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Thoughts on converting an Arcade1up cabinet

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negative1:

--- Quote from: Gilrock on May 04, 2022, 09:03:14 am ---Whew....my faith in ZapCon is restored.

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in what, making crappy tiny, bootleg cabinets?

although, the dukes of hazzard pinball machine wasn't too bad.

later
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Wagmi:

--- Quote from: Mike A on May 02, 2022, 10:17:59 am ---The first thing you need to do is figure out what games you want to play.

That decision will dictate everything else.

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Thanks. I tried accessing some stuff from the homepage. The wiki link on the homepage seemed broken, and the newbie guide seemed a bit dated. Images weren't loading up. I haven't had time since my last post to browse the rest of the forum, but I'm hoping to make my way through all the info eventually.

Mike A:
I am not sure how any of that is relevant to figuring out what games you want to play.

That is step 1.

Wagmi:
I meant to quote PL1.

But to your point, I’d like to stick with arcade games and not try to turn this into an all in one type of set up with all the console stuff mixed in. By arcade games, basically fighting, shoot/beat ‘‘em ups, pin ball, top down tiger-heli scrollers. That’s as far as the cabinet goes.

I plan on using a mini pc for this and would like to emulate console games on a separate tv, from the cabinet somehow. That’s something I’d like to do eventually and isn’t a priority at the moment.

Mike A:
That is a good start.

Too many people want to play every game ever made on one cab.

They are always disappointed.

Picking a game list will determine what controls you need.

You may be surprised to find out that some weird joystick is only used for one game you want to play. It may not be worth it to include that control.

It is worth it to spend some time figuring this out. Crowded control panels are uncomfortable and intimidating to guests.

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