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Title: HELP.....for a newbie....
Post by: MAME nut on August 10, 2004, 11:26:21 am
After about a month of working on my new toy, I've got a few questions....

So far, I have purchased an old Pac Man cabinet.  I gutted it, sanded and painted it.  I picked up a used computer (P2/350/128 RAM) with a 21" flat screen monitor.  I also purchased a 3 pc speaker/sub set.

My plans are to buy a X-Arcade two-man controller and mount it to the cabinet.  Anyone have any input on this??  Any unforseen problems with doing this??  

After that, I figure all that's left is programming the computer??  Anything I'm forgetting??  Any other components needed??

Thanks,
Title: Re:HELP.....for a newbie....
Post by: Edgedamage on August 10, 2004, 11:30:23 am
If the control panel is still there you might want to save money and Build Your Own Arcade Controls. It would look much neater.
Title: Re:HELP.....for a newbie....
Post by: MAME nut on August 10, 2004, 11:33:41 am
The old control panel was missing.  

Any limitation from using the X-Arcade controller ??
Title: Re:HELP.....for a newbie....
Post by: Edgedamage on August 10, 2004, 11:38:21 am
The old control panel was missing.  

Any limitation from using the X-Arcade controller ??

No but it might not look very good. But hey your machine your choice.
Title: Re:HELP.....for a newbie....
Post by: Goz on August 10, 2004, 11:41:51 am
How would you mount the X-Arcade? I mean with the general shape of a PAC cab and the size / shape  of the X-Arcade, You'd probably have to make a large cut in the front to accomodate the X-Arcade (this could prove to be difficult).

-Goz
Title: Re:HELP.....for a newbie....
Post by: Soulcon on August 10, 2004, 01:11:13 pm
If you head on over to oscarcontrols they have a couple of examples of customers who did just that. You will just have to research it a bit? Just an idea.

-Soul
Title: Re:HELP.....for a newbie....
Post by: Robopede on August 11, 2004, 12:48:22 am
I think X-Arcade uses 8-way joysticks, which you wouldn't want to play Pac Man with. That would be one limitation to using the X-Arcade controller, unless you don't plan to play any 4-way games...
Title: Re:HELP.....for a newbie....
Post by: RayB on August 11, 2004, 01:11:16 am
Forget X-Arcade man.....
(geez, those guys get too much advertising)

Build your own. That's what this website is all about, and it's terribly easy once you look into it.

~Ray B.