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New Project for 2011 - Mini Star Wars Cabinet
ArcadeDunce:
It was posted above.. Ram Controls makes one....
That's sad to see that they are not very reliable... has ANYONE received there's in a timely fashion, or is it a fly by night operation?
Encryptor:
Sorry for the bit of confusion about the posts. You were talking about the usb yoke being like the original. I thought you were talking about the Jakks game being like the original. I couldn't find one that played the original game.
Encryptor
matsadona:
Building down scaled cabinets is fun, but quite a challenge since it tends to always be some kind of compromise needed to finalize.
I have a thread regarding my build (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=105790.0), and there are several others who can provide you experience made through there projects.
And yes, color vector tubes are really rare and hard to find, so that is probably the first compromise you have to face. If I did it myself I would probably go for a 10"-14" CRT to be "as close as possible" since LCD's doesn't do it right at all...
The controller is the next issue. RAM controls make wonderful replicas, but sadly I have seen all the problems other members have with their orders, so that is most probably not an option any longer. I really hope he gets his act on track again and start deliver what he has received money for.
Anyway. I'm exited about your idea and will follow this project with great interest.
Please let us know if we can assist in anyway.
taylormadelv:
This is a very neat and expensive idea! The SW artwork would seem to be a good place to start IMO. You could take all the artwork files and scale them down and then reverse-engineer a cabinet to fit. A vector monitor for a SW multi would be very complicated, impractical and almost impossible.
I'd go with the ram-control SW yoke/USB interface and the brightest version of mame you prefer. In my experience, I have found Gateway VXxxx CRT monitors to be the very brightest I've used, particularly for emulating vector games. macmame OS 9 will be the brightest emulator but the front end part will be lacking for a multi...