LeapinLew: Tempest Bartop - Completed! Video Added

[leapinlew]

Really Nice work!


What does you game list consist of?

I'm sure there may be more games it can play, but I only install the games I would actually play

Arkanoid
Arkanoid Returns
Asteroids
Cameltry
Galaxian
Gyruss
Kick
Omega Race
Puzz Loop
Quester
Star Trek
Super Breakout
Tempest
Tempest Tubes
Time Pilot
Zektor

I don't have the right controls for Star Trek, so I'll probably drop it off the list. I believe you can see the list in the video.

[Encryptor]

Are you going to post any plans for it?


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[leapinlew]

Are you going to post any plans for it?


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I didn't use any plans. There are no plans to be had. Sorry man...

[javeryh]

Hew Lew - where do you get your laminate?  I've had no luck at the two local Home Depots and the counertop places I've called really don't want to help...   

[lettuce]

What monitor did u use?

17" Ultrasharp 4:3 from Dell.

Would you say that a 17" was big enough for a bartop, do you think a 20" might be to over bearing??

[leapinlew]

What monitor did u use?

17" Ultrasharp 4:3 from Dell.

Would you say that a 17" was big enough for a bartop, do you think a 20" might be to over bearing??

yes - I think it's too big. It'll be as wide as a full sized machine with a 20". I've seen some people pull it off though. It's just not for me.

[lettuce]

What monitor did u use?

17" Ultrasharp 4:3 from Dell.

Would you say that a 17" was big enough for a bartop, do you think a 20" might be to over bearing??

yes - I think it's too big. It'll be as wide as a full sized machine with a 20". I've seen some people pull it off though. It's just not for me.

Well it would be vertical bartop so it would be slightly narrower!

[lettuce]

What monitor did u use?

17" Ultrasharp 4:3 from Dell.

You remember the model number. Notice any horrible effect, ie light bleeding, or viewing problems?

[chrisdfw]

Ah, it's finished. Well, all I have to do is tweak the colors a little bit. I also just noticed in a photo that the center of the galaxy thing is a darker blue than the rest of it, so I need to add that as well. Once everything is to my liking I'll upload it to localarcade. Lew, do you use illustrator?

I was interested in using your artwork but I don't see it one localarcade.com.

Does anyone know where I can find Tempest side art for download?

Thanks!!!

[spriggy]

Beautiful work.  Let me just put my tongue back in my head 

[mountain]

Best bartop ever!

[chrisdfw]

So nobody knows what happend with the vectorized artwork?

 

[leapinlew]

So nobody knows what happend with the vectorized artwork?

 

I'm in the middle of a move right now. If you can wait for a little bit, I'll see if I can't get them posted somewhere.

[Encryptor]

So nobody knows what happend with the vectorized artwork?

 

I'm in the middle of a move right now. If you can wait for a little bit, I'll see if I can't get them posted somewhere.

Lew,

Did you ever post this anywhere?

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[emphatic]

That's a really sweet cabinet!  I wonder how well Time Pilot plays with a spinner though...

[Encryptor]

So nobody knows what happend with the vectorized artwork?

 

I'm in the middle of a move right now. If you can wait for a little bit, I'll see if I can't get them posted somewhere.

Lew,

Did you ever post this anywhere?

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[jason6300]

Bump.
I am hoping someone has this art somewhere.
Please help 

What a a Cabinet!

[Rick]

Bump. I am hoping someone has this art somewhere. Please help. What a Cabinet!

It is awesome. Incredibly awesome. So awesome as to bump it from 2010? (Well, honestly, yes. Yes, it is.)

Anyway, if you read through the thread, you might want to just PM BVicarious directly, as he vectorized the original images. If anyone would have it, it sounds like it would be him.

[wp34]

This is one of my favorite projects ever.   

[jason6300]

Bump. I am hoping someone has this art somewhere. Please help. What a Cabinet!

It is awesome. Incredibly awesome. So awesome as to bump it from 2010? (Well, honestly, yes. Yes, it is.)

Anyway, if you read through the thread, you might want to just PM BVicarious directly, as he vectorized the original images. If anyone would have it, it sounds like it would be him.

I did pm both he and the and leapinlew. Bumped cause BVcarious has not been on in a long time  and Leapinlew is looking on old drives.
Sry to bump from 2010. But you are very right if one should be this is among them.
Im really hoping somebody finds it 
And thanks for advice on PM direct.
Jason

[leapinlew]

This arcade is going strong. I built a defender arcade to go with it. I bought him a subscription to Gameroom magazine for all his hard work. I wonder if he read any before Gameroom went away?

I found the artwork. For whatever reason, I can't upload it so I sent the file to Jason via upload site.

[jason6300]

Wow Thank You!!!!

[Rick]

I found the artwork. For whatever reason, I can't upload it so I sent the file to Jason via upload site.

Where's my copy?

[Vigo]

Its with your subscription to Gameroom Magazine.   



This is an awesome project BTW.

[wp34]

Bump for the bartop to end all bartops.

This is one of my favorite projects ever.   

[IG-88]

Wow! Been dang near
 9 yrs already. Wonder if Lew still has this thing?

[leapinlew]

9 years - damn. I was in a different place then. Married, but no kids. Living in an apartment doing consulting work in Alexandria, VA. Good times.

Back then I bit the bullet and bought full side art. Printing options were more limited then. I swear I spent somewhere in the neighborhood of $300 on art. Today, I could do it for much less. Sure it would be lower quality materials, but I could do the whole thing for $70.

This bartop eventually was sold. I sold it and my Donkey Kong to purchase a grail - my stand up Star Wars cabinet. I still have a bartop Defender, but I've been going back and forth of putting it into a full size machine. I swore I'd never sell it off, since it's my second one I built after jones'n to play Defender after selling my first Defender cabinet.

Appreciate the kind words. It was a fun build and fun to document. BYOAC was a big part of my life before kids.