Mission Control Project: 5 years on, what to do with the leftovers?

[borals]

I am gobsmacked at the amount of work you have put into this, it's inspiring!

Amazing job!

 

[thatpurplestuff]

Not sure how I missed your last update with the curved screen material, but that looks fan f'ing tastic!  Looking forward to the update... hope those start buttons work out for ya!

[Pixelhugger]

Not sure how I missed your last update with the curved screen material, but that looks fan f'ing tastic!  Looking forward to the update... hope those start buttons work out for ya!

Thanks again for those! They work great! Update imminent. Been slaving on it for days. 

[markrvp]

Pixel, it looks like you almost have everything finished... what's left?

[dfmaverick]

Pixel, it looks like you almost have everything finished... what's left?

Now that the space shuttle program has been mothballed, he's retrofitting it with some booster rockets salvaged from NASA.

[Pixelhugger]

Heh... just some media related technical slow downs. Had a hard drive go down that I was relying on as a scratch disk. Got a work around, but it's delayed the update until tonight/tomorrow. 

[markrvp]

Heh... just some media related technical slow downs. Had a hard drive go down that I was relying on as a scratch disk. Got a work around, but it's delayed the update until tonight/tomorrow. 

You're teasing me... let's see the pron. 

[Pixelhugger]

Wait for it... Wait for it....      

Be patient... it's 8 minutes of awesome.



Link fixed!

[t3design]

In the USA:

[yotsuya]

In the USA:

DENIED!!!

[thatitalian]

NOT AVAILABLE!

[Pixelhugger]

So, how do you stay in love with a project this long?

To be totally honest, I could never have kept the motivation without these forums. Not even close. There were so many times when it almost got shelved only to get somebody's random feedback to spur my lazy a&& back into the garage.

And then there were times when I mentioned an update and felt obligated to follow through (not get flamed)... so yeah, this thread made all the difference.

Thanks for everyone's participation, it's really what's kept me going.

[Pixelhugger]

In the USA:

Uh oh. I guess its the music track that's generating that content restriction. ARGH! Anyone know of somewhere I can post and embed without that??

[emphatic]

In the USA:

Uh oh. I guess its the music track that's generating that content restriction. ARGH! Anyone know of somewhere I can post and embed without that??

Try registering at vimeo.com and upload it there, or remove the music and upload it to YouTube again.

[Pixelhugger]

Thanks Emphatic... trying that now. If not I guess there's Facebook.

[Pixelhugger]

Waiting on encoding through Vimeo. Hopefully I'll have a new link in 30 min.....

[javeryh]

What a tease!!!

[Pixelhugger]

Fixed. Thanks Emphatic!

[Vidiot]

 

That is how its done. Bravo man. This cab is in a class by itself. That reveal vid was hilarious and awesome! 

[emphatic]

Fixed. Thanks Emphatic!

Wooot! I made it to the final credits!  How does it feel now that it's done?

[Nephasth]

A build this badass deserves its own music video! Excellent, excellent work!

[yotsuya]

Fixed. Thanks Emphatic!

Wooot! I made it to the final credits!  How does it feel now that it's done?

Awesome job!!!! I'm in the credits too! We need a BYOACMDB!!!!

[Pixelhugger]

Thanks for the feedback!

The video was as much fun to do as the project itself! I'm glad you guys like it. 

[Pixelhugger]

Fixed. Thanks Emphatic!

Wooot! I made it to the final credits!  How does it feel now that it's done?

Y'know... it the middle of the build I thought it'd be anticlimatic to finish, and that actually playing it would be a huge letdown.

The opposite has turned out to be the case. My son has just reached an age when he can actually appreciate the games (yes the 7 year old son who was born AFTER the thread started).

Anyhow, his enthusiasm makes it all worth while. It's so much fun to play Mario Bros. like I remember it.. this time with my kids!

[javeryh]

Awesome awesome awesome.  I can't believe it WAS worth the wait!  So when do we get a video of you demoing the thing?  

P.S. the video is hilarious.

[Yvan256]

Finally! It's DONE!  

