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My first arcade.
« on: May 06, 2017, 12:46:55 pm »
Been working on the cabinet and the computer in parallel. Going to be a two player with trackball and probably two guns.. was Going to do a raspberry pi 3  build but Intel is giving me a Skull canyon and 1 TB SSD.






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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2017, 10:53:32 pm »




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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2017, 08:41:39 am »
To answer your question from the other thread. I went with a 27" monitor. I made my cabinet narrower to fit in the spot I wanted it. To be honest your so close to the screen I wouldn't want it bigger. I don't have any pics of it without the bezel on my phone but here's what it looks like now.

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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2017, 08:42:33 am »
Sorry can't figure out how to rotate the picture

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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2017, 09:30:04 am »
Sorry can't figure out how to rotate the picture

If your posting from a mac this form doesn't seem to handle alignment correctly from phones. Open your photo in previews, then hit command + R, save it (command +S), then hit command R talked it's back in the proper alignment and hit save again than post. It took me like year to figure why my stuff was never alive properly when posted.

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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2017, 10:00:33 am »
To answer your question from the other thread. I went with a 27" monitor. I made my cabinet narrower to fit in the spot I wanted it. To be honest your so close to the screen I wouldn't want it bigger. I don't have any pics of it without the bezel on my phone but here's what it looks like now.

Looks great. Nice work. What did you use for your bezel?


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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2017, 06:27:29 pm »
Lukkin good.

I think 2017 has turned into the year of the SNEScade.

The world's gone Snesing mad.

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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2017, 08:04:36 pm »
Used plexiglass. Just tapped up the area where the monitor was and spray painted it black on the backside. Made some brackets and used 3m Velcro tabs to hold it in place. You can see the brackets on either side of the monitor.


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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2017, 01:36:42 pm »
Control panned drilled.

Next, mount my speakers and aimtrak led bar, thEn a sand and start to paint.





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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2017, 02:45:00 am »
Sounds like you got the hookup on a powerful setup from Intel. What do you plan on playing on it? Cab looks nice so far, btw.

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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #11 on: May 21, 2017, 10:28:36 am »
Sounds like you got the hookup on a powerful setup from Intel. What do you plan on playing on it? Cab looks nice so far, btw.


Thanks.
Tha computer should give me tons of Lessway on what I can play. I'm doing a 2 person setup, trackball, and 2 aimtrak guns. Hoping to get some modern stuff in there as well like mortal Kombat x, but not sure the requirements for those yet. Working on getting hyper spin and hardware up and running first.


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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2017, 10:39:55 pm »
8 buttons on a pi build?

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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2017, 03:49:43 am »
8 buttons on a pi build?

Maybe hes planing on running some PSX or something?

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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #16 on: May 22, 2017, 06:41:40 am »
8 buttons on a pi build?


Switched the computer. Now running i7 quad core 3.5 Ghz with 32gb ram.


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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #17 on: May 25, 2017, 07:52:19 pm »
Just ordered a 32gb intel optane memory module to speed this computer up, another freebie.

Bought mortal Kombat xl and have that working

Almost done with my hyperspin setup.




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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #18 on: May 26, 2017, 10:32:08 am »
errr... is that 64gb ram?

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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #19 on: May 27, 2017, 11:47:14 pm »
errr... is that 64gb ram?

Kind of, but not exactly. Optane is different


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My first arcade.
« Reply #20 on: May 29, 2017, 12:11:44 pm »
Primer starting to go on.









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Re: My first arcade.
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My first arcade.
« Reply #22 on: June 04, 2017, 12:10:48 pm »
Wiring done. Will clear it up a bit.




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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #23 on: June 05, 2017, 06:44:58 am »
Looking good.  What sort of theme are we going with here? 
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« Reply #24 on: June 05, 2017, 10:34:14 am »
Mostly theme of the colors of my house. I know kind of boring, but trying to appease the wife.

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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #25 on: June 05, 2017, 01:14:34 pm »
a wise choice lol.

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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #26 on: June 09, 2017, 03:45:33 am »
This looks about perfect to me.


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Re: My first arcade.
« Reply #27 on: June 09, 2017, 12:37:09 pm »
Thanks. appreciate it.

Glass comes in today or Monday. Goal is to have everything completed by next week Saturday for a birthday party at my house.

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« Reply #28 on: June 09, 2017, 06:31:55 pm »
Thanks. appreciate it.

Glass comes in today or Monday. Goal is to have everything completed by next week Saturday for a birthday party at my house.

Got my glass.




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My first arcade.
« Reply #30 on: June 12, 2017, 11:01:12 pm »
Done minus marquee lettering and gun holsters coming in tomorrow

 


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