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puerrican85:

--- Quote from: Franco B on September 24, 2008, 02:49:08 pm ---Seeing as were getting pics out check out my BLING!!!!!  :D

Its just a test CP for now, I have some nice sequences planned for my 3 CPs and table top etc. I have three LED Wiz's and a Pac drive to program simultanously which should be fun. They are only single colour LEDs so I have to get 122 outputs on the LED Blinky sequencer screen. Fun times ahead!  :)

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That came out awesome man. Loving the light up around the joystick. How did you do that in fact with the light up around the joy?

Edit:: Nevermind, I saw the panels out in the open that you did on your thread. You gave me ideas for future projects :). But the cab is coming out awesome, keep up the good work and will definitely like to see the final build.
Visitor Q:

--- Quote from: Dazz on September 24, 2008, 02:49:25 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on September 24, 2008, 02:44:03 pm ---Am I the only one who hates the word "bling"?

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I'm right there with ya.

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Neat!
Loafmeister:
I always felt it was overkill, a friend of mine wants them just for that "bling" effect, but that wasn't my cup of tea.

Then I saw Arzoo's thread...

Now, on my next cab I will probably have them.  I don't care about attract mode flashy lights, but when people are over to play games, the first question they have is:  "what controls am I supposed to use for this game"... and of course that question gets repeated for every game.  Here's a shocker, I'm no expert and thus don't know every game's control scheme.  I could look it up but ledblinky along with those flashy buttons become more than aesthetics, rather a powerful and convenient tool.

Not everone wants to play a 1 button game and even some of the old classics like Asteroid (good choice for the demo Arzoo) really benefit from the lights and the ledblinky.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=73905.0
Ginsu Victim:

--- Quote from: Loafmeister on September 24, 2008, 04:11:44 pm ---Here's a shocker, I'm no expert and thus don't know every game's control scheme.
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CPwizard
cadmium:

--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on September 24, 2008, 04:18:57 pm ---CPwizard

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Seconding this. I have mine set to show an image of the active controls on my panel during pause.
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