Oh man it has been a while. I have some various arcade projects I did in the past and now I’m on to another one because I thought it would be fun. I didn’t document all my other stuff, but I have a 4p mame cab, a mk cab running mk9, a jrok defender, a vertical mame, a Nintendo cab with a nes in it and a jamma candy cab, also a 30 console to 3 pvm setup and other crap I won’t mention. Anyway new project!
The idea was supergun MK but the problem with that is first mk runs at 53hz. So properly syncing it can be a problem. I have an Olympus oev203 that syncs it fine and has 2 rgb inputs so I can tailor one for MK. First hurdle down. Next the controls. I have one of those fightsticks that was released with mk9 but it just does not do it for me. I want something larger. When you play a mk cab there is more wrist space and it just feels better. So I mocked up what my bigger ideal panel would be. In the meantime I played with a mk arcade panel and discovered that sucks for 2 reasons. First it is way to high. If you put that thing on a desk it is high as hell. Maybe ok for playing standing up but I wanted something for playing sitting down. 2nd I realized something was missing. When you play a mk arcade cab you feel the punches and kicks and blocks. The sound is great. That was completely missing.
Solution:
Speakers in the control panels. At this point I didn’t know how this will turn out but I will let you all know. I’m sure you are on the edge of your seats in anticipation of my stupid project idea. Here is what I’m planning
2 24” by 20” panels. Each with the mk layout and two speakers built in. Kinter amp driving the speakers. Supergun umk3 and mk2 in a big pc case. Running controls and rca audio to the panels and rgb out to a pvm. I’m using some kit artwork and reproduction artwork and planing on making the panels fairly close to mk originals with lexan tops.
I’ll document this ridiculous project as I go. So far I have the plans, a lot of the parts, umk3 and mk2 boards, the supergun board. Waiting on the pc case and some parts.
Maybe this nonsense comes to fruition.