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Re: My noname project
« Reply #40 on: November 24, 2015, 06:59:55 am »
As seen on the Flynn's Arcade project, I modified my IL pushbuttons from Arcade Paradise. The led's wire are cut if you use their leafswitch as is, no problem with other switch. You have to put them lower in the pushbuttons drilling another hole. It's easy but you have to be careful to not drill the wires in the operation.

Yeah, when Nephasth originally did that modification to those LEDs on The Beast many years ago, I knew I had to do it too. It worked out great.

Thanks Yotsuya. I didn't want a Christmas tree but I liked the idea to show a little light for the buttons used for every game.
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Re: My noname project
« Reply #41 on: November 24, 2015, 08:21:44 am »
As seen on the Flynn's Arcade project, I modified my IL pushbuttons from Arcade Paradise. The led's wire are cut if you use their leafswitch as is, no problem with other switch. You have to put them lower in the pushbuttons drilling another hole. It's easy but you have to be careful to not drill the wires in the operation.

Yeah, when Nephasth originally did that modification to those LEDs on The Beast many years ago, I knew I had to do it too. It worked out great.

Thanks Yotsuya. I didn't want a Christmas tree but I liked the idea to show a little light for the buttons used for every game.
Yeah, that's how I used them, too. I was hesitant, but Neph made it really easy to do and he answered questions that I had.
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Re: My noname project
« Reply #42 on: November 24, 2015, 08:46:04 am »
Good idea mgb I'll really think about it. The buttons came with the led inside, they are IL-lumination RGB 5VDC led's from Arcade Paradise. I don't think they are really compatible with leaf switch, you will cut the wire. No problem with another kind of witch.

I couldn't those on their site. I found the ILs with clear rims and black plungers but that's it.
I know I can just get the less seperately.
I wish they had the short ones

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Re: My noname project
« Reply #43 on: November 24, 2015, 09:06:48 am »
They are here: http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/button-leds/100-il-lumination-rgb-5vdc-led.html
They were shipped to me installed inside the pushbuttons.
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Re: My noname project
« Reply #44 on: November 24, 2015, 10:48:38 pm »
À little update today: I changed the 2 yellow reject buttons of my coin door for red ones. Bought them at Playdium (Montreal) for 16$ CAD.
Only 4 screws to unscrew for each reject button, very easy!
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Re: My noname project
« Reply #45 on: November 27, 2015, 11:31:55 pm »
I put the T-molding tonight. Seems OK. There are some imperfections because I made mistakes cutting the T-slot, it's not evenly centered. I doubt my friends and family will notice that. The more complicated thing was to notch the T-molding for the corners. I use a hair dryer for helping me to bend correctly the T-molding and a rubber mallet.
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Re: My noname project
« Reply #46 on: November 27, 2015, 11:44:36 pm »
Here the final result.

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Re: My noname project
« Reply #47 on: November 27, 2015, 11:57:31 pm »
Nice,
  I'm a huge fan of black cab with white t molding

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Re: My noname project
« Reply #48 on: November 28, 2015, 01:03:32 am »
Blip and Vertical retraces were my inspiration for the black and white style :)
I'm still thinking about the graphical design I want for the CP and the marquee. All the other parts will stay in black.

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Re: My noname project
« Reply #49 on: April 18, 2016, 07:45:14 pm »
Speakers mounted. The hardest part was to find the covers with the right dimensions.


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Re: My noname project
« Reply #50 on: April 18, 2016, 08:13:09 pm »
My top is cut and laminated with Formica. I'm wondering if it's really necessary to put a fan to evacuate hot air.  I will play very rarely but I'll play PC games like Mortal combat X (CPU and GC intensive). My config is : gtx 650 + I3 4150 + corsair RM 450. What's your opinion?
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Re: My noname project
« Reply #51 on: April 18, 2016, 09:14:20 pm »
My top is cut and laminated with Formica. I'm wondering if it's really necessary to put a fan to evacuate hot air.  I will play very rarely but I'll play PC games like Mortal combat X (CPU and GC intensive). My config is : gtx 650 + I3 4150 + corsair RM 450. What's your opinion?

This is coming along nicely. I don't think you would need a fan you have a vent on top and some kind of air in take near the bottom convection does wonders, but adding one would be cheep and easy.

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Re: My noname project
« Reply #52 on: April 19, 2016, 09:24:32 pm »
Thx Locke. I've thought about that all day long and I think I'll keep it simple. No vent, no fan. I'll check the temp and if it's too much hot I'll drill holes in the top. I don't think it will be necessary because I won't normally play long enough and I could open the back door for very long sessions with friends.

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Re: My noname project
« Reply #53 on: April 24, 2016, 06:41:43 pm »
You don't need a fan/vent/holes.  There's a lot of volume in that cab, and as long as the ambient temp of the room is less than the interior temp of the cab, you'll have a sufficient gradient to "pull" heat out - even through a relatively good insulator like wood.

Your project is coming along nicely - you're in the home stretch, keep going!

Cheers!
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Re: My noname project
« Reply #54 on: April 24, 2016, 10:57:22 pm »
Thx A1pharm to confirm what I think :)

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Re: My noname project
« Reply #55 on: May 17, 2016, 10:12:34 pm »
Guys, I need your opinion. What do you think of this CPO? Good or bad idea? Better on the front panel and nothing on the CP or not? Any other idea? My artistic skill is very low!
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Re: My noname project
« Reply #56 on: May 17, 2016, 10:16:41 pm »
Front of CPO for sure.


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Re: My noname project
« Reply #57 on: May 18, 2016, 08:01:28 am »
Front of the CPO + something matching for the marquee.
                  

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Re: My noname project
« Reply #58 on: May 26, 2016, 08:47:31 am »
Thx fir your comments, front panel it will be. I will modify the strips  and the triangle first, they're too big.

