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"Steve-O-Cade" major update to Bigbuffs Arcade Project

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yotsuya:

--- Quote from: bigbuffs on July 15, 2011, 08:32:19 pm ---Seems like it would be a really sweet feature though im not sure what I would have it display. Maybe just duplicate the display.

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If I had that, I'd probably throw up either the game marquee or something from CPWizard.

spocktwin:
I am not one for blowing sunshine up someone's arse but I really like the looks of this thing!  The black and white are really kind of eye catching......keep up the good work.

taylormadelv:
Very nice! That huge ass control panel is BEGGING for a illuminated trackball in the center!;)
I just finished working on a World Class Bowling Deluxe cabinet, which is basically identical to yours. I kept mine as a trackball mame with the three buttons only. Everything new is led illuminated, of course!
That bright white part of the cabinet kept bothing me, since the cabinet is in a general livinig area of the house, we always look at it. I applied cherrywood finish roll laminate and fresh 7/8" black t-mouling and now it looks like another piece of furniture in the house, man what a difference on the eyes!

bigbuffs:
Things are coming along a little slower now but here are a few things I've gotten done. I mounted my power strip in the cab just using hot glue. This is one of those Eco strips that senses when you turn something on and then it sends power to the rest of the outlets. Picked this up at walmart for $18 and it works perfect for and arcade cab. As soon as I turn the computer on the monitor and speakers will turn on too. I also got the second monitor hooked up. As you can see in the picture I used a 4 pin molex to power the monitor. I actually did this when I had it in my car so I will just leave it this way and power it through the PC PSU. The space cut in th cab was at the perfect height so all I did was cut a couple of grooves so the cables running from the monitor would fit nice. Once again I got lazy and just used hot glue to mount the monitor in place. I'm working on a fiberglass cover for the opening to cover the ugliness of the hotglue and the rest of the open are left by the old cutout. I also got some speakers that I need to mount behind the cover as well. The speakers have a remote line to control the bass and the volume so I need to find a decent place to mount that as well. I want to mount a power button for the computer either right above or right below the second monitor so I may try to put the speaker controls somewhere close to that.

bigbuffs:
So before I got too much further I decided to go with a four player setup which means i will have to redo the control panel. I set up a new layout using autocad and was just looking for some suggestions if I should make any changes. 7 buttons for each player , mouse buttons for the trackball and the four in the top of the control panel with be for FE/emulator control.

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