Author Topic: LeapinLew: Tempest Bartop - Completed! Video Added (Read 61558 times)

bvicarious · « **Reply #40 on:** May 22, 2008, 11:55:06 pm »

hey leapinlew, heres a snapshot of the side art so far. I've seen Tempest machines where the center stripe goes to the edge and some where it doesn't, and they both seem to be original machines. Which do you suppose is better/more correct/more common? I've also seen one where the laser beams on the bottom don't have the red part, just the black outline, purple, then white center. Any suggestions?

edit: i should also note the colors are far from final

leapinlew · « **Reply #41 on:** May 23, 2008, 12:52:42 am »

Thats looking real good. Here is the way I remember it looking:

bvicarious · « **Reply #42 on:** May 24, 2008, 01:35:56 pm »

Last update for the weekend, I'll finish it up tuesday. And a question: do you have any hi-res pictures of the control panel taken straight on? I'm looking to vectorize that next.

Santoro · « **Reply #43 on:** May 24, 2008, 07:12:54 pm »

Looking good Lew!

I have also cut piano hinges with no problems.

Jigenjuke · « **Reply #44 on:** May 26, 2008, 07:32:03 pm »

Hey there. Looking good Lew. Also awsome job bvicarious on the Vector sideart for tempest. Keep it up. I am looking forward to seeing it finished.

leapinlew · « **Reply #45 on:** May 26, 2008, 08:09:46 pm »

Quote from: bvicarious on May 24, 2008, 01:35:56 pm

Last update for the weekend, I'll finish it up tuesday. And a question: do you have any hi-res pictures of the control panel taken straight on? I'm looking to vectorize that next.

Awesome work with this. I have some files for in regards to the Control Panel. I'll send you a PM.

bvicarious · « **Reply #46 on:** May 27, 2008, 07:35:51 pm »

coolbeans, looking forward to that. I contacted someone about taking photos of his tempest machine, so I should have a good set of source material to work from. That also means that I'll have good shots of the side art, and refine what I've already done or start over.

Jigenjuke · « **Reply #47 on:** May 29, 2008, 07:10:14 pm »

Hey Lew. How's the bartop coming? bvicarious great work on the vectorization. Any more progress? Keep up the awsome work guys!

leapinlew · « **Reply #48 on:** May 29, 2008, 07:56:25 pm »

I've done all I can do. Just waiting on the artwork I ordered to show up. Once Bvicarious gets his art to me, I'll order it. I've worked on a few other projects while I'm waiting for the artwork to come in.

bvicarious · « **Reply #49 on:** May 29, 2008, 08:34:01 pm »

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?

leapinlew · « **Reply #50 on:** May 29, 2008, 08:41:26 pm »

Quote from: bvicarious on May 29, 2008, 08:34:01 pm

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?

No sir. I try not to. More of a photoshop guy.

bvicarious · « **Reply #51 on:** May 29, 2008, 09:17:32 pm »

Okay, cuz I was thinking that maybe you could take the AI file and plug in the CMYK or RGB values from the other art you had printed, and then they'd match up exactly. Anyway, it shouldn't vary much or look weird or anything. Does the place you print from take AI files or should I export a TIFF or something?

leapinlew · « **Reply #52 on:** May 29, 2008, 10:06:29 pm »

Quote from: bvicarious on May 29, 2008, 09:17:32 pm

Okay, cuz I was thinking that maybe you could take the AI file and plug in the CMYK or RGB values from the other art you had printed, and then they'd match up exactly. Anyway, it shouldn't vary much or look weird or anything. Does the place you print from take AI files or should I export a TIFF or something?

AI will be fantastic.

leapinlew · « **Reply #53 on:** June 01, 2008, 02:19:41 am »

Big thanks to bvicarious. I've edited his sideart to fit the bartop. I'm really liking it.

I'll be ordering this soon.

BASS! · « **Reply #54 on:** June 02, 2008, 12:49:40 am »

Awesome. Just awesome:-) I cant wait to see it on the cab!

abzman2000 · « **Reply #55 on:** June 03, 2008, 09:29:25 pm »

very cool idea, and a nice shape, not too complicated.

