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Title: Suggestions for a Man Camp necessity - Building our MAME Cabinet
Post by: blatchy on February 17, 2014, 03:29:34 pm: So, last year a group of friends bought an old rod and gun club in Central New York for almost nothing. It was in fairly rough shape but after fixing the place up a bit, it's a really cool little hangout. For what we used to pay for a fishing cabin once a year, we now have a place all year round. It's essentially a man cave for 6 guys and our friends and family.

So while my friends are doing the smart things and buying all the 'necessities for camp" (roofing tiles, lighting, paint), I'm buying the really important stuff: the games. I already have an Operation Wolf cabinet in place, along with a shuffle bowler, a Megatouch, an Arachnid arcade dart machine, shuffleboard, pool, poker, and ping pong tables, an HD Projector, satellite TV, and two kegerators (sporting some nice craft beer). It's coming along nicely ;)

I purchased a World Class Bowling Cabinet on Ebay. It's a pedestal style cabinet, 33" monitor. I'm thinking of ripping out the board and putting in a PC to run MAME. I'm going to convert the World Class Bowling stand into a 4 player console, with trackball and spinner.

But there's one dilemma: since it's a sportman's club (and because some of my friends are avid hunters), they want shooters. This is not an issue: bought a couple act labs so I can run various shooters in MAME. But they want Big Buck Hunter.

So I bought the IT shotgun, the harness, the PCB, and the hard drive for the system. So here's my dilemma:

1.) I'm keeping the CRT in the cabinet. I need suggestions for, as seamlessly as possible, integrating the 4 player MAME setup with the Big Buck Hunter PCB. I've been looking at a combination of IPACs and J-PACs and a 6 PCB multijamma board (because I may want to add more boards later). I also plan on using an ArcadeVGA. I just don't know what would be best for my setup.

2.) Is there a way I can have the jamma board Big Buck Hunter share the same Player 1 and Player 2 buttons with the same buttons I would use for player 1/2 on my MAME setups (with IPAC or whatever)?

3.) There's potentially going to be a lot of USB connections. Should I use a separate powered USB hub to accommodate all these connections?

4.) Is there anything such as a harness splitter for the shotgun? I would have no issue buying additional BBH PCBs in the future but i would love a suggestions for sharing out the gun between multiple boards?

Any help or background to anything you've done similar would be great appreciated. Thanks!
Title: Re: Suggestions for a Man Camp necessity - Building our MAME Cabinet
Post by: Nephasth on February 17, 2014, 03:38:47 pm: Suggestion #1 - Don't call it a man camp.
Title: Re: Suggestions for a Man Camp necessity - Building our MAME Cabinet
Post by: blatchy on February 17, 2014, 03:40:30 pm: Quote from: Nephasth on February 17, 2014, 03:38:47 pm
Suggestion #1 - Don't call it a man camp.

Noted!
Title: Re: Suggestions for a Man Camp necessity - Building our MAME Cabinet
Post by: drventure on February 17, 2014, 04:50:43 pm: "Don't call it man camp" :laugh2:

Quote from: blatchy on February 17, 2014, 03:29:34 pm
3.) There's potentially going to be a lot of USB connections. Should I use a separate powered USB hub to accommodate all these connections?

Yeah, definitely use a powered USB hub (or 2) if you expect lots of devices. BE SURE to note the available current on the PS though.

For instance, a USB port CAN draw up to 500mw, so for a 7 port hub, that translates to 7*500 or right around 4 watts. Now, most devices won't actually draw the full 500mw, but if you get a 7 port hub with a PS supplying only say 900mw (which is way too easy to do), you could end up underpowering some devices, which results in all kinds of weird probs.

I think USB 3 ports can provide more, but I don't have any of those.
Title: Re: Suggestions for a Man Camp necessity - Building our MAME Cabinet
Post by: Unstupid on February 17, 2014, 07:42:25 pm: Big Buck Hunter? Pssshhhh.... What a man camp really needs is a Dance Dance Revolution! :gobama :woot
Title: Re: Suggestions for a Man Camp necessity - Building our MAME Cabinet
Post by: Slippyblade on February 17, 2014, 07:46:29 pm: Quote from: Unstupid on February 17, 2014, 07:42:25 pm
Big Buck Hunter? Pssshhhh.... What a man camp really needs is a Dance Dance Revolution! :gobama :woot

Hello Kitty Edition!

(http://www.kittyhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/hello-kitty-wii-dance-mat1.jpg)
Title: Re: Suggestions for a Man Camp necessity - Building our MAME Cabinet
Post by: PL1 on February 17, 2014, 08:09:16 pm: Quote from: Slippyblade on February 17, 2014, 07:46:29 pm
Quote from: Unstupid on February 17, 2014, 07:42:25 pm
Big Buck Hunter? Pssshhhh.... What a man camp really needs is a Dance Dance Revolution! :gobama :woot

Hello Kitty Edition!

(http://www.kittyhell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/hello-kitty-wii-dance-mat1.jpg)

Slippy - Isn't that intended for campy men? :laugh2:

Scott

Edit: Maybe I was thinking about this (http://crosstowntraffic.deviantart.com/art/Rocky-Horror-DDR-Tribute-10081603).

(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs4/i/2004/238/c/4/Rocky_Horror_DDR_Tribute_.jpg)
Title: Re: Suggestions for a Man Camp necessity - Building our MAME Cabinet
Post by: eds1275 on February 18, 2014, 05:24:01 am: I think Trophy Hunting - Bear and Moose is more fun than big buck hunter. :dunno

I can't help you with your other issues, but I am jealous of your hangout.
Title: Re: Suggestions for a Man Camp necessity - Building our MAME Cabinet
Post by: pbj on February 18, 2014, 10:13:18 am: In The Groove is a lot of fun and easy to setup. There's some torrent of it out there with a couple hundred songs.

:cheers: