The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: njay on April 01, 2010, 09:54:35 am
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Hi All,
well since my hyperpin cab is complete i am itching for something new and i got a perfect opporunity today:
I have already a converted royal video cabinet to MAME but it uses and x-arcade and its really well not so good the monitor is also at an angle i cannot use lightguns.
today i bought this :
I don't know the cab model but it house a 28 hantarax monitor which works good says the seller and also the control panel he built custom it will be empty but i will be using my modded x-arcade with led buttons for the new CP
what do you think ? do anyone now this type of cab ? he says its from 2004
(http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5113&d=1270129439)
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Anyone know the resolution the hantarex 28 can take? i don't know the model until i recieve the cabinet next week
i am going to use my vga breakout cable that i used with my old hantarex soldered to the vid inputs i hope
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So to the guy said to me its a Polo 2 so that is ok i guess right?
i had a hantarex 900 mtc in my last cab and still have the jamme connector with the vga breakout cable soldered to it somewhere around , think it will work on the polo 2?
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You Greeks and your backwards control panels. :laugh: This should be a pretty straightforward conversion, you're not going to paint it black I hope?
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greek ? im from holland lol
what do you mean about the cp ?
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The Marquee looks like greek letters, and the CP is mirrored with player 2 having the stick in his right hand and buttons in the left.
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well ill be damned lol it did not even see that !
isn't this a problem if you are a right handed person for player 2? does it play the same?
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get rid of the sucky panel and ur xarcade stuff , rebuild the panel from scratch ( maybe with some overlaymetalplate ) and order ipac or jpac . the cab seems fine if the tech is in working condition. it looks like a eurostyle egret 29 .
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yeah the ipac is ordered
the monitor is in working condition
i will make a new cp overlay with
correct layout but for only 200 euros
with truck delivery it was a good deal
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greek ? im from holland lol
what do you mean about the cp ?
Sorry, the marquee and the reversed control panels (all Greek ones seem to be like that) threw me off. Can't you just flip the metal plate and just remove the joystick mounting plates and put them on the other side? That's what I'd do. If that is indeed a Taito cabinet, these plates should fit: http://www.starcab.net/product_info.php?cPath=219_217&products_id=829 (http://www.starcab.net/product_info.php?cPath=219_217&products_id=829)
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Yeah i could try and flip it , but the guy said he made it manually or something
the IPAC is underway from ultimarc and i have stripped my x-arcade from its novagems with the ledwiz
the delivery guy should call me this afternoon to inform me about the date this week can't wait
oh yeah it seems a taito cab but the egret type of cabs have different panel setup and speakers
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i got the ipac today , but the cab is coming next week damn :badmood:
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The cab is coming in tommorow so i stripped al my led buttons and the led wiz from my x-arcade
Rewired them all to the new ipac2
i will be using the old sticks from the x-arcade until i can save some money for two balltop u360's and a new trackball and spinner
Sorry for the grainy pictures crap iphone camera will post better ones tommorow
(http://www.fluxgames.com/arcade/wire.JPG)
(http://www.fluxgames.com/arcade/wire1.JPG)
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I got the cab
the guy forgot the adjustment board for the monitor so that does not work yet
but i got the power hooked up , hacked my vga cable to the jamma connector like i did in my old cabinet
installed two sticks to see it if will fit the CP
will post pics tommorow
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Well luckky me not :(
i got 2 chassis with the polo 28 one of dead the guy said the other one worked
so i fired up the working chassins and wham the screen works i like yes let me check if my vga breakout cable works and fire my pc up ( i did the same with my hantarex mtc900) and i heard only POP buzzzzzz fried :(
i got reall pissed with yesterday and almost selled it all but luckily someone from BYOAC forums offered me to fix them for me !! sweet !
here are two more pics
(http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5235&d=1271581663)
(http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5236&d=1271581670)
Also when the chassis is fixed i am going to order an arcadevga this will be the safest option for me not to frie the chassis again :)
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ziet er goed uit man, ben benieuwd naar je build check t wel op de hyperspin forum.
Grtz
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Yo Guys,
Question:
Will an arcade vga agp run KI2 fine?
i know have on my old arcade cab:
PIV 3,0 GHZ
2GB Memory
6600gt with soft15kz
but the polo chassis snaps when getting a higher and i don't want to risk it again see posts above
i know the 6600gt is much more powerfull , but will de arcade vga run most chd games?
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Well i just ordered one anyway better not to take any chances again
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Does anyone know where a "how to / beginner / noob" guide for wiring a control panel to a pc for a MAME machine. Currently setting up mame. Also what is your opinions on one using a modded xbox vs a pc.
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Does anyone know where a "how to / beginner / noob" guide for wiring a control panel to a pc for a MAME machine. Currently setting up mame. Also what is your opinions on one using a modded xbox vs a pc.
Get yourself either an I-Pac or a A-Pac and make sure to get the wiring harness as well and you'll have no problems. You can't use the ArcadeVGA in an XBox.