NIVO · « **Reply #56 on:** June 04, 2008, 03:25:54 am »

make with the pics lew! Dont make me ban you

j/k looks good so far, i'll be over to play it when finished.

leapinlew · « **Reply #57 on:** June 04, 2008, 07:47:32 am »

Quote from: NIVO on June 04, 2008, 03:25:54 am

make with the pics lew! Dont make me ban you j/k looks good so far, i'll be over to play it when finished.

Anytime!

It's just sitting in the corner of the room. Can't do anything with it till the art shows up. I'm going out of town next weekend. May be a couple weeks before I can do anything else. I got the computer ready, you want to see pictures of that?

Kaytrim · « **Reply #58 on:** June 04, 2008, 11:41:17 am »

Well if Lew won't I will.

pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics pics

Is that enough for you NIVO?

BTW Lew, looks real good. I'll be waiting for the final pics from you this time.

leapinlew · « **Reply #59 on:** June 19, 2008, 10:48:36 pm »

Some intermediate pics...

It should finish up this weekend, but I was able to apply the marquee, drill out the CP, and apply the CPO.

I'm lining up the artwork here. Cutting the artwork is always so nerve racking.

The sideart is awesome thanks to bvicarious. Very cool of him to vectorize it. I'll apply it this weekend and take some final pics.

leapinlew · « **Reply #60 on:** June 21, 2008, 01:38:40 am »

Controls mounted. I'm trying to decide what to do with my Volcano buttons. I would like them to light when a credit is installed for all the games, but it appears there isn't an easy way to do it. I'm thinking of lighting them and keeping them lit, or I may not do anything with them. They look pretty good as is.

I'm going to mount the monitor tomorrow and put on the finishing touches.

I missed the exact center of the spinner... damn. It's not a biggie.

Dig the original tempest spinner RandyT hooked me up with.

NIVO · « **Reply #61 on:** June 21, 2008, 05:38:40 am »

lookin good lew

ChadTower · « **Reply #62 on:** June 21, 2008, 08:26:13 am »

Effin Fantastic. I love me some Tempest.

Can't wait to see some shots of how it looks on an LCD.

leapinlew · « **Reply #63 on:** June 21, 2008, 04:26:22 pm »

Inside cabling shots

TOK · « **Reply #64 on:** June 21, 2008, 04:37:38 pm »

That looks real clean inside, nice work!

IG-88 · « **Reply #65 on:** June 21, 2008, 08:22:48 pm »

Very nice looking indeed. Wish mine looked like that

Do you ever worry about your soundcard "working" itself loose since it doesn't have the case to screw into?

Also, why do you use quick disconnects instead of soldering the wire onto the buttons?

leapinlew · « **Reply #66 on:** June 22, 2008, 12:37:56 am »

Quote from: IG-88 on June 21, 2008, 08:22:48 pm

Very nice looking indeed. Wish mine looked like that Do you ever worry about your soundcard "working" itself loose since it doesn't have the case to screw into?

Also, why do you use quick disconnects instead of soldering the wire onto the buttons?

Good question on the sound card. I used a hot glue gun on both the soundcard and video card.

Quick connects were used because I had a wiring harness from a previous CP. I thought I'd save time using it. Not sure if it made much difference for a CP with only 5 buttons.

leapinlew · « **Reply #67 on:** June 22, 2008, 12:41:04 am »

Monitor mount:

Backside:

All the wiring is done. I've done some configuring with the front end and all the games now.

leapinlew · « **Reply #68 on:** June 22, 2008, 12:44:50 am »

Front:

I bought this 25c disc from Mike Deuce when he was hanging around here. I didn't have enough space for a novagem Coin Drop Replacement button, but I still had a few of these buttons.

I didn't get a chance to apply the sideart and t-molding. I still need to cut and paint the plexi.

It's getting close now.

