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missioncontrol:

Saint's book is a good start:

"Project Arcade"

spystyle did this tutorial:

http://spystyle.arcadecontrols.com/



Stingray:

I think the main issue here is there is no "best" way to mount a monitor (or install a trackball or whatever). Everyone here has built their own game system to their own specs. What works for me may seem backwards to you. You could randomly choose ten members here and line our cabs up, I guarantee none of them will have done everything alike. More than likely they will all ten be wildly different. That's pretty much what the hobby is about.

-S

Apollo:

Exactly, there are too many different ways of doing things. Mouse hacks, keyboard hacks, optipac, keywhiz, rotary sticks, comps, 4 ways, leaf buttons, microswitch buttons, PC monitors, arcade monitors, ArcadeVGA cards, lots of front ends. Do you absolutely have to play Tron or Defender or a particular racing game? It just goes on and on.
The best way is still to read as many examples as you can, decide what you are capable of making v's what you want to make and can afford etc and just do it.

Tiger-Heli:


--- Quote from: thrdbace on December 14, 2004, 02:45:47 pm ---for such an active forum, with lost of information, why hasn't anyone compiled a step-by-step guide?

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You do realize there's one on the main page of the site: http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade.htm  Click the Newbie Guide buttons on the left

elvis:

So I guess by that logic, every commercial arcade cab in the world looks the same?

For me, 50% of the fun of cab building is the finished product.  The other 50% is the actual building of the cab itself.  Fixing all of the little problems that arise in the construction of each and every unique cab is a hell of a lot of fun, and a much better waste of a sunday afternoon than sitting on your arse in front of the footy and getting fat.

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