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Omega MAME: Revenge of Omega Race [COMPLETED! - Work on alt. CP's ongoing!]
Nephasth:
Even though you MAME'd a classic, you did a great job keeping it looking close to original. I love how your CP art is similiar to the original. Beautiful machine!
Got any video of the mirror in action?
Necro:
Neph - it's difficult as f#$! to film - it basically has to be dark around you and results in heavy light going into the camera from the screen. I'll try tonight/tomorrow and see what i can get. Because of some mods I had to make, the only difference between how it looks and a real OmegaRace when the blacklight is on is that the back art is a BIT closer than it normally is and it's not a vector monitor.
Also, the other CP's all look the same and the aesthetic of the cab is very uniform. Even the front end has a similar look/feel. I was going to do a vector-style FE but...the mirror got in the way. I seriously can't say how much I recommend NOT doing a mirror cab to anyone else :).
I'm so freaking psyched about this thing it's unbelievable. I'm trying to get all the software tweaked out now so it works and I can move from my work room into my basement/rec room area...
So, main features are as follows right now:
- Buttons light up based on the controls of the game you're playing.
- Swappable Control Panels (plan is for a Classic CP (tempest spinner, 2 joys, multiwilliams setup) and a 'other' setup (arkanoid spinner, flight stick, trackball)
- Coin door works.
- Fully functioning 'admin' button setup, with 'switch' admin button for games that require it be held, right inside the coin door.
- Can be used as a near 100% replica of OmegaRace, if desired. (Will need the spinner CP to be finished)
- Pause a game while playing and get a screenshot of the game controls, the game history, high scores, etc. (Woot, CPWizard)
- All internal lights are controllable (there's a panel inside with 3 swithes independently controlling the 2 marquees and blacklight for the artwork to show through the mirror).
- Computer power switch mounted on top of cabinet within reach. It's a button from an arkanoid CP, so it actually fits into the aesthetic if anyone ever sees it.
- Three hidden control buttons under the front marquee (escape, coin, and pause)
- 'Universal' power switch for the cab - original power switch, with one of those computer power cable 'ports' put into the cab (see earlier posts).
- Just generally awesome.
So so psyched to have people over to play. Biggest thing is I'm hoping I can get somewhere near 'done' with the software so I'm comfortable moving it into my basement...it's a complete ---smurfette--- not being able to work on the cab easily without being behind it or using a mirror and I want it working damn near perfect before I move it somewhere it's a hassle to get behind. (again, mirror cabs = PITA)
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