Paladin · « **Reply #69 on:** June 22, 2008, 12:30:33 pm »

Looking great! You mentioned getting the volcano buttons to light. When I made my upright Tempest MAME (now restored to original hardware), I used the mini-pac. It controlled the original spinner and volcano buttons.

leapinlew · « **Reply #70 on:** June 22, 2008, 12:43:23 pm »

Quote from: Paladin on June 22, 2008, 12:30:33 pm

Looking great! You mentioned getting the volcano buttons to light. When I made my upright Tempest MAME (now restored to original hardware), I used the mini-pac. It controlled the original spinner and volcano buttons.

How does it do this exactly? Does it just light them, or does it blink them when a credit is dropped in? I'm thinking of editing Mame to add this ability to the games I want. I'm debating on the amount of work involved to the potential payout.

Portnoy · « **Reply #71 on:** June 22, 2008, 01:40:51 pm »

Wow, nice work! Tempest is one of my all time favorites. In reference to what Palladin said, the I-pac and mini have a way to connect lights that mimic the caps and number lock on your keyboard. MAME has a bunch of games that light those when you credit up. Not sure about the details on how though.

P

leapinlew · « **Reply #72 on:** June 22, 2008, 02:44:11 pm »

Thanks Port -

I would wire the ipac2 to the caps lock, scroll lock, or num lock keys if they would blink. I nosed around in Mame and couldn't find a setting for it. When I drop a credit in a game like Tempest, it doesn't blink any of the lights on my keyboard.

Any suggestions? I'll gladly wire it up for the games that use it, but right now - I'm unsure how to accomplish this.

IG-88 · « **Reply #73 on:** June 22, 2008, 03:14:45 pm »

Quote from: leapinlew on June 22, 2008, 12:37:56 am

Good question on the sound card. I used a hot glue gun on both the soundcard and video card.

Cool. I used the heck out of Hot Glue in my set up. But where on the cards did you apply it?

Portnoy · « **Reply #74 on:** June 22, 2008, 04:43:37 pm »

Ya know for a moment I thought I was making up past memories but then I found this...

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=53174.0

Perhaps it's not fixed yet? I'm using .97 and it doesn't work for me either.

somunny · « **Reply #75 on:** June 22, 2008, 05:50:34 pm »

This is a really neat project. The lighted marquee looks great! Are the volcano lights still on the "to do" list?

dmworking247 · « **Reply #76 on:** June 22, 2008, 07:22:14 pm »

Awesome project... I'd love one of these almost as much (actually... perhaps more considering the size) as an original upright Tempest.

But to digress a little... thats an awesome little spinner! When is someone going to build some repro spinners like that, which have such a small profile and (it looks like) they just plug into a button hole!

I'm sick of spending $60+ on gigantic spinners which don't even fit in my control panel box (too deep) and they're a pain to mount.

somunny · « **Reply #77 on:** June 22, 2008, 07:44:19 pm »

Quote from: dmworking247 on June 22, 2008, 07:22:14 pm

But to digress a little... thats an awesome little spinner! When is someone going to build some repro spinners like that, which have such a small profile and (it looks like) they just plug into a button hole!

Like this one?

GGG TT2

Kaytrim · « **Reply #78 on:** June 23, 2008, 11:16:38 am »

Looking real good Lew. The marquee looks perfect the way you have it designed. I also like the clean wiring job you have in there. Now get that side art, t-molding and plexi in place so you can call it done.

TTFN

Kaytrim

dmworking247 · « **Reply #79 on:** June 23, 2008, 09:21:11 pm »

Great spinner, but back to my point on price...

$20 for a good joystick, yet up to $100 for a spinner with a mini wheel attachment and a counterweight? It seems the prices and choices of arcade gear has improved over the past few years yet spinners still seem to be the least value for money accessory... I mean that spinner is more expensive than a happ trackball with a mounting plate! You can get a optical mouse for < $5 and a old mouse for <$1, are the materials in spinners really that expensive??

Anyway back onto the topic of this great Bartop...

Quote from: somunny on June 22, 2008, 07:44:19 pm

Like this one?

GGG TT2


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