Killer Instinct 3 Concept to complete arcade trilogy

[scoodidabop]

Hey fellas!  I'm working on 2 LCD friendly cabinets for a friend of mine and testing various monitors/slg's etc... so watch out for that for all you that are display-spec-hungry.  In the meantime I've been fantasizing about having my own Killer Instinct 1 cabinet.  I played the game a LOT in '94 at my local arcade and always wanted one.  Anyway I've been wondering why I never came across a KI 3 (Xbone) cabinet that resembled the original Midway builds.  I think the promo KI cab microsoft used was a Viewlix and to me it just doesn't have the same appeal.  The idea is to build (or convert) a 90s Midway style cabinet into a KI 3 cab with possible 1 & 2 built in via emulation and a video switcher.  Here's a quick n dirty concept I did this morning;



Wish me luck!  This build will be a few months out but I'll keep you guys posted on progress as it happens.

[Generic Eric]

Good luck.

What encoder will you use for the joys & buttons?

[scoodidabop]

Good luck.

What encoder will you use for the joys & buttons?

I'm pretty handy with padhacks but have no experience with the guts of an Xbox One controller.  Is there a go-to encoder for the Xbone?

[rablack97]

http://www.focusattack.com/crossbone-next-gen-console-pad-adapter-pcb/

This looks like what you need.

[scoodidabop]

That thing is funny.  I guess it's great if you're not so good at soldering to the controller's PCB.  With that adapter you still need a controller so I'd just solder right to the controller

[scoodidabop]

It begins!  I'm starting to knock out the graphics now and in a few weeks I'll get going on the cabinet.  I keep hoping to score an empty Midway cab locally - there was one a few weeks ago that I missed out on.  It would be fun to have an all original shell but thanks to Jakobud I can replicate one with the plans on his site. 

Borrowing from the first KI of course:



Comparison:



Next up I'll be coming up with control panel ideas - likely using some UI and menu assets to match the game.

[hanzo_hasashi]

No need to add anything, the Ultra Combo bundles of both KI3 season 1 and 2 have included KI1 and 2 arcade.

[scoodidabop]

No need to add anything, the Ultra Combo bundles of both KI3 season 1 and 2 have included KI1 and 2 arcade.

Yep of course! I think KI2 wasn't announced yet when I started thinking of doing this project.  Maybe? I don't remember.  But yeah just the Xbox One and KI Ultra pack will run all 3 games beautifully.

[DarakuTenshi]

I loved KI and KI2, but I just can't get into the third game  I was so looking forward to this game and it was one of the only reasons I was wanting to even get a Xbox One. That aside... I think what you are doing is cool anyway.

[scoodidabop]

I loved KI and KI2, but I just can't get into the third game  I was so looking forward to this game and it was one of the only reasons I was wanting to even get a Xbox One. That aside... I think what you are doing is cool anyway.

I totally understand your feelings on KI 3.  Last year I really disliked KI 3 myself since the pacing felt boring but this past Christmas we got my son the Xbox One and he and I have since been playing it together.  I introduced the KI 1 arcade to him a few years ago and he was getting better and better at that - now he's playing KI 3 at about the same age I was when KI 1 hit the arcades! So weird!  Seeing a new KI game through his eyes and learning all the moves while having epic battles with him really gave me a new appreciation of the game. 

KI 3 isn't perfect.  It can be fun with the right people though.  In fact I grew up playing the KI 1 arcade with one of my best friends (we're still great friends today!) and remembering dozens of people gathered around a KI machine in the 90s is a memory we share and relive every time we play the game.  That, to me, is what arcade gaming is all about.  It's such a shame the social aspect of public gaming (apart from organized events of course) is basically gone.

[scoodidabop]

I scored a MK cabinet over the weekend so now I have a perfect template to make my KI cabinet!