Hey Guys,
long time no see
After finishing my Big Bang Pin Visual Pinball my next arcade project will be the
LAZY CAB
A bartop style TV Rack/Housing for my giant 40" 4:3 Pioneer VGA Plasma or 37" NEC CRT Monster.
First I used a simple TV Rack for my big screens, but it looked never right in my arcade - I missed the arcade style...
so the idea was to build a retro styled housing/bench for the screens... and to play my arcade and console games comfortable (thats why I call it the LAZY CAB
) on a nice sofa/couch via wireless controller.
quick and dirty sketchup:
inspired by:
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specs
cabinet
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- solid MDF cabinet (19mm base / 16mm cover) for the heavy screens (the NEC CRT is over 100kg!)
- control panel with 2-3 jumbo buttons to power and start the PC, TV, sound and lights (we play the games with wireless controller)
- shelf under control panel for RF/Bluetooth Controllers, remote controls, games and other stuff
- shelf under TV for PC, soundsystem and maybe original consoles
- chrome T-Molding
- grey/black tinted glass for bezel and to get a better TV black level
- LED animated Space Invaders Logo/Marquee
- RGBW LED-strip for under-floor
screens
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- 40" Pioneer 4:3 Plasma with VGA resolution (nice for retro arcade games)
- alternative: 37" NEC CRT
pc-setup
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- win7 64bit
- Intel Pentium G3258 Anniversary Edition (nice to overclock to 4.5 Ghz, open multi)
- 120GB SSD for operating system and all games (using All Killer, No Filler - best of MAME, just about 600 Games)
- Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H Z97 Mainboard
- 8GB DDR3 RAM
- Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB
- X-FI SB0460 soundcard (love the "crystalizer" function)
- 450W PSU high efficiency
- PC case
sound system
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- 4.1 Teufel Concept E 100 4.1 Multimedia-System with big subwoofer
controls
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- wireless XBOX360 controller for PC
- wireless arcade stick with original arcade components like buttons and joystick
- AimTrak Lightgun
- maybe extra original controller for consoles
artwork
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- Space Invaders themed retro artwork printed on laminated foil
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Let the party begin!
first ideas and sketches:
edit... new plan. more place for all my original consoles, games and other stuff which should be hide
inside the cabinet, shelf for soundsystem, PC, controllers
Stay tuned,
cheers Chris