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sublimejhn:

--- Quote from: dgrams2000 on February 06, 2013, 10:41:05 pm ---That is very nice.  Professional looking. 
One thing that I chuckled about was the picture where you see all the kiddie toys all over the floor... and mixed in with them  is a power drill.
:D

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Haha, didn't even notice that. My daughter was enjoying "helping" with the build at the time, she liked when I would mark everything in her little play area there.

Haven't logged on here in a while, but thanks for all the compliments! I have been having a great time with the arcade, lately I've just been getting the software how I want it. Added themes to all the games for hyperspin, and added a bunch of other arcade emulators so I can run just about anything that works with my basic control panel.

The one thing I have been working on is I took apart a logitech flight stick and I have a plan to be able to attach it when needed for games like star wars trilogy. I just need to get some more time to work on it. The coin door is just for show, the coin reject buttons actually add credit when pushed, so I am mounting usb ports inside the doors where the coin shoots would be. This way I can just plug in the flight stick or any other controller easily without actually having the usb ports visible.

I still get blown away when I look at what others on here are able to do, but I need to accept that all I have is a jigsaw so I can only do so much! In the end I'm still pretty proud of it considering, and if anything I may do as others have pointed out on here and possibly update the side art someday. It's definitely the low point of the build. Initially I didn't plan to get any art and was just going to paint everything because I didn't really expect it to turn out as well as it did. Buying the art was an afterthought and I just hopped online and bought it last minute. Kinda kicking myself for that one now  ::)

EMDB:
Nice build. I would have made the CP a bit deeper to have some space to rest your hands though. And the angle of the monitor seems a bit small, it seems to be almost flat?

Arturius:
I love the look of your cab, my build stalled quite some time ago but you have definately given me some good ideas for the future :)

 :cheers:

sublimejhn:

--- Quote from: Arturius on March 21, 2013, 09:51:21 am ---I love the look of your cab, my build stalled quite some time ago but you have definately given me some good ideas for the future :)

 :cheers:

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Thanks, glad I could help!


--- Quote from: EMDB on March 21, 2013, 08:12:45 am ---Nice build. I would have made the CP a bit deeper to have some space to rest your hands though. And the angle of the monitor seems a bit small, it seems to be almost flat?

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Yeah, the reason I chose this design in the first place was because I wanted something relatively small that wouldn't look to over the top in my house, and I like the look of the Midway cabinets. I used the jakobud templates for Ms. Pacman, so unless the template is off or my measurements where (which is entirely possible, measuring the monitor and keeping it level was a pain), it should be pretty close to the same monitor angle as the original cabinet. It's definitely not flat, maybe the picture isn't the best choice. I have plenty of other ones but I just kinda threw a few up on here real quick.

But as it was, to comfortably fit another player and a trackball, along with the 24" monitor that I had sitting around,  I had to make the whole thing 4" wider than the original. I'm sure I could have made the CP a bit bigger but it wouldn't have really fit with keeping it as a smaller full sized cabinet like what I was shooting for. With how short the Midway cabs are the monitor has to lie somewhat flat because you have to look down at it. The marquee sits at what would be eye level for a taller guy. I've never felt it was too small personally, but I'm also 5'6" so a smaller cabinet is probably not as much of a concern to me as others  :D

The only issue I have had with the way the monitor sits now is that, of course, I now find myself wishing I could play light gun games but I will never be able to do that without a vertical monitor. In the end though, I figure I can always throw hyperspin on my HTPC too and just play light gun games on a nice 65" panny tv if I decide to break down and buy guns. So for me I don't think it would have been worth tossing the cabinet style I wanted just to accommodate some games that I initially never intended to have on the cab anyway. Definitely something to think about for anyone looking at this style though, you will never have that option in the future

Yvan256:
First noobie attempt, you say?  :dizzy:

It's already been all said, but I still have to say it once more: you avoided all the noobie mistakes, didn't go crazy on your control panel, kept the artwork nice and simple, have a nice marquee that doesn't stick out of the sides, etc.

Congratulations on your awesome first build!  :cheers:

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