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Author Topic: My arcade setup... Overkill??? probably so!  (Read 61550 times)

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Re: My arcade setup... Overkill??? probably so!
« Reply #120 on: February 20, 2013, 08:20:24 pm »
You might be fine then, if they are smaller. I always assume people are using the standard HAPP push buttons.
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Re: My arcade setup... Overkill??? probably so!
« Reply #121 on: February 20, 2013, 08:21:17 pm »

sorry your control panel was doin my 'ead in...

fixed...


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« Reply #122 on: February 20, 2013, 08:31:26 pm »
They look sorta like that

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« Reply #123 on: February 20, 2013, 08:33:47 pm »

sorry your control panel was doin my 'ead in...

fixed...



Really?!?!? You waste your time on photoshopping a random picture on an arcade forum?!?!? You are wasting your life my friend

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Re: My arcade setup... Overkill??? probably so!
« Reply #124 on: February 21, 2013, 11:52:34 am »
I drink and I know things.

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Re: My arcade setup... Overkill??? probably so!
« Reply #125 on: February 21, 2013, 12:15:41 pm »

sorry your control panel was doin my 'ead in...

fixed...



Really?!?!? You waste your time on photoshopping a random picture on an arcade forum?!?!? You are wasting your life my friend

I don't think he was trying to be rude, he was just trying to show you what the cabinet would look like without the extra unused space on both sides of the control panel.

So once again, we find that evil of the past seeps into the present like salad dressing through cheap wax paper, mixing memory and desire.

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« Reply #126 on: February 21, 2013, 03:54:37 pm »
I didn't say that he was being rude. Just that he is wasting his time. If you're going to photoshop something, photoshop something funny

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Re: My arcade setup... Overkill??? probably so!
« Reply #127 on: February 21, 2013, 04:11:36 pm »
Tread careful champ, you'll chase off a lot of well intentioned help by trampling goodwill.

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Re: My arcade setup... Overkill??? probably so!
« Reply #128 on: February 21, 2013, 04:13:55 pm »
Tread careful champ, you'll chase off a lot of well intentioned help by trampling goodwill.

This.

My builds are never perfect, but I have taken all of the criticism with stride and let it help me build my skills in this hobby.

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Re: My arcade setup... Overkill??? probably so!
« Reply #129 on: February 21, 2013, 04:41:55 pm »
Tread careful champ, you'll chase off a lot of well intentioned help by trampling goodwill.

That's OK, Chuck! He was just doing his best! Go for it, tiger!!! Gold star!
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Re: My arcade setup... Overkill??? probably so!
« Reply #130 on: February 21, 2013, 04:49:42 pm »
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Re: My arcade setup... Overkill??? probably so!
« Reply #131 on: February 21, 2013, 05:05:11 pm »
Hope to see the actuality of this mame-cade's potential.  However, I feel this image is probably most accurate...


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Re: My arcade setup... Overkill??? probably so!
« Reply #132 on: February 22, 2013, 01:40:38 pm »
I drink and I know things.

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« Reply #133 on: February 22, 2013, 02:13:41 pm »
Nice  :laugh2:

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« Reply #134 on: February 22, 2013, 02:25:30 pm »
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Re: My arcade setup... Overkill??? probably so!
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Re: My arcade setup... Overkill??? probably so!
« Reply #136 on: February 22, 2013, 05:30:30 pm »
Wow...

I'm fairly stunned at this one.  :dizzy:

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Re: My arcade setup... Overkill??? probably so!
« Reply #137 on: February 22, 2013, 11:45:23 pm »
What are we all looking at?  ???

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Re: My arcade setup... Overkill??? probably so!
« Reply #138 on: February 23, 2013, 02:52:44 am »
I think we are all waiting for a bit more action from OP, In the meantime grab some popcorn and find a couch to wait on  :jerry

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Re: My arcade setup... Overkill??? probably so!
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« Reply #140 on: February 23, 2013, 10:12:28 am »
Could someone plz nuke this topic? It's gone way to far. I'll post another topic when the machine is almost complete or complete

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Re: My arcade setup... Overkill??? probably so!
« Reply #141 on: February 23, 2013, 10:29:03 am »
Second the motion to nuke the topic at the request of the OP.    This will give crtrrss a clean start to his project post. 

crtrrss, the last words of advice I will give is to:

1.  Take your time and do your project to your satisfaction.
2.  Be humble
3. Don't be too quick to ridicule others who are trying to help

All of us here really do want to see your project be a success!

Regards,
Dawgz
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« Reply #142 on: February 23, 2013, 11:43:38 am »
Just open another thread.  The mods here don't send things to post hell that don't need to be there. 