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Yeah get yourself an IPAC its really easy to hookup
you can make a wiring harnass yourself its real easy ! i can show you pics if you need to
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Can anyone answer my question if the arcadevga agp is enough for ki2? :applaud:
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Can anyone answer my question if the arcadevga agp is enough for ki2? :applaud:
The ArcadeVGA is fantastic at what it does regarding original resolutions. But to be honest everything in Mame is processor related. A graphics can certainly help matters over basic on board video, but the more powerful you go with graphics cards after that doesn't help at all really. I don't play any of the CHD games as I'm just into the classics but from what I hear some of the CHD games can't be run at full speed even on the very latest PCs. It's all about processor power with Mame, not graphics card. That's the way I understand it anyway.
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then i should be ok because i use the same
setup only different gpu card
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I am from Greece and the marquee says (multigame)
Its true that the greeks like backwards cp....thats the way i made my cp.
Your cabinet has style.!!!!!
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Lol ok thanks for translating the marquee:
well i am leaving it for the moment but it all comes down to the second player (aka some friends) if they like it
and yes the cab is from greece i red the adress on the back off it
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aah more puzzle pieces:
(http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5281&d=1272295812)
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I am still waiting for one of the chassis to be fixed one is already done :applaud: thanks go's out to grantspain !!
software update:
I have hyperspin 1.1 installed with the following setup:
1. MAME (mostly fighters, lightgun and vertical shooters)
2. Model 2 (lightgun only)
3. Daphne
4. Sega 32x (starwars arcade :P )
5. Neo Geo (metal slug baby)
Hopefully ultimarc is going to offer a complete gun package with led bar for their aimtrak by the end of the month
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Sweet one my fixed chassis over @ grantspain !
(http://www.fluxgames.com/arcade/fixedchassis.jpg)
:notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
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Ok i drilled two microswitches near the coin entry's when you press the reject button a credit will be added :)
thanks to all here for the idea !! pics to follow
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Little update:
the chassis will back this week thanks for the exxelent service from grantspain !! :notworthy:
so i can finally continue the convert
but i need some ideas for colors !
like a cool colour scheme not black but something else i am not liking this color at all :cheers:
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First of all Thanks to Grantspain for the hard work on the chassis !!
Here is in action still needs some tweaking though !!
(http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5643&d=1275515006)
(http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5644&d=1275515015)
(http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5645&d=1275515024)
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Did Some More Work Today:
1. Wired up the coin switches to the ipac
(http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5661&d=1275582647)
2. Configured all my buttons with winipac
3. Cleared up the cable mess inside the cab and wired all the cables for the pc inside the cab
(http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5659&d=1275582629)
(http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5660&d=1275582639)
4. tested some games !!
(http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5663&d=1275582665)
(http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5664&d=1275582673)
WOW ITS BIG
(http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5662&d=1275582654)
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KI2 sound test:
Ki2 Test On My Mame Conversion Cab (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSgoFLgg1Y8#)
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To Do:
1. Order new marquee and CPO Overlay
2. Mount the speaker housings
3. Put the pc on a wooden board and mount it inside the cab
4. Order 2 USB Hubs
5. Remove Silver stickers on the whole cab
6. Think of a color plan
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Did Some Test Fitting Today:
I got the cabinet placed at it's location also i test fited all the gear below to see if it would fit after i bolted it down on a nice wooden plank with a rail.
I still need some help with the arcadevga because it seems some resolutions seem al lot better then others, maybe it's mame but i used avres to get all the ini files i needed.
Here are somse pics and some vids:
(http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5689&d=1275935835)
(http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5690&d=1275935847)
(http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5691&d=1275935869)
(http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5692&d=1275935889)
New Conversion MAME Cab 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYsVD0u13NA#)
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lol no love for this conversion ;D
can anyone point me out on avres and which reso to use best on most fighters? seems MK3 gives the best screen fill could i use this for ki2 also?
is there a site that states all the original reso's?
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Update:
Ordered two self powered USB hubs for both sides of the cab.
This will connect any external things like keyboard, mouse and in the future aimtrack lightguns
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Looking good. What color paint are you considering?
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I really don't know yet
i was thinking the monitor bezel painted black
and the rest of the cab a two tone .. any ideas?
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lol no love for this conversion ;D
Oh man, I hope all your friend's are right handed otherwise poor player 2 :laugh2: Looks good so far and I am on the same boat as you for the resolutions for my recently converted Dynamo SFIICE to MAME running Hyperspin. I tried running that Avres tool but all the resolutions or settings it picked made all the games load with vertical scrolling. Not sure what it is at this point but haven't done much research on it yet. For the most part things look fine right now but I know they could look better as I have seen a cab with the proper native resolutions set. I'll let you know if I figure it out before you do.
Mike
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Yeah i need to change the CP lol
Yeah if you figure it out let me know i still need to work things out but my relationship just stranded with my GF so i got other things to worry about
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my relationship just stranded with my GF so i got other things to worry about
That sucks dude. Let's hope everything works out for you.
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thanks for the kind words !
we are still friends and continue to live together we need to sell the house, then i will move back to my old town but it's expensive to get a place there, so hopefully i can move the arcade with me...
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well it's on the internet to sell it
my new living space will be alot smaller and the cab is just to big
maybe a bartop in the future
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So i some dutch member from here bought the cab of me ...
hopefully he will post a new topic for the conversion... stupid forget to ask his name