Custom Made Arcade Clock

[FrizzleFried]

Check out this "Arcade Clock" I made this morning in all of about 20 minutes.   I think it came out pretty darned spanky...

[shardian]

 

I intend to do that one day.
There are people on ebay who sell custom clocks. All it is is a dollar store clock with a new paper overlay on the face.

[GAtekwriter]

Very nice.  Would you mind sharing the image file you used as a background?  I wouldn't mind creating one for my basement...

Jim

[FrizzleFried]

The image is 5MB as it stands,   but I can compress.  I'd hate to compress it more than 1MB...but here it is below...if you need a higher res,  I need your email address to send it.

[Organic Jerk]

That's a pretty sweet idea... Nice!

I would have made the numbers sit in a black circle or something so they're easier to read.  Other than that it's a perfect addition to any game room

[Hoopz]

very nice!  what type of paper did you print it on: regular, photo or ___ ?

 

[Chris G]

Hey, it's almost Qix-o'clock!  How did Robotron not make the cut?!?! 

 
Chris

[Hoopz]

Hey, it's almost Qix-o'clock!  How did Robotron not make the cut?!?! 

 
Chris

I was wondering how long it would take before Frizzle got some feedback about his choices!   

No Tron?   







   Still very cool.

[GadgetGeek]

Nice work.

Hopefully Pixelhugger doesn't see this or we will have to wait another year as he goes off on another tangent.

[FrizzleFried]

That's a pretty sweet idea... Nice!

I would have made the numbers sit in a black circle or something so they're easier to read.  Other than that it's a perfect addition to any game room

Good idea for a revision...

[FrizzleFried]

...how about a Mr. Do! clock?

[FrizzleFried]

very nice!  what type of paper did you print it on: regular, photo or ___ ?

 

I used photo paper and a cheap-o $69.00 inkjet printer...


...as for the marquee selections,  they were already in that order (I made an instruction card like I did for my Double DK+ for someone else with some 8-way games in it).


That said,  I can put pretty any marquee I can get a semi-decent image of...


Pac Man is a natural...

[DarkBubble]

Hmmm, might have to do that with a Johnny Walker clock I've got.

[FrizzleFried]

Son of a ---smurfette---...these clocks are available at Ikea for $2.99 a piece.  The problem is they don't sell them via their website and there isn't a freakin' IKEA in Boise Idaho.

Damnit!

...if anyone comes across a clock for about the same $$ (sub $5.00) let me know please.

[ChadTower]

They just built an IKEA here about 45 minutes from my house.  My wife has been doing the pee-pee dance she's so anxious to get there.

[Extreme8]

I can see Ikea from my office window.
If there's any interest I could stop by and see if they have 'em in stock.
I'd be happy to send to anyone interested for actual cost + actual shipping charges. 0% markup.

I have no idea what the total $$ might be, but the offer is there if anyone wants to take me up on it (and the local IKEA has them).

[FrizzleFried]

I can see Ikea from my office window.
If there's any interest I could stop by and see if they have 'em in stock.
I'd be happy to send to anyone interested for actual cost + actual shipping charges. 0% markup.

I have no idea what the total $$ might be, but the offer is there if anyone wants to take me up on it (and the local IKEA has them).

Please!  I want 10 please.

[ChadTower]

How is this clock different than your average cheapo wall clock you can get someplace like Walmart or Target?

[FrizzleFried]

How is this clock different than your average cheapo wall clock you can get someplace like Walmart or Target?

It's about 1/3 the price.  Walmart & Target both have el-cheapo clocks at $12.99 (their cheapest at least online)...I will have to check them out in person.

[ChadTower]

Yeah, that's the sort of thing to get cheap in store.  I'd check dollar stores, too.

[polaris]

I can see Ikea from my office window.
If there's any interest I could stop by and see if they have 'em in stock.
I'd be happy to send to anyone interested for actual cost + actual shipping charges. 0% markup.

I have no idea what the total $$ might be, but the offer is there if anyone wants to take me up on it (and the local IKEA has them).

Please!  I want 10 please.

have a google for clock kits, you could make marquee shaped clocks then, a little wooden surround would be easy enough to make
 

[ahofle]

Holy crap it's 10 after King and Balloon, I'm late!! 
That's a sweet idea there. 

[horseboy]

I had been planning on making a few of those myself. Nice work there.

I also had the idea to have 24 clocks lining the top of the walls in my office. Each one would represent a different time zone and would have the name of the biggest major city in each time zone under it. Like you see in the war rooms from the movies.    So needless to say, I needed a cheap source for plain clocks. Wal-Mart had them for like $3 each back when I came up with the idea. I am lazy and never got around to it, though, and in the meantime the price went up a buck or two.  

So I guess the moral of that story is Wal-Mart has pretty cheap clocks as well.

[javeryh]

Awesome!!  I'd love that Mr. Do! artwork - can you send it to me at javeryh@yahoo.com?

Thanks!

[shardian]

...has anyone done a Pacman clock layout?

[Buddabing]

You could also take the works out of the clock and make one of Melissa's carvings into a clock.

[FrizzleFried]

Awesome!!  I'd love that Mr. Do! artwork - can you send it to me at javeryh@yahoo.com?

Thanks!

On it's way...it's a semi-large PSD file...I left it layered so you can change the numbers as you see fit.

[FrizzleFried]

You could also take the works out of the clock and make one of Melissa's carvings into a clock.

Now THAT is a great idea...

[FrizzleFried]

...has anyone done a Pacman clock layout?

When I get my new clocks I will come up with some new designs... Pac Man just SCREAMS to be done....and I want to do the "Atomic MAME" logo...which would be EXTREMELY COOL for anyone who uses that logo on their cabinet.

[ChadTower]

Forget Pac-Man, what screams to be done is Tempest.

[FrizzleFried]

Forget Pac-Man, what screams to be done is Tempest.

Are you talking the spinner art?

[Kaytrim]

Congrats for making the news page Frizzle

TTFN
Kaytrim

[ahofle]

...has anyone done a Pacman clock layout?

It would be really cool if you could somehow cut the mouth area out of the clock without disturbing the clockwork.  The hands would be exposed as they went through the mouth area though.

[Howard_Casto]

Big Lots typically sells those clocks for 2.99 or less.

[FrizzleFried]

Congrats for making the news page Frizzle

TTFN
Kaytrim

 

...I never had a front page spot before.

[FrizzleFried]

Big Lots typically sells those clocks for 2.99 or less.

I think I will go check out Big Lots this weekend...

Thanks for the suggestion.

[Level42]

Uhm.......guys...........who wants to know the time in their game room ?











Nice, but personaly I feel it's a bit "crowded", at least it seems to be on the pic. But the concept is cool and easy. Great !!!

[psychotech]

TRON spinner ...? Should be quite easy ?

[Procyon]

...has anyone done a Pacman clock layout?

Yup, did this about a year ago.  Found a guy on eBay who sells neon clocks and allows you to submit any face that you like, so I gave him my design.  I had always wanted to get the clock that you can see here:
http://www.zutco.com/prizes_usa_1.htm - 2nd item on the page
But I could never find one that was affordable, so I thought I'd just make my own.  Bought the clock for around $60.  Very ironically, I found and bought the original clock for half that amount, but I still prefer my own.  I kept it clean with no background so the characters would "pop"

P.S.  I still have the original GiMP .xcf file for this if anyone would like to have it.  PM me if you like.

P.P.S. Forgot that I also had a so-so picture of this on my MAME controller homepage:

[KenToad]

Very nice, saw it posted as news first.  Good work, Frizzle.  That Mr.Do is especially cool.