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« Reply #143 on: February 25, 2013, 05:35:19 pm »
Just open another thread.  The mods here don't send things to post hell that don't need to be there.

No doubt. The dude just got here and he's ordering around the mods to delete stuff. He obviously doesn't know how lazy our mods can be.

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« Reply #144 on: March 04, 2013, 10:46:04 pm »
Ok I'm too lazy to make a new topic, so I'm going to continue to post on this one. I figured out what I am going to do. I will get my server to run freeNAS via hyper-v. Also, I'm considering using gameex over hyperspin. Gameex has jukebox mode which I love and it has a plugin specifically for LCDs. Is gameex worth the $17 that it costs to get a full membership?? Also, I still need to find a monitor. The space was for a 25" CRT and I can't seem to find a screen online that would replace it nicely. Any suggestions?

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« Reply #145 on: March 05, 2013, 06:00:27 am »
I use GameEx and found the small fee to be well worth it.  Great support community and the fee helps promote future development.

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« Reply #146 on: March 05, 2013, 08:21:48 am »
ok ill buy it along with an emumovies membership. Isn't there a discount of some sort if you buy both together??

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Re: My arcade setup... Overkill??? probably so!
« Reply #147 on: March 05, 2013, 08:32:32 am »
He obviously doesn't know how lazy our mods can be.

Indeed  ;D

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« Reply #148 on: March 05, 2013, 09:23:46 am »
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ok ill buy it along with an emumovies membership. Isn't there a discount of some sort if you buy both together??

Correct.  Emumovies has a nice utility that will scan your roms and download all of the artwork, video clips, etc.  I recently finished all of the front end "tweaking" on my cab and it looks really nice with the videos over static images.  Definitely kicks it up a notch.

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« Reply #149 on: March 05, 2013, 06:58:23 pm »
That is probably what I'm going to do. Also, my 17000 roms arrived a few days ago. All of them work great (except for mame) :(. The roms were burnt onto 4 CDs and 3 out of 4 CDs came out great. The other one had a mysterious burn mark on it and it is not letting me access the files on it. I'm checking to see if I can get a replacement.

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« Reply #150 on: March 05, 2013, 08:31:40 pm »
Also, my 17000 roms arrived a few days ago. All of them work great (except for mame)

Here's an interesting fact: if you played each one of those roms for only 1 minute each, you would have wasted 11.8 straight days of your life not having any real fun.

 :burgerking:

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« Reply #151 on: March 05, 2013, 08:56:07 pm »
Here's an interesting fact. If you spend your time on a forum looking for smart comments to make, you will have wasted 20 years of your life not having any real fun :burgerking

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« Reply #152 on: March 05, 2013, 09:48:18 pm »
Here's an interesting fact. If you spend your time on a forum looking for smart comments to make, you will have wasted 20 years of your life not having any real fun :burgerking
'

That's a 14-year-old worthy burn.
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« Reply #153 on: March 05, 2013, 10:00:28 pm »
Isn't there like an age limit or something to ride this ride? 

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« Reply #154 on: March 05, 2013, 10:11:11 pm »
Last time I checked, no :)

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« Reply #155 on: March 05, 2013, 10:12:08 pm »
Here's an interesting fact. If you spend your time on a forum looking for smart comments to make, you will have wasted 20 years of your life not having any real fun :burgerking
'

That's a 14-year-old worthy burn.

He can have the burn, so long as he eventually gets the point of my comment.  ;)

Isn't there like an age limit or something to ride this ride? 

The real question: isn't there a limit to the number of pages a project announcement can become without any photos of said project (save for a few non-descript links).

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« Reply #156 on: March 05, 2013, 10:54:30 pm »
Fine.... I'm too lazy to upload pictures usually. Ill upload them as it progresses. For now, I need a screen. I am installing windows server 2012 datacenter on my server right now. Ill install freeNAS as a vm on it and it will host all of my roms. What is the best replacement for a 25" CRT (besides a 25" CRT)

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« Reply #157 on: March 05, 2013, 10:56:26 pm »
Here's a pic. That's all I can take for now

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« Reply #158 on: March 05, 2013, 11:06:15 pm »
Fine.... I'm too lazy to upload pictures usually. Ill upload them as it progresses. For now, I need a screen. I am installing windows server 2012 datacenter on my server right now. Ill install freeNAS as a vm on it and it will host all of my roms. What is the best replacement for a 25" CRT (besides a 25" CRT)

Why oh why would you bother installing freeNAS on a VM within a Server 2012 installation? What does freeNAS do that Server 2012 doesn't do natively? Or for that matter, since all you need is a network share, the server OS itself is yes, wait