Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Connorsdad on July 03, 2013, 06:43:25 pm
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I'm in the process of wiring up my cp, having got as far as grounding all the connections and wiring up Player 1 joystick and buttons I couldn't resist the urge to try it out.
Wow, just, wow. It's been a long long time since I've played a genuine arcade game using genuine arcade controls and I absolutely loved it :))
Felt like a kid again lol.
Can't wait to get my cab finished now.
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Ooohhhh. First mistake. Making it playable before it's finished ;D
Now you'll never finish it up!
Congrats on getting it going! :applaud:
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Once you are hooked, you are hooked. That is how I managed to start collecting pinball machines.
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Once you are hooked, you are hooked. That is how I managed to start collecting pinball machines.
Please don't remind me of pinball machines. A customer I did the 4-Player build for had a bunch of really really nice ones and I almost got hooked into starting a collection. Unfortunately a much more expensive addiction hobby than MAME\Arcade machines.
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It all started with the wife saying, "Go ahead and buy it. You've always wanted one."
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It all started with the wife saying, "Go ahead and buy it. You've always wanted one."
Seriously? She said that? Dude, is she single? Got a phone number? ...just kidding, and/or jealous
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Yea .... this is something I am really putting off because of the fear of never finishing!
Im the same though - it's be years since I bashed buttons and cannot wait!
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Seriously?
Seriously. My wife is pretty cool about my assorted hobbies. Her only complaint is the noise but I am slowly getting the game room sound proofing done.
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Seriously?
Seriously. My wife is pretty cool about my assorted hobbies. Her only complaint is the noise but I am slowly getting the game room sound proofing done.
must be nice. Tho to be honest, my wife has only one complaint as well: me and anything I may be interested in :)
as to the OP, drventure nailed it- you broke the rule. The first thing I did was a crude but workable CP i stuck on a desk in front of a computer. Mame cab was significantly delayed.
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Seriously?
Seriously. My wife is pretty cool about my assorted hobbies. Her only complaint is the noise but I am slowly getting the game room sound proofing done.
must be nice. Tho to be honest, my wife has only one complaint as well: me and anything I may be interested in :)
as to the OP, drventure nailed it- you broke the rule. The first thing I did was a crude but workable CP i stuck on a desk in front of a computer. Mame cab was significantly delayed.
Mine hates video games, but will watch me play resident evil. She found my cab at an auction, won it for $30. Turned out to be Midway's Strike Force in an Angle generic cab.
I need to add 3 buttons per player the the CP, but it works, so I play it and the buttons never get added.
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Ooohhhh. First mistake. Making it playable before it's finished ;D
Now you'll never finish it up!
Congrats on getting it going! :applaud:
So want to have just one more go lol but I won't. It gives me even more of an incentive to get my cab finished now :)
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It works both ways. She has her hobbies which are dog agility and gardening. I make her agility equipment for her and one of our major projects this year was a pergola so she is a happy camper. Even when building your own equipment, agility can get expensive.
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The thing about buying the pinball machine is that it isn't mostly just money down the drain (like if you bought a new Jet Ski or something), it is just parking the money in pinball form for a while. As long as you pay a fair price for your pin and maintain it then it isn't going to lose any value and is even likely to go up (unless you bought a brand new pin, in which case you are going to take a little bit of a bath when you resell it 5 years later).
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The thing about buying the pinball machine is that it isn't mostly just money down the drain (like if you bought a new Jet Ski or something), it is just parking the money in pinball form for a while. As long as you pay a fair price for your pin and maintain it then it isn't going to lose any value and is even likely to go up (unless you bought a brand new pin, in which case you are going to take a little bit of a bath when you resell it 5 years later).
Agreed. I don't own anything newer and my machines vary from 71 through about 95. I actually enjoy them a great deal.
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Wow, just, wow. It's been a long long time since I've played a genuine arcade game using genuine arcade controls and I absolutely loved it :))
Felt like a kid again lol.
Can't wait to get my cab finished now.
I remember that feeling. Its a fantastic sensation. When I first powered my CP, it had been about 20 years since I had last spend any length of time with a proper joystick and buttons. Amazing.
Incidentally, we live in a small house. I am building a bartop at the moment. My wife understanderbly said she doesnt want me to build a full size cab until we have more space... Our house in now on the market !