Championship Sprint Arcade 1Up Mod

[jahilbert]

I love racing games so I am attempting to widen a Galaga 1Up cab, put in a 20" monitor and add spinner steering wheels to play Championship SPrint, Off-Road. Indy Heat, Super Sprint, Pole Position...etc....

[jahilbert]

Gutted it, running a Raspberry Pi 3B+, guts look like a tangled mess. You won't get photos of the back! Widened the cab and ordered appropriate side art. Built a riser with Outrun pedals......

[jahilbert]

Added some LED's to riser.....

[jahilbert]

Having a rough time setting all of the games and emulators. SPinners work on some but not others, roms are good with certain emulators but not others and I have completely failed with the shifter on Pole Position. Like many of my past significant others, it may look pretty but it's a train wreck when you look too closely.

Sigh...... at least Badlands plays perfectly

[pumaconcolor]

Looks like quite the challenge.  Are you using pi for all your mods?

[leapinlew]

Looks real nice!

The failures you speak of are exactly what happened with me and my racing game cabinet. It's not a failure as much as a combination of the wrong hardware types and software limitations. I used a 360 degree wheel, return to center shifter, and microswitched pedals. It played only a few games correctly (sprint, badlands, off road). All other games was a weird kind of compromise, or didn't play it well at all. The shifter was the biggest issue since shifting registered as a button press, instead of locked in position to a specific gear.

Your cabinet is great looking. I'd probably have it work with just the games it can work well with. Make a small list for, Sprint, Badlands, Off-road, Demolition Derby and any other games that it kind works for, but quit trying to kill yourself getting Pole Position, Outrun, etc. to work.

When I had my driving arcade game, I put a couple other spinner games on it and people seemed to enjoy it. Puzz Loop, Cameltry and Arkanoid.

[jbserra]

am I the only one that can't see the pictures?  I'd love to see what you did!

[negative1]

am I the only one that can't see the pictures?  I'd love to see what you did!

i think they were facebook links that expired, according to the timestamps.

later
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