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| edekoning:
2015 UCA Bartop of the Year Finished pics: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,133712.msg1506761.html#msg1506761 Web album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ukW3E3EaLzN1Zi5h8 Build plans: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,133712.msg1507198.html#msg1507198 Seeing as my Magneto cab is almost done, its time to start up a new project 8) This time its going to be a bartop that I will build for my 6 year old son, though he will probably be 7 or 8 when its done :P As he is a huge Mario fan I'm going for a Super Mario theme, with white as the primary color and red as the secondary color. The bartop will be based around a 17" lcd, and an old AMD computer (uATX). It will have an U360 joystick, 6 action buttons and 2 start/coin/select buttons. As this bartop wil target the 8bit/16bit consoles I grew up with, I added to USB ports on the front for connecting proper gamepads. Note that there is no marquee, but there is back art ;D I will use 18mm (3/4") MDF for the sides and 12mm (1/2") MDF for the rest. I also plan on using red t-molding for the sides, and for the speaker cutouts, and the big ventilation cutout on the back. Designing a bartop is hard! I kept having to make it bigger to fit the screen and then even bigger for the computer parts. I plan on ordering all the parts first, and not start on the actual build until my Magneto cab is fully done. I eager to hear your suggestions/remarks/questions/whatever, so please let me know what you think. |
| Le Chuck:
Looks nice, seems a bit plain with the art. I like the white space and would frankly like to see more of it - mabye go with line art renderings of the Mario stuff. Just on the white it can feel a bit clip-artish. That doesn't read right, it's clearly not clip-art, it's just not anchored I guess |
| jdbailey1206:
The Mario Brothers do seem to be thrown on. The other thing that throws me off is having artwork on the back. If it is on a table where it is up against or close to the wall you defeat the point of having art on the back. If you are going to have it against a wall it would save you the time of creating the artwork and save you from spending the money of having it printed. I'm just wondering if you are going to be able to see the back if you could completely wrap the back and two sides as a mural completely covering all sides. I don't think I have seen that done. Artists like Le Chuck seem to enjoy using all of the canvas. Stuff like this really gets their goat. Otherwise good solid build. Don't get discouraged and welcome to the forums. |
| EMDB:
I really like the t-molding on the speaker cut outs :applaud: I'm not sure the artwork is final yet. I hope it is not. It not really stands out. I agree Artwork on the back side seems useless. If it's use is Nintendo focused I would use the button layout and coloring of a SNES gamepad. It's not handy to play consoles on an arcade button layout. If you make the back straight you get more space for the components and you still won't need more room to put it against a wall. |
| jmike:
:applaud: :applaud: Looks like a fun project. Kind of reminds me of this one. You may want to add a 2-player set up for when his friends come over. this is the link: http://www.hadouken-shop.com/arcade-bartop-mario |
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