Credit to ChanceKJ for his Flynn's arcade build. I'm basically copying most of his cabinet build with a few tweaks here and there. His build incorporated a lot of what I'm wanting to implement and I like his aesthetic design (it's all subjective and I'm sure there's plenty of you out there that will disagree)
-4 player setup
-Trackball
-32" TV
I've also always been a big fan of shooting games and already have a pair of TopGun EMS II's (although I might have to bite the bullet and get some AimTracks). You'll notice that there is no coin door. I don't care to use it, so I've made a push out panel where I can grab the guns.
I've still got quite a ways to go and after building this most of last year, I've hit a monetary wall, so updates will likely be slow as I can purchase items. Still on the list as I'm brainstorming:
-T-Molding
-Marquee lights (was intending to use the NovaMatrix lights from GroovyGame, but doesn't look like they'll have it back in stock)
-Plexi for the marquee
-Button LEDs
-Trackball LED
-x1 iPAC 2 (already have x1)
-SpinTrak
-Artwork
As far as what's running the software, I had spare parts from my last PC upgrade so I have a Win10, i5, 750ti machine and emulating MAME, various Nintendo and Sega systems using Hyperspin (thanks to Simply Austin on YouTube for his tutorials). I plan on using LEDblinky once I get my LEDs set up.
1/2 player setup: 8 buttons (overkill, but necessary for some emulation on Nintendo/Sega)
3/4 player setup: 4 buttons
Start and Credit buttons for each plays
Standard 4 admin buttons (i know i can use switch function with ipac2, but this is how i prefer it)
1/4" plexi covering 32" 720p Vizio TV
"Smart" power strip
Planning on power routing from PC motherboard to momentary vandal button with the PC set as the controlling source on the power strip.
CEC adapter going from the PC to the TV, so when I power on the PC, the TV will turn on and TV will power off (along with all the LEDs) when I power the PC off
2 USB ports on the outside of the cabinet for any additional oversight
I also have an old original Xbox that still works that i put on a shelf in the cabinet (might as well do something with it!). Was going to try to figure out some way to have a button change inputs on the TV, but that's
out of my comfort zone and I feel like more trouble than it's work. I'll just use the remote when I need to swap inputs.