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Author Topic: Polybius Micro - Complete  (Read 13237 times)

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Re: Micro Arcade / Polybius Mini - starting to resemble a cab
« Reply #40 on: April 02, 2020, 03:55:37 pm »

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Re: Micro Arcade / Polybius Mini - starting to resemble a cab
« Reply #41 on: April 02, 2020, 03:57:19 pm »
Good gosh is that amazing.   Seriously you should design a box for it.  It looks like something you could buy.

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Re: Micro Arcade / Polybius Mini - starting to resemble a cab
« Reply #42 on: April 02, 2020, 04:23:17 pm »


Clean as I’ve ever seen.  Hell of a design AND execution Mark.
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Re: Micro Arcade / Polybius Mini - starting to resemble a cab
« Reply #43 on: April 02, 2020, 04:27:35 pm »
 :cheers: guys. I've been staring at so long almost finished that just had to get ---my bottom--- in gear.

While lockdown is on I might see if I can get a few done. I've got artwork printed and materials (bar screens + pis) for 12!

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Re: Micro Arcade / Polybius Mini - starting to resemble a cab
« Reply #44 on: April 05, 2020, 07:15:24 pm »
:cheers: guys. I've been staring at so long almost finished that just had to get ---my bottom--- in gear.

While lockdown is on I might see if I can get a few done. I've got artwork printed and materials (bar screens + pis) for 12!

Wow - this little thing is outstanding.  Such a clean and simple design that I'm sure was very complex to build.  Just incredible design and execution.  You should be proud of this one.

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Re: Polybius Micro - Complete
« Reply #45 on: April 05, 2020, 08:11:58 pm »
Great work, markc74.  Builds like this make me proud to be a member of this community.   :notworthy:

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Re: Polybius Micro - Complete
« Reply #46 on: April 05, 2020, 09:29:00 pm »
Great work! Looks legit.

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Re: Polybius Micro - Complete
« Reply #47 on: April 05, 2020, 10:06:17 pm »
Would you sell one?  $?


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Re: Polybius Micro - Complete
« Reply #48 on: April 07, 2020, 03:50:05 am »
That is really nice.

Thanks for sharing (and the inspiration from that!)

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Re: Polybius Micro - Complete
« Reply #49 on: April 07, 2020, 08:03:25 am »
Thanks all. Its quite a fun little build but theres definitely some tricky bits. I think it takes about 15-20 hours to go from uncut wood to finished cab but I reckon I could get that down quite a bit with some optimisation.

No idea what to charge for them. For my mates I did them cost price so I might chuck one on ebay and see what happens.

Obvs you could always build your own. I'll share all the dimensions/artwork/materials list here anyway.

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Re: Polybius Micro - Complete
« Reply #50 on: April 07, 2020, 10:24:25 am »
Obvs you could always build your own. I'll share all the dimensions/artwork/materials list here anyway.

This would be great and really appreciated.

What are you using for software?  I haven't found an image for the pi that I like that is strictly for arcade games without all the bells and whistles - and most importantly one without the "retropie" menu where guests can go in and mess things up.  Would be nice if it would just boot straight to one game list with no frills - maybe a background screen shot of the game you are on but nothing more.  Power on to the list and power off shits it all down.  No menus, etc.

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Re: Polybius Micro - Complete
« Reply #51 on: April 07, 2020, 05:23:41 pm »
Hi Javeryh,

I ended up rolling my own. Downloaded the base Retropie build and installed AttractMode frontend so I could customise it.  It's mostly working great but the Pi3 is no powerhouse so I had to be careful with the videos (they're pretty low quality). Snapshots would be fine though.

Video of it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YHX--mWHr4&feature=youtu.be

Pretty basic frontend. List of games with a video background. Pressing the left 2 buttons launches the game, middle 2 buttons show artwork and overview, right 3 buttons switch to the next emulator. I wanted to keep it simple.

Happy to share the image (sans roms) to give you a head start if you like.

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Re: Polybius Micro - Complete
« Reply #52 on: April 08, 2020, 07:21:04 am »
That's ridiculously good :)  Nice job!

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Re: Polybius Micro - Complete
« Reply #53 on: April 11, 2020, 06:46:46 pm »
Hi Javeryh,

I ended up rolling my own. Downloaded the base Retropie build and installed AttractMode frontend so I could customise it.  It's mostly working great but the Pi3 is no powerhouse so I had to be careful with the videos (they're pretty low quality). Snapshots would be fine though.

Video of it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YHX--mWHr4&feature=youtu.be

Pretty basic frontend. List of games with a video background. Pressing the left 2 buttons launches the game, middle 2 buttons show artwork and overview, right 3 buttons switch to the next emulator. I wanted to keep it simple.

Happy to share the image (sans roms) to give you a head start if you like.

Awesome!  If you could post the image that would be great.  Does it just boot straight to the MAME gamelist?  Did you manage to remove the "Retropie" menu?  The cabinet looks so nice in motion.  Really well done.

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Re: Polybius Micro - Complete
« Reply #54 on: April 17, 2020, 05:39:26 pm »
As its using the attract mode frontend it boots into whichever list you left it on when you switched it off. So if you only have one list its gonna be that.

This has been a fun one as I've got a few lists in it - snes, amiga, gameboy etc but you can remove them all. Obvs no roms but I'll keep the vids and artwork on it

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Re: Polybius Micro - Complete
« Reply #55 on: April 17, 2020, 06:57:32 pm »
Where did you hook up the volume buttons to on the PiCade Hat? I'm planning a small build like yours and would like to add volume controls. Never heard of the PiCade Hat...glad I saw it on here. I'm very curious about it and would like to use it.

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Re: Polybius Micro - Complete
« Reply #56 on: April 27, 2020, 04:20:11 am »
I really wish I'd not read this thread! Now, when I look at the cabinet I'm trying to build it looks like something from Scrapheap Challenge!

You've done an amazing job. It looks as good as anything you'd buy.

I suppose the good thing about my wood working skills compared to yours is that, when I tell my mates I built it myself they believe me!!  :o :D

Great work  8) :applaud:

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Re: Polybius Micro - Complete
« Reply #57 on: April 27, 2020, 06:26:54 am »
Definitely one of the better builds around here for a while. Well done  :applaud:
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