity now present from pulling carpets.
3rd pic - 375 dricore panels that I carried down all by my lonesome. Ouch.
4th pic - What the floor looks like after a few rows complete. Lay panel, tongue and groove lined up, bang with rubber mallet, repeat. And in case you're wondering, hit from rubber mallet to finger hurts almost as much as normal hammer. Ouch again.
last pic - Other end of flooring so far, and impressed myself with jigsaw cutting to get panel around post. will later put wraps around post once finished flloor is in, so the floor doesn't have to be too tight around post, but it's the principle of the thing. Rando 1, post 0.
eds1275:
Looking good! Those dricore panels are great, I have used them in the past at other people's houses.
Rando:
Woot,
It's a good day! Layed another 5 or 6 rows of floor panelling over the weekend. Logged into my e-mail this morning to receive notice that my Project Arcade book is on the way! Came into work and boss gave me my bonus information, so I just placed my order to North Coast Custom/Mameroom for my Ultimate Arcade II cabinet. Printing out cabinet plans now.
It may be 1 degree outside, but it's a beautiful day!! :)
Rando:
No major milestones, but updating for my records:
- Subfloor is done, haven't yet picked up laminate flooring yet as the ones we like are on backorder and haven't settled on alternatives yet. Currently looking at lumber liquidators, but if anyone else has any input suggestions I'm open.
- Box 1 of the UAII cabinet arrived, but boxes 2-4 did NOT, even though Fedex shows them as delivered. Fedex thinks they actually delivered it to my Post office and it's with them, so need to try to track down. Had time to work on it last few days, so not happy at time lost. :(
- Was working with the GameEx frontend, but although some ROMs were fine, other games that worked in MameUI weren't working in GameEx. Loaded MALA and after I got through the initial shock of the lack of intuitive feel, I'm working with the game listing to try and cut down to a reasonable amount. Wife gets frustrated if too many options so I need to keep simple. Looking for a good starter MALA guide, info I've found so far has been more technical, so I'm muddling along.
- Currently using a 26inch LCD as my gaming monitor through S-Video. Windows screens look AWFUL on it, but games look pretty good. Might go with this option if I can clean up the Windows appearance.
Looking forward to tracking down rest of packages and building the house! :D
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