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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: HollowPointAMG on January 17, 2013, 07:00:29 pm
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New here :)
Been working on this for a few days and so far I kinda like it. I think I'll add some slight changes here and there.
What inspired me to build my own cab? After seeing a video of Killer Instinct arcade and it's insanely huge differences from the SNES version, I wanted to play it old school style with a joystick and 6 buttons to get the real arcade feel. Downloaded the emulator/rom and played it on my keyboard. Not good enough! So I ended up on x-arcade.com and picked up a dual joystick. I saw they had cabinet kits which looked awesome but way too pricey. Then it occurred to me... Why not try and build my own? Then the researching began and I found you guys ;D
I'm going to go to the local hardware store next week and have them cut out the sides. I don't have tools or the space to do it myself unfortunately :(
Here are some mock up pics I created:
(http://puremb.com/retrocade/Render.jpg)
Dimensions:
(http://puremb.com/retrocade/Side%20Panel%20Dimensions.jpg)
The outer shell of the cabinet will be made using 3/4 MDF. The rear and front panels will most likely be 1/2" MDF. Not sure what to use for the control panel, possibly bits of both.
PC I'm going to use:
AMD Athlon II X4
16GB RAM
OCZ SSD 60gb
160GB - to store all the games
Hyperspin 1.2 Interface
Creative Inspire 7.1 Speaker System
Going to use a 22" CRT NEC Multisync 1250+ I grabbed for free from work :)
As for the joystick/buttons, I'm going to tear into the X-Arcade dual joystick and create my own control panel.
More pics to come soon! Can't wait until next week when I start building. There will be loads of questions for sure.
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Excellent! If I may offer one small tidbit, as a fellow first-cab builder who is ~80% to completion -- might want to round off that inside corner on each side panel, just below the speaker panel. This is assuming you are going to finish the edges with T-molding. Mine is nearly as sharp an angle as what you have, and getting that T-molding to properly bend to that angle and fit in there real snug, and to do so without damaging or marring it.... well, it's a pain! And this is with using the "fan" technique even. If you just round it off a little, it will help a ton. This really goes for all the angles but I found that one to be the biggest problem by far.
Anyways, look forward to your progress!
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Excellent! If I may offer one small tidbit, as a fellow first-cab builder who is ~80% to completion -- might want to round off that inside corner on each side panel, just below the speaker panel. This is assuming you are going to finish the edges with T-molding. Mine is nearly as sharp an angle as what you have, and getting that T-molding to properly bend to that angle and fit in there real snug, and to do so without damaging or marring it.... well, it's a pain! And this is with using the "fan" technique even. If you just round it off a little, it will help a ton. This really goes for all the angles but I found that one to be the biggest problem by far.
Anyways, look forward to your progress!
Thanks for the tip! :)
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Sonic and the other bloke aren't doing it for me. You have a pretty nice SF thing going on, it'd be a shame to muddle it up with random characters done in a totally different style.
Round yer corners, that was good advice.
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Sonic and the other bloke aren't doing it for me. You have a pretty nice SF thing going on, it'd be a shame to muddle it up with random characters done in a totally different style.
Round yer corners, that was good advice.
Agreed on both.
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+1 on both. Even if you round your corners using a quarter for the radius, it will help greatly in getting the T-molding in there. That would still allow the "sharpness" of the angles you look like you're after.
AJ
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Edit out Chun Li's underwear.
Perhaps make the cab wider so you can get a taller monitor.
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Thanks everyone. I've rounded off the edges in my 3D model.
Took home the 22" CRT from work. What a beast... Weighs in at 77lbs!
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Hate to poo on you design but maybe a name change? Lots of cabs using that name including my bartop
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/01/19/anu4edev.jpg)
Its a good name but....
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f225/imlived/podcastlogo_zpsc5a2f0fa.jpg) (http://"http://www.nerdjackers.com")
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Nice designs!
Retrocade is a cool sort of generic term for what we enjoy over here.
The moniker works for most MAME cabs.
The Original Retrocade?
(http://homepage.isomedia.com/~blutz/emurumor/images/gui1.jpg)
EDIT: Retrocade Emulator picture
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Nice designs!
Retrocade is a cool sort of generic term for what we enjoy over here.
The moniker works for most MAME cabs.
The Original Retrocade?
(http://www.arcadeathome.com/images/retrogui.gif)
Yup my bartop is a clone of someone elses build,
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f225/imlived/podcastlogo_zpsc5a2f0fa.jpg) (http://"http://www.nerdjackers.com")
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Yup lots of "Retrocades" out there. I really like the name so I'm going to keep it :) No Retrocade is in my area and my friends love the name.
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Yup agreed its a great name,cant wait to see the finished machine
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f225/imlived/podcastlogo_zpsc5a2f0fa.jpg) (http://"http://www.nerdjackers.com")
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Its' popular because it's timeless. Walk into someone's house and see a "retrocade" machine and you know what it is. See a converted Pac-Kong machine and you don't know.
It's like the profile of a Dynamo cab, Silhouette of Christian Hosoi doing a backside air, etc....timeless and easily identifyable from a distance. :afro:
AJ
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Its' popular because it's timeless. Walk into someone's house and see a "retrocade" machine and you know what it is. See a converted Pac-Kong machine and you don't know.
It's like the profile of a Dynamo cab, Silhouette of Christian Hosoi doing a backside air, etc....timeless and easily identifyable from a distance. :afro:
AJ
Haha well said!
I'm going to the local hardware store this week to have them cut out the outer frame of the cab. Can't wait! Will post pics once I get it all home.