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mo1e:

Hello all basically a few years back i decided to make a cabinet using a dreamcast and a tv. a very kind user sold me some hacked dreamcast pads (haruman) that was soldered and i just needed to wire up my buttons and joysticks. this all worked fine but the project got scrapped due to me moving house.

Anyway i want to re start this project as i really want a dreamcast cabinet, due to the fact the dreamcast can do emulation aswell. But i have a few questions.

1. Is there any way at all to rig a coin op so that i need to insert credit to play on the dreamcast? if so how tricky is this.

2. Is it only the dreamcast dpad that can be hacked or the analogue stick aswell?

3. What amount of players do you guys recomend? i know 2 should be enough but im thinking 4 players for games like virtua tennis?

4. Howmuch does a basic dreamcast cab cost to build including basic joysticks and buttons.

I cant believe i had to get rid of my other build, Even if it was just the control panel

EDIT... would this build be as simple as just building a cabinet, Placing a tv and the dreamcast inside and plugging in the hacked joypads. Or am i being dillusional.

HaRuMaN:

Yes...  it would be as simple as building a cabinet, putting a TV (or a computer monitor if you use a DC VGA box) in, and plugging in some hacked pads.

1) You could connect the hacked start button to a coin door...  but not sure why you would want to do this.

2) I can hack the D-pad & the analog stick.  However, by hacking the analog stick, it makes it digital.  With all the DC games I have, I have only found one that requires the use of the analog stick (Berserk)

3) Go 2 players... if you ever have more than 2, you can just plug in regular gamepads.

4) That will vary wildly depending on the controls you choose, etc.

mo1e:

Yeah i have got my eye on a dc vga box at the minute. Not sure how much better the quality is, But i want to use my pc monitor anyway as it is thinner then a standard tv. Also using the vga box i will be able to connect some speakers and a sub to it for inside the cabinet.

The reasoning behind the coin door is more for me. for some reason i want to have to pay to play. kind of a way of saving money i suppose. Im not sure why though.

HaRuMaN:


--- Quote from: mo1e on April 10, 2012, 10:39:26 am ---Yeah i have got my eye on a dc vga box at the minute. Not sure how much better the quality is, But i want to use my pc monitor anyway as it is thinner then a standard tv. Also using the vga box i will be able to connect some speakers and a sub to it for inside the cabinet.

The reasoning behind the coin door is more for me. for some reason i want to have to pay to play. kind of a way of saving money i suppose. Im not sure why though.

--- End quote ---

The quality of the VGA box is much better...  especially noticeable on games like Ikaruga.  MVC2 looks a little odd on it, the background is rendered, but the sprites are pixellated.  I have heard of people using a scanline generator (SLG3000) between the VGA box and a computer monitor and getting nice results.

mo1e:

Damn i found my old buttons and stuff but ive lost the hacks you made me. howmuch are they again? i can send you the controllers. do you live in the uk or us?

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