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SOAPboy:

Make your own CP.. its not near as expensive, and youll learn alot from doing so.. because after all, its only a sheet of wood..

can reused the controls a dozen times on different CPs anyways, so id just build one to YOUR needs..

why blow a wad on something you can do for a fraction of the cost

LordDamo:


--- Quote from: JonnyBoy on December 13, 2004, 03:36:22 pm ---Okay guys...here's the plan...

I looked through all my resources and have come up with a good idea. I am going to make a small arcade machine that I can just place on top of a table or something. It will be approximately 35-40 inches high, 24 wide and 24 deep.

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For a table top, thats gonna be pritty big. I hope you dont intend to move it around often, cause I reckon it would be heavy


--- Quote from: JonnyBoy on December 13, 2004, 03:36:22 pm ---First I am going to purchase one of those flat IBM computer, you know, the ones that the monitors can rest on top of. Then I am going to put a 20 inch flatscreen TV from bestbuy on top. From there I plan on putting a 2 player Hot Rod CP. I'll finish it off with a nice looking compact marquee. I'll make some primitive drawings soon. I plan on adding N64 controllers and lightguns.

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That souds cool, are you going to leave the pc in the case or not? sound like you are. Just to let you know, doing that the PC can get quite hot. Make sure you cool it well, or it can lead to system instapillity, and you dont want a blue screen just as you get up to just passing that bit you could never beat in the arcade.


--- Quote from: JonnyBoy on December 13, 2004, 03:36:22 pm ---This brings me to my first question... I don't like the purple front of the Hot Rod control panel. Is there an easy way to cover it up or something? Anything you reccommend? Also, I was curious as to if I could configure the use of the lightgun with N64 and PC games(Perfect Dark and Half Life, for instance), like using the lightgun to fire and stuff while using the joypad to navigate...that would be awesome (I know firing one handed may be a bit awkward but I'll be sure to get pistols).

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Yeah, as stated by others, i'd build your own CP as well. Its a fun & satisfying build, and you get the buttons *exactally* where you want them, and in your case any colour you want.


--- Quote from: JonnyBoy on December 13, 2004, 03:36:22 pm ---And lastly, if I came up with an idea for a marquee could you send me in the direction of a person who could make it. My photoshop skills are lacking and I'll gladly pay.

PS Thank you all for the warm welcome to the board! I'll be sure to frequent here often.

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For your art, you could approach Pixel Hugger http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=profile;u=1211
If you ask him nicely, im sure he would whip up something for you.

All the best, and have fun working on your project.

LD
Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia

JonnyBoy:

Yeah, dimensions are still quite debatable...

I oversized everything by about five inches until I know the exact dimensions of all the parts. Yeah...may as well just build my own CP using the IPac. This'll be interesting, and thanks for the link.

Thank you guys

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