Space Base - A homebrew ICB/ZP

[TomDK]

Excellent work !!

I am in need of CAD-Files for the whole ICB cabinet. I found only death links within the internet. Maybe someone can help me.
Background: I bought a ICB with a very bad cabinet so I would like to rebuild it instead of fixing the old with water damage.

Thanks

Tom

[M3talhead]

Hurry up and finish it already.

THE PEOPLE DEMAND SATISFACTION!!!!!

[tnjent98]

I want to build one...can you post link to the dimensions to the game board?

[yuppicide]

This is totally what I want to do, however, I wanna make one where the playfield is taller.. maybe 9 or 12 feet tall.

I was also thinking I'd like to build one where the playfields can be swapped out for different ones.

[javeryh]

Soooo... any updates on this project?  I was just explaining Ice Cold Beer to my kids and thought of this. 

[Laythe]

I wouldn't be the one to (necro?)bump this thread... but since it's at the front page anyway, I'll say - this is a beautiful machine and I hope to see it finished one day.

[Number6]

Wow, I love, your ICB version, too cool!
My husband is a retired electrical engineer and like you is wanting to build a version all his own.
He was super inspired by what you did and the overall look, truly spectacular!

My question is how did you know the hole spacing and board depth? Is there a template available somewhere?

I would LOVE to be able to help him find this piece of the puzzle. He can do the electronics with no problems, but needs some guidance on the actual board.
Any help you or any other member can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Linda

[Dudah]

I also want to build one of these!

Anyone able to provide scans of a playfield or cabinet?

[rtrendy]

Any updates? I'm looking to build my own ICB and this is the best place for info I could find online

(I made an account just to check in on this thread lol)

[eds1275]

I still have the music and SFX I made, but other than that no word from the other guys 

[Xiaou2]

I believe these are the correct Tube dimensions, needed to make the Slide Assembly.

Look at the two tubes at the top.. the tube walls are so thin, that there is barely a Bump between each Pipe.
This is critical... as even a small bump, will cause the ball to "Stop"... which will ruin the gameplay

If you are not seeing whats going on.. there is one tube inside of another.   When the game raises the slide bar...
this is how the bar "Expands"  and contracts.   Its two tubes... with one tube being inside the other

[ids]

I still have the music and SFX I made, but other than that no word from the other guys 

word

from one of the other guys

sorry, life has taken me on a long detour.

I've started porting the code to RP2040, from which I will be able to debug.  I kept running into random issues, and being unable to debug made things difficult.  I am hoping the rp2040 will be a better platform in the end.  It does not have the tilt sensor, but perhaps that can be added on if desired.

Recently experimented with playing stereo mp3's from an rp2040 using SDIO and that worked just fine.  This could mean fewer parts and less complexity.  The rp2040, being dual core, means I could also split the work and not worry about spotty music playback or carefully timing things to ensure that various bits of game code don't interfere with data pulls from SD.

I got a lot of things on the go, so this will not progress quickly, but it may progress.