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Mario Bros. Arcade Reproduction - Now with POW Block Stool
subcriminal:
Hey wilef! I'll get those paint swatches posted to you by the weekend. I've had proper flu so haven't been up to much lately sorry. I have to say the colour doesn't look as bright on my cab as in the photo's. The flash really lights it up! I can't remember ever seeing a real Nintendo cab but I'd go more of a turquoise or slightly lighter shade than mine if I was you. Some of the pictures on here have a really light turquoise colour on them and others are darker.
I reckon you should get a small brass plaque screwed on it somewhere stating you built it because whenever someone asks how much it was, where'd you get it? they don't believe you when you say I built it and you have to boot the PC to BYOAC to prove it. Right chore ;D
duckpatch:
Heya wilef,
I've already started emailing but these forums are great. I have designed my panel but I'm not sure it will fit: http://duckpatch.blogdns.com/temp/controlpanel.jpg. I found the art for the control panel and I think it may be possible to make it work with 6buttons... it will be interesting how it turns out.
wilef:
Yeah, I don't think that will fit on the Mario Bros CPO. What you have to realize with the artwork, is that it's not all usable space. Some of it wraps under the CP plus there is clearance needed on the bottom for the piece it rests on (the speaker grill piece). The CP piece is actually only 7.875" deep (mine is a little smaller than that), so it looks like you have too much going on that way. You could modify the design and have the front of the cabinet protrude a couple inches farther. That would give you more room.
duckpatch:
Well if you did the control panel like this: http://mame.velociworks.com/finish1.jpg
then I suppose it might work? What will you be doing on the software side of things?
wilef:
yeah, certainly when the CP is built outside the width of the cabinet, you have all the room in the world to place buttons galore. Software...I haven't given it much thought. I'll tryout the different front ends out there, and see what I like best, and same with the versions of mame. See what's best for my setup.
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