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Donkey Kong Mame Conversion
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: javeryh on March 07, 2011, 01:58:07 pm ---stupid friends who will be playing on this cab someone will accidentally exit out of a game when they least expect to.
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I told you it was an accident. I didn't mean to exit the game.
Rolpa:
--- Quote from: javeryh on March 07, 2011, 01:58:07 pm ---
--- Quote from: Rolpa on March 07, 2011, 01:21:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: javeryh on March 07, 2011, 10:24:54 am ---I also did one of these back in 2009. I converted an old Nintendo cab back to a DK running MAME. It was a very fun project and the results were exactly what I wanted - the cab is still in my dining room and I play it quite often! I second lew's ideas...
Get rid of the bolts on the side of the cabinet - they are ugly, IMO, and aren't really needed. Plus, who wants to damage the side art?
Hide your "admin" buttons under the lip of the control panel (countersink them). I have a coin button and a pause button on the right side and an "exit" button on the left. Works great and there is no way to tell that they are there unless you are specifically looking for them.
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I'm definitely getting rid of the bolts on the side, as I have to change the orientation anyway. For the admin buttons, since I am just going to use a gamepad hack anyway, I was going to use a program called xpadder. It allows "shift" functions, so to speak. Using this, holding the P1 Button and pressing jump will add a credit, and holding P2 and pressing jump will exit to Mame.
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I've run into problems before using shifted commands - especially for "exit". If you have kids or stupid friends who will be playing on this cab someone will accidentally exit out of a game when they least expect to.
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On my previous Street Fighter cabinet, I used shift keys without a problem. On a separate note, I am looking at your thread for your DK restoration. Do you have any measurements/diagrams for your control panel that you would be willing to share? If I can't get my hands on original, I'll have to build my own, and it would be a lot easier if I had something to go by...
javeryh:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on March 07, 2011, 02:09:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: javeryh on March 07, 2011, 01:58:07 pm ---stupid friends who will be playing on this cab someone will accidentally exit out of a game when they least expect to.
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I told you it was an accident. I didn't mean to exit the game.
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I'd believe it if it only happened once - but 5 times all right when I was about to beat your high score?
javeryh:
--- Quote from: Rolpa on March 07, 2011, 04:02:36 pm ---On a separate note, I am looking at your thread for your DK restoration. Do you have any measurements/diagrams for your control panel that you would be willing to share? If I can't get my hands on original, I'll have to build my own, and it would be a lot easier if I had something to go by...
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Oops - I missed this one... unfortunately I do not have any dimensions for the CP. Bender mailed me his and I made a copy with the router - no measuring at all! If you order all of the parts (CPO, buttons, stickers, bolts, etc. it actually shouldn't be too hard to figure out even without the exact measurements although I'm sure someone here has them. :cheers:
Rolpa:
--- Quote from: javeryh on March 09, 2011, 02:41:13 pm ---
--- Quote from: Rolpa on March 07, 2011, 04:02:36 pm ---On a separate note, I am looking at your thread for your DK restoration. Do you have any measurements/diagrams for your control panel that you would be willing to share? If I can't get my hands on original, I'll have to build my own, and it would be a lot easier if I had something to go by...
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Oops - I missed this one... unfortunately I do not have any dimensions for the CP. Bender mailed me his and I made a copy with the router - no measuring at all! If you order all of the parts (CPO, buttons, stickers, bolts, etc. it actually shouldn't be too hard to figure out even without the exact measurements although I'm sure someone here has them. :cheers:
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Lucky me, someone over at the KLOV forums has made an offer to trade me a DK control panel for the the Vs. Dr. Mario board. So I may be in luck. :) Unfortunately my cab got caught in a bit of rain today, it should be fine as I quickly wheeled it into the garage, and I was going to repaint it anyway, but some of the ink on my marquee washed off. :banghead: Oh well, due to errors on my part, there were small discrepancies compared to the original anyway, so I suppose I have a chance to fix these when I get a new one printed... :-\