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Looking to add more controls to my cocktail cabinet table build (w. pics!)
hamuelo:
Hi everyone,
New to posting on the forums here - long time lurker, think I've finally got something worth posting about.
So I recently bought a refurb. Taito cocktail table build off eBay, and it's pretty neat! It's got a 60-in-1 Jamma board in it, LCD monitor (doesn't bother me) new power supply, new controls, etc. etc. I've attached a picture of the internal stuff to this post to hopefully help work out what is going on in there.
So what I want to do, is add another pair of controls to the top of the cabinet and load in another Jamma board with some simultaneous two-player games on (fighters, side scrollers etc.) to add to the functionality of my machine. Again, I've attached a (very rough) mock-up to help visualise.
So I see you can get boards that take two Jamma boards at once, allowing you to switch, so I guess that's covered - but how do I go about wiring in a whole new set of controls to my existing setup? I don't want the new controls to be active when playing the 60-in-1, and vice versa.
So will this be easy enough to do? There's stacks of space inside the cabinet. Will I need another power supply? Bit of a noob when it comes to this stuff so just thought I'd share my ideas and see what you pros think. Maybe someone can point me in the direction of some good info on this.
Thanks everyone, and hi, by the way!
Cheers!
-SD.
Unstupid:
Kinda defeats the whole point of a cocktail cab if you go and mount controllers on top of the glass....
hamuelo:
Yeah I know, but I haven't got room for a full cabinet! This'll have to do...
CheffoJeffo:
Why do you want a second set of controls ?
hamuelo:
Hey thanks for the replies everyone - well it's so I can add something like this - http://www.gremlinsolutions.co.uk/products/happyfish2gameboard.htm - and play slightly more modern 2-player games on the same machine. The 60-in-1 is great, but there's no fighters, no side scrolling shooters (metal slug, etc), and that side-by-side is something I'd really like to add to my cabinet, to really get the most out of it.
What do you reckon?
(edit: The need for new controls being that those kind of games all need horizontal orientation, so I'd have to sit round the other end of the table)
(double edit: awesome avatar CheffoJeffo... Bork bork bork...)
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