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Galaxian Mame Conversion
csa3d:
More control panel updates:
- Added 2 buttons to Player 2 side
- Added Pause button for player 2
- Moved "Mame" logo
- Repositioned Player# labels (still not extremely sold on either location)
- Cleaned up from vector work
- Swapped positions of spinner and trackball
Things I'm keeping in mind:
- Joysticks are about 3.75" away from either side "wall", which seems about as close as one would want for comfort
- Joysticks are positioned about 15.5" apart, which I think is a good Robotron distance. Any closer wouuld feel confined in my opinion.
Keep the comments coming!
DrumAnBass:
Sweet, I love it!! Really nice CP design!!
leapinlew:
I'm liking it a lot too... I have an idea - tell me what you think.
Your black buttons seem to be lost in the black of the CP art. What if you used black plungers with lime green rings? I think it would make the admin buttons really stand out. You can also use green buttons with black rings as your primary buttons. I don't know how it would look, but I'm curious.
Level42:
I am pretending I did not see this thread....
I am pretending I did not see this thread....
I am pretending I did not see this thread....
I am pretending I did not see this thread....
I am pretending I did not see this thread....
I am pretending I did not see this thread....
I'm sorry but: This is WRONG !
Gutting a COMPLETE Galaxian to turn it into a Mame thing with.....in heaven's name....a LCD :banghead:
Like a steamtrain-engine powered with en electrical motor.....I'm sorry :'( :'(
Hey it's your cab....but I can't help feeling sorry for Galaxian No. 7533
csa3d:
Classic car or hotrod... hmmm.... Same argument.
As you can see from the control panel mockup, I'm going for a mame design that attempts to fit into the original artwork style and use the original control panel dimensions and measurements. I have not cut the cab shell in a funky way, added any extended panels, nor chopped up the inside in any way that is not irreversable. There are no nean strobe holes cut, etc.
The LCD is what it is. It will allow me to do what I'm after, which is screen rotation. Doing that with an original monitor would involve far more stress in the main frame then a light LCD. I'm even using a good and expensive lcd so view angle is not an issue. I currently have mame on a 65" HD TV using HDMI. I like this look, and don't forsee the LCD being any different.
Entering the gameroom, no will will know it's custom except for the obvious give away of extra controls, a front end, and a flush mounted LCD behind smoked glass. What's not to love about that?
I could have put fur on this cab, made some obnoxius stickers that go with no theme randomly stuck all over the place, and chopped this up an unrestorable mess. I will not continue to defend this project. I am trying to give back to the community with whatever turns out with this. Hopefully someone finds this inspirational in some form or another. Ultimately, it's what I want, and why some people live in houses shaped like dogs or giant boots.
I am not an arcade technition. I have no clue why it originally wouldn't turn on, what the scary humming was, and how to tell if the monitor even worked. Ultimately, I don't care. It wasn't in the cards for this guy.
I will sell off the boards and the monitor to anyone who wants this. The cab is beautiful, and I will continue to give it my special touch staying as true to original form as I can.
If you want to flame me, then let's create another thread for that. Let's keep this topic on constructive criticisms of the events to come. Thanks in advance.
-csa