The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: Kabukiman on June 27, 2008, 09:29:09 pm
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Well, Im about to start a new project to add to my ever growing arcade collection, I am building a Dedicated Dreamcast Cabinet out of a converted Missile command, I bought this machine from a local dealer for 50 bucks someone converted it to a Trojan, I bought the cab with a blown monitor and board.
The cab itself is pretty solid. I am planning on going for an All White cabinet with Orange T-moulding, I am going to do Sanwa Joys with Black Happ pushbutton's, I have HarumaN doing some DC controller hacks for me, and I ordered a DC AV to arcade monitor cable from Ultimarc I completely stripped the cab tonight. Here is a before pic ill get some more tommrow.
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for the heck of it ill throw in a pic of my current cab setup.
left to right, SF2, Time Killers, NeoGeo 4-slot, Golden Axe and you can see my Mame machine's control panel
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Finally an Update with pictures, I have the Cab painted, t-moulding installed. I went with a 20inch TV for the meantime, untill I decide on what arcade monitor to get. This week I am going to mount the hacked dreamcast controllers and build the Control Panel. I plan on either Airbrushing or getting dreamcast decals for the sides and having a dreamcast marquee made.
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Wouldnt a 20inch pc monitor be the better choice? Won't it get a better picture and cost less than getting the arcade monitor?
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we will see how the TV is, as I am trying to keep this build under $200 and a monitor will affect that.
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I'd check your local craigslist. Lots of people are upgrading to LCD monitors, so there are usually pltnty of cheap or free CRT computer monitors on craigslist.
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Hey, that's the same TV I used for my Dreamcast Cocktail table (see project announcments).
The S-Video is pretty good on it, but it has some really annoying overscan. :angry:
Have you noticed that too?
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no I didn't notice anything i've only played giga wing once on it, I used the tv in my bedroom for a while figured it would be a good candidate
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Does the DC cable from ultimarc output s-video or a VGA signal?
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wont work with pc monitors according to the description, can't can purchase VGA boxes for the DC? here's the one I ordered
http://www.ultimarc.com/dreamcast.html
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You can hack your own VGA output from the dreamcast (http://www.raphnet.net/electronique/dreamcast/dreamcast_en.php) which is basically what the VGA boxes are. If the cab is dedicated to dreamcast, why not go with a PC monitor and get the true resolution out of it?
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Cool, I see im not the only one making a dreamcast themed arcade cabinet.
Here is a link to mine. I would recomend getting a computer monitor only if you can find a freaking huge one. The resolution of the dreamcast through VGA is mind blowing. My brother has a tv in his cab and its almost imposible to play Ikaruga because the resolution is so bad.
http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5934
I also have my project somewhere on this site.
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I saw your cab on youtube, looks great!, what did you use for a monitor? I can get a 21 inch pc monitor I think for free. but i dont know if it's gonn fit since it's so bulky.
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*sigh*
I've got this 36" Gateway Destination monitor (max res 800x600) waiting to be used in a DC cab... someday... Got my hacked controls.. Got my controls... Got my games and an extra DC... ALL I need is money and time :D
Looking forward to seeing what you come up with. mako, I really like the top slot for putting in the VMU... Very cool.
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*sigh*
I've got this 36" Gateway Destination monitor (max res 800x600) waiting to be used in a DC cab... someday... Got my hacked controls.. Got my controls... Got my games and an extra DC... ALL I need is money and time :D
Looking forward to seeing what you come up with. mako, I really like the top slot for putting in the VMU... Very cool.
my friend has one of those as well, and is in the process of building a showcase cabinet for it. it is an awesome monitor..the only problem is, he built a stand for it, and a control panel, so now it is playable, so very little progress is being made on the cabinet.
to get back on topic, i love the color scheme on that cabinet. a dedicated dreamcast cabinet is an awesome idea..i'd highly reccomend going with a pc monitor and vga adapter, the picture quality is amazing. although there are a few games that don't support the adapter, so be prepared for that. (MK Gold comes to mind)
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thanks for the info, any idea what other games wont work? this is going to be mainly a fighting game cab.
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Here is a link to a pretty good list of games compatible with the VGA Box.
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2006/05/dreamcast-vga-cable-compatibility-list.html
If you want to play a game that is not compatible with VGA, you should still be fine if you get a box with a swithcer between VGA and S-Video. If your video device supports both then you could plug both cables in and freely switch between them.
Long live Dreamcast! :D
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you are the man thanks for the link much appreciated. and yes Love the dreamcast!
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so I got my ultimarc dreamcast arcade adapter today, I hooked it up to my golden axe cab so I can get an idea of the quality, and WoW MVC2 looked sick on the arcade monitor.
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Awesome! Glad to hear it worked out for you. Sould Calibur is a real treat, as well! ;D Rez and Jet Grind Radio still hold up to today's systems graphically when you use the VGA box IMHO.
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more updates, Installed a 21 inch computer monitor, I ordered a VGA box for the DC, built the Control Panel and drilled my button's. Ran into a few issues with the monitor first off being too tall and second for too deep, both issues we fixed. We turned the back into a handle pretty slick and it worked great. I should be done by next weekend. it's 93 degrees out and too hot to work on it :angry:
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wired up the joysticks, My VGA adapter came in yesterday. I tested soul calibur on the PC monitor, looks damn nice!, thanks guys for the info definitely better than the tv.
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I wanna see pics of my hacks in there! ;)
Looks good so far! :cheers:
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few new pics been too busy to do much work on it,
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Very cool project in the works and yes, long live the DC. How do the L and R buttons work now that they aren't analog? Any games you want to play analog joy or buttons?
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How do the L and R buttons work now that they aren't analog? Any games you want to play analog joy or buttons?
The L & R buttons simply act like digital buttons. There are very few DC games that make exclusive use of the analog joystick.
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Are you going to have to change discs every time you want to play a game?
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Are you going to have to change discs every time you want to play a game?
Yup... although there are homebrew 'compiliation' disks that have multiple DC games on one CD...
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yeah the system set's right behind the coin door very easy to swap. I do have some of those multiple cd games.
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WOW, very nice stuff!