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« Reply #59 on: May 26, 2016, 04:39:39 pm »
                  

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Re: My noname project
« Reply #60 on: May 26, 2016, 08:16:17 pm »
It's very inspiring Yamatetsu, thank you!

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Re: My noname project
« Reply #61 on: May 27, 2016, 08:31:14 pm »
Hello neighbor! Nice build! followed.
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Re: My noname project
« Reply #62 on: May 27, 2016, 10:48:03 pm »
Thx PPV. Always happy to know a neighbor in this forum. :)

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Re: My noname project
« Reply #63 on: June 08, 2016, 10:55:28 pm »
Next step: paint the glass. What paint do you recommend?

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Re: My noname project
« Reply #64 on: September 21, 2016, 06:54:33 pm »
I had some weird reactions with my U360, in game or in Hyperspin, like the wheel spinning alone. Moreover it was complicated to configure in some emulators. I don't like to have the buttons separated from the joystick. And, right now, I have no use of the analogic mode. So I used the output mode with my Ipac UIO. I cut the end of the wires included with the UIO and use molex instead. The U360 is still powered by USB so I had only for pins to connect: Up, Down, Left, Right. Well,  it's perfect now; so much time lost trying to figure what was happening!
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Retro-Geo project
« Reply #65 on: July 31, 2018, 04:19:51 pm »
News here:
It's not anymore a noname projet but the Retro-Geo project  ;D I liked a lot the Neo-geo AES system so...
Haven't post here since a long time but below is the actual state.
Everything is working and I play a lot with my little girl (6 years old). My wife hate it but nothing special here!
 


As you can see, the only thing missing are graphics to decorate it. Any idea? I was thinking to something in black and white, in wireframe, maybe with the metal slug theme. I think I won't put any graphics on the sides. I found something interesting today. It's not in B&W but it's a start:



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Re: The Retro-Geo project
« Reply #66 on: August 01, 2018, 08:24:41 pm »
Looking good.
I like the metal slug theme, but you got to do the sides too, and CP of course.
(Coming from a man that has not put any side art on any of his builds.)

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Re: The Retro-Geo project
« Reply #67 on: August 01, 2018, 09:29:44 pm »
Thanks! I don't know for the sides because during the last 2 years I was looking for an inspiration but I'm still with no clear idea of what I want. So, I was thinking maybe a minimalist thing would be better. I'm really not an artist :(

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Re: The Retro-Geo project
« Reply #68 on: August 02, 2018, 09:44:49 am »
I actually think you only need art on the marquee for this one.  Something subtle.  Everything else is minimalist and looks good as is, IMO.

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Re: The Retro-Geo project
« Reply #69 on: August 02, 2018, 09:12:53 pm »
I actually think you only need art on the marquee for this one.  Something subtle.  Everything else is minimalist and looks good as is, IMO.
Yeah maybe only a marquee with the picture of Metal slug I found and the title Retro-Geo.
What do you think about some white decals for the CP?
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Re: The Retro-Geo project
« Reply #70 on: August 06, 2018, 04:54:46 pm »
I actually think you only need art on the marquee for this one.  Something subtle.  Everything else is minimalist and looks good as is, IMO.
Yeah maybe only a marquee with the picture of Metal slug I found and the title Retro-Geo.
What do you think about some white decals for the CP?

Some white stripes would probably look good on the CP and the coin door panel.

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Re: The Retro-Geo project
« Reply #71 on: August 17, 2018, 09:41:09 am »
I share here my CP 3D model my friend did for me. Could be useful if you need help with the U-trak dimensions.
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Re: The Retro-Geo project
« Reply #72 on: March 05, 2021, 04:44:58 pm »
ls anyone know where I could find the R-type logo font please?

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Re: The Retro-Geo project
« Reply #73 on: March 05, 2021, 11:23:14 pm »
ls anyone know where I could find the R-type logo font please?
To be clear, are you looking for the marquee font . . .


. . . or the title screen font?


I haven't found either one.   :embarassed:


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Re: The Retro-Geo project
« Reply #74 on: March 06, 2021, 10:04:25 am »
Hi Scott,

The second one. Me too I looked a lot yesterday and found nothing. I would like to write Retro-Geo with this font and use it as a marquee.

Thanks anyway :)

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Re: The Retro-Geo project
« Reply #75 on: March 06, 2021, 05:25:50 pm »
Tried again with a quick-and-dirty vectorization and cleanup.

There are some similar fonts, but no exact matches.

To see the close-but-not-quite results, use the attached png with the photo font identifiers on sites like these:
https://www.whatfontis.com/
https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/


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Re: The Retro-Geo project
« Reply #76 on: March 08, 2021, 06:17:26 pm »
Very slick cab, I love the clean lines.  So you want the logo as in the original style but Hi-Res?  I can generate for you.  Take a few days.

Some repro work I've done in the past...


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Re: The Retro-Geo project
« Reply #77 on: March 08, 2021, 10:57:13 pm »
Thanks OND for the good words!
I appreciate your proposition to help me. I'm not really sure about what I want. I'm very bad to make any art. I was thinking to something very simple: only the words Retro-GEO using a metallic font like R-type. I've found something inspiring today:

What do you think?


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Re: The Retro-Geo project
« Reply #78 on: March 08, 2021, 10:57:21 pm »
Thanks OND for the good words!
I appreciate your proposition to help me. I'm not really sure about what I want. I'm very bad to make any art. I was thinking to something very simple: only the words Retro-GEO using a metallic font like R-type. I've found something inspiring today:

What do you think?


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Re: The Retro-Geo project
« Reply #79 on: March 08, 2021, 11:17:43 pm »
I will do the words Retro-Geo in the R-Type font for you.  Same look.