What makes me mad about these kinds of projects is that I can barely do a control panel. I'm hoping my DIY CNC machine will fix that to some degree. Damn you all for being so damn good, I'd be happy to be 10% as good as some of you.  

P.S.: it's weird to see my name in the credits. I just searched the whole thread so that I could remember what I said.

PS/2: a replacement for the AT-style keyboard connector.

PS3: a game console from Sony.

P.S.4: Final Countdown rocks!

[Ond]

Congratulations!! your project has been/is a great inspiration to me, it combines arcade fun and spirit with true art and craftsmanship.  

AWESOME, DUDE.

 

[drventure]

Great video!

And a fantastic build! 

It's definitely worthy of being handed down through the generations. That's a surefire way to keep classic gaming alive!

[Pixelhugger]

A perpetual Ojigi right back at you Ond...

it combines arcade fun and spirit

I got thinking after finishing the video that people were going to clown me for such an off topic tangent and waste of time, but then I thought.... were all here for fun and nostalgia anyway, so I figured I'd post it as it is and let it be.

Glad people are having fun!

[Pixelhugger]

Thanks Dr. V

It's definitely worthy of being handed down through the generations.

I love that your project feels like it already has been!  

[jfunk]

I feel like I did when I finished the last book in the Harry Potter series...  Now that it's over, what's left to look forward to??

Well worth the wait, but the anticipation was half the fun!

Great video! 

[JayB]

That was great. I only pop on here now and then and have checked your thread for progress. To see it completed but with the video details it made it feel more than just a cab being built. 

[Pixelhugger]

I feel like I did when I finished the last book in the Harry Potter series...  Now that it's over, what's left to look forward to??

As a big Potter fan myself that's an enormous compliment.

[t3design]

Dude, that is really fabulous work. From concept, to all the tangential fun stuff you created on the way, to the detailed (though often only annual) build updates with pics and video, to this finale...the whole project rocks!

Your project was one of the first ones I read completely through in early 2009 when I started my build (now merely 2.5 yrs old. Thank you for setting a new standard for how long is too long to complete a build!!!) . Your creativity and attention to detail resonated with the way I like to do things and I have followed along with great interest. Enjoy the fruit of your substantial labor and thanks for giving us all a glimpse of arcade heaven.

t3

[Pixelhugger]

*grinning like an idiot checking the thread while wife is driving down the freeway wondering why*

[pmailley]

Great, Just Great, the machine, the woodworking, and the video, thank you!
Taz

[markrvp]

Congratulations on a job well done.   
I don't know that I've ever had the stick-to-itness to undertake a project that lasted this long.

This thread has also kept me interested in the hobby so many years later.  When you get some time I'd love to see a video of your frontend in action and some final shots of the the whole cabinet.

[mgb]

The cabinet looks awesome. the video was great. It was funny but somehow also choked me up toward the end.
great job

[Pixelhugger]

When you get some time I'd love to see a video of your frontend in action and some final shots of the the whole cabinet.

I had hoped to get the FE in the video but some text alignment issues were driving me nuts and so I left it out. The video was originally planned to be a comprehensive detailed breakdown of the cab, but that proved impossible... I just don't have the photography skills to make what I wanted it to be... you were never supposed to see my family room or walls. So the detail of the cabinet will have to be still photos. I was super happy with how the Final Countdown portion of the video, and the thank you/credit section turned out... but much less so with the montage section detailing the cabinet itself.

If there's interest down the road, I may try to reshoot the cabinet in a (even more) self indulgent montage to focus better on some of the details and angles.   By the time my poorly shot footage is compressed and resized the project looses something.  

[Pixelhugger]

somehow also choked me up toward the end.

My wife cried.  But then that was probably from embarrassment when she realized it was posted for the whole internet to see.

It is funny you'd say that though. I had originally cut a much longer section about my grandpa at the end to dedicate the project to him. But it felt like it took the video off in a completely different overly personal direction.

It was tough to do tho... he was such a tinkerer and genius. It was sad for me to loose him before he could have seen all this completed. His philosophy on life was that we live on through our children and grandchildren and I missed not being able to show him what he had encouraged in me...