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Making a bartop Mortal Kombat II
oldgamesrbetter:
Bump. Look at first post to avoid reading everything here.
Turnarcades:
I would question the wisdom of creating a JAMMA-based Bar-Top. You're gonna need to cram a lot of genuine hardware inside a small space, and this is going to be incredibly difficult. Making it with a PC would simplify the wiring ten-fold, work out cheaper and save you getting electric shocks and a big meltdown with the heat generated in that tiny space.
oldgamesrbetter:
--- Quote from: Turnarcades on June 29, 2009, 09:03:05 pm ---I would question the wisdom of creating a JAMMA-based Bar-Top. You're gonna need to cram a lot of genuine hardware inside a small space, and this is going to be incredibly difficult. Making it with a PC would simplify the wiring ten-fold, work out cheaper and save you getting electric shocks and a big meltdown with the heat generated in that tiny space.
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lol, I know.. if anything it'll be a learning experience. I really want this to work out. I'm sure i'll have some speed bumps. I don't care. it'll be fun none the less. I'll let you know if I completely F this up.
Jack Burton:
I believe the best way to go about this would be to put the monitor and controls one on side and the PBC and power supply on the other, instead of the PCB-under-the-monitor style.
Here's my two-minute MS Paint sketch:
I'm sure he could find some kind of small coin mech to use to make it a true arcade machine and put a very small coin box in there. I think it would be neat.
Do you plan on this being one or two players?
oldgamesrbetter:
Definitely want it to be two players. I want it to kind of be the drunken party game at my place lol.
I'm still deciding if I want a coin slot or not. That sketch isn't a bad idea at all if I go that direction though!