The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: SPLATNESS on February 05, 2021, 10:26:08 pm
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Soooo, neighbor became interested in my Cocktail build and REALLY wants me to build him a 60 in 1 vertical... Willing to pay what ever it's worth, but the only plans I have found are basic and not attractive.
Is there a resource for plans for that sort of build? :dunno
I tried to search the forum, but I am guessing the search feature is broken
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Search is broken. You can search google with site:forum.arcadecontrols.com and then whatever you are looking for in quotes. HERE (https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aforum.arcadecontrols.com+%22vertical+bartop%22&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS868US869&oq=site%3Aforum.arcadecontrols.com+%22vertical+bartop%22&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58j69i60.989j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) is a link.
Anyway, just find a plan you like and make it a bit taller to accommodate the monitor. Easy!
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I'm currently building a vertical bartop myself (check out the entry in Project Announcements). My suggestions:
- Think first, spend second.
- Work from the inside out - make sure you've got everything working before you start building a cabinet. e.g. I recently discovered not all games will work with both coin & Player 1 mapped to the same button - so I need to add a dedicated coin button.
- Build the cabinet to fit the monitor & control panel. Or if you have your heart set on a specific cabinet plan, make sure you've got a monitor which will fit.
- Plan on building at least one prototype - what looks good on paper might not work in real life. e.g. My Dell 2007FP has two side (bottom) USB ports and I have to make sure the bottom brace doesn't block them.
[li]Don't forget to measure the bartop itself. My bartop has a planned 15"x15" footprint.
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