Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: ark_ader on March 18, 2007, 10:16:54 am
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Well I went out and created a monster, the coolest cab I thought possible with my noob woodworking skills and my deranged mentality at the time. ;D
A real nightmare so bad I dare not publish the pictures to avoid the laughs and jokes that would prevail and follow me on this board. Yep that bad. :laugh2:
What I want to do is use the wood and make a minature Space Ace or Dragon's Lair style machine with a 17" LCD. Something to incorporate my X Arcade and my many consoles. But without MDF.
So what do you suggest? A traditional cab outline with swappable controls or a caberet dedicated Space Ace Machine with all the bells and whistles?
I don't think a mini DL or SA has been attempted before, and I do have all the parts and a working laserdisc player all ready for it. I also want to document this to help others, but I lack the direction to start out.
I'm thinking of being novel and setting fire to my old Frankenstein like in the movies, but keeping my Xarcade as I have spent so many pennies on it. I'm sure most of you will say to throw it on the fire too, as the aspect of building a control panel makes better sense to so many.
Any suggestions?
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I'm thinking of being novel and setting fire to my old Frankenstein like in the movies...
Please take a video and put it on Youtube or something. ;D
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...or a caberet dedicated Space Ace Machine with all the bells and whistles?
Isn't that an oxymoron? :)
I would go with a more traditional cabinet.
Do you have the game PCBs or are you controlling the LD with a computer?
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It would be a daphne cab.
I want to put a yoke I am currently building on it to play Starwars and a trackball but on a mounting plate that can be detachable. I got an idea from one of my lcd mounting brackets that simply snaps in and connects via USB or make it wireless.
What I don't want is a cluttered panel. Its just for me, so a Ultra Stick 360 should suffice with the Xarcade. You can use it with the Xarcade right? Just remove the bottom of the panel......
I want to do a proper job, and not one of those half :censored: types that I'm very capable of doing.
I cannot use MDF due to getting it up the stairs - we just spent £3000 on the hall and landing and I can see my head going on a spike when I rip the wallpaper off moving it upstairs. Something light and easy to move and keeps me out of the dog house.
I don't want much do I? ;D
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How about an Ultimate Arcade 2 design, it could be taken apart and moved in pieces.
(yep moving a full cab up stairs is heavy 7 tricky)
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On the disc part: you may want to go over to the Daphne forum. Someone over there recently thought of doing the same thing and was cautioned by Matt O to not do it. No need if using Daphne.