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| Vigo:
Thats just crazy, Le Chuck. :o At this rate you will have George himself visiting your house to hang out.. |
| ark_ader:
For a few weeks I had the projector out playing Xbox games. I like a 70' screen, great for movies, but it is not a short throw projector, and you would need a projector in front of you than behind. The noise and heat isn't the best experience you can have, that said if you open a window and crank the stereo up, playing HOTD with the Topgun is a pretty cool experience. ;D I cannot play racing games on the projector, as it can easy induce motion sickness. Thinking of making Count Dukoo's speeder bike? Hope you make that seat comfy. :cheers: |
| saint:
For something close like that I'd go with a monitor. However, I disagree with PBJ's assessment of a projector in general. The 100" screen is the centerpoint of entertaining in our house frequently. 4 player Gauntlet, NFS Porsche Unleashed Racing, X-box and Wii gaming, freaking awesome with our HD projector. A 55" tv just wouldn't be the same at all. Photos of course do not do the image quality justice. When we had a standard def projector it was good, but when we put up the HD projector it's a mind blowing picture. First thing we did was fire up the Planet Earth blu-ray and our jaws dropped. |
| Le Chuck:
--- Quote from: saint on April 29, 2012, 09:37:57 am ---For something close like that I'd go with a monitor. However, I disagree with PBJ's assessment of a projector in general. The 100" screen is the centerpoint of entertaining in our house frequently. 4 player Gauntlet, NFS Porsche Unleashed Racing, X-box and Wii gaming, freaking awesome with our HD projector. A 55" tv just wouldn't be the same at all. Photos of course do not do the image quality justice. When we had a standard def projector it was good, but when we put up the HD projector it's a mind blowing picture. First thing we did was fire up the Planet Earth blu-ray and our jaws dropped. --- End quote --- That is pretty good looking, and looks like everyone was having a blast too. I am also contemplating building it one one of the arcade flat screens used in the SW Trilogy or SW Racer cabinet. I can hook it up so that the speeder can be displayed separately and might add wireless functionality to it so it *could* be played with a projector and a HPTC but It would loose the SW Racer Arcade functionality when in wireless mode. I think I may start with a SW Racer Arcade and build around that since there is no emulation solution a this time. I was browsing projectors and thought that HD at 2000 lumens would do the trick. At the price point for those it eats up about 2/3 of my build budget tho so may not be the best option. |
| PL1:
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on April 29, 2012, 12:35:54 am ---I am as well, also there will be a base for support and likely electrical component enclosure (done up to look like forest floor or desert depending on which speeder I do) The projector could be down there. For the 74-Z I would like to have the bike on a tilt mech so the roll analog input comes from leaning (or depressing the foot pedals) and the pitch from the speeder handles. I'll also create a quick disconnect so that the handles can operate independently for SW Racer Arcade (While I'm dreaming, what the hell right?). I'm thinking that I'll also map the roll onto the handlebars so the rider can choose either play method. This of course is my pipe dream. My Retro-futuristic Mission Control Opus build. But it would only be so cool if I can't start with a great screen image and build around that. --- End quote --- I'm just spitballing here, but for some reason, the image that sprang to my mind was a S.T.U.N. Runner style cabinet, minus the monitor. the yoke uses the same mount as SW, and you could mount foot pedals into the running boards. Heavy pipe with bearings on an A-frame under the seat could allow the whole thing to tilt for roll control. (Red) Mount a gear on the end cap to turn a pot--maybe use some 60+14 tooth gears like the SW yoke. (Green) Springs or bungee can dampen and center the roll. Blocks on levers can wedge between the lower edges of the seat box and the base to lock out roll. Bonus round - put the blocks inside the seat box and incorporate the levers into the external design. (Gold) Either mount the projector below the front deflector plates or project upward and bounce it off a ground-mounted fixed 45 degree mirror hidden by the plates which can be on either side as long as they don't touch the mirror or block the projector path. (Gray) |
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