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GeeCab: Upright Galaga 26" Widescreen (Vertical) built from scratch [COMPLETED]
wp34:
Very nice. I like your CP layout. :applaud:
How wide is your cabinet?
geecab:
Happy you like my control panel, was definitely the part I spent those most time on.
@madmatt - Each player has 3 buttons (2 red, 1 blue). 3 buttons is plenty for all vertical only games I think? I was going to add more buttons, but thought things might get cluttered / look less authentic. BTW In retrospect, I wish I had put 2 coin buttons (one for player1, one for player2) on the coin door area because for some 2player games (like Super Sprint for example) player 2 can't get credits by entering money using player1's coin slot (hope that makes sense). I got around this for those specific games by using the blue buttons on the CP for player1 & player2 coins instead.
@mgp - Agreed, I like a real coin door and I'd to fit one at some point. At the time I thought I'd just give this idea ago and see what it looked like.
@wp34 - H x W x D = 172cm x 58cm x 61cm
Thanks for looking! :)
Vulgar Soul:
Very interesting take on a classic design!
Where'd you get the speakers? And what pushbuttons are those? I never saw those before. The glossy, translucent lookin buttons are a unique touch.
randjamal:
--- Quote from: geecab on October 10, 2011, 03:29:31 am ---BTW In retrospect, I wish I had put 2 coin buttons (one for player1, one for player2) on the coin door area because for some 2player games (like Super Sprint for example) player 2 can't get credits by entering money using player1's coin slot (hope that makes sense). I got around this for those specific games by using the blue buttons on the CP for player1 & player2 coins instead.
--- End quote ---
For those games you can assign coin1 and coin2 to the same button.
Awesome job! I especially appreciate tackling the keyboard hack.
I'm currently planning a widescreen vert bartop, so I may bug you with some questions. Here's the first: Did you paint your bezel? Any reason you didn't do pinball buttons? It seems natural with that vert widescreen.
monkey puzzle:
Very nice cabinet, I like it a lot! Well designed cp and overall look is very nice. Well done for taking lots of pictures, I'm going to build a vertical cabinet next and I think I might get some inspiration from this. Whats it like playing Amiga games on a vertical monitor btw, is the screen size reduced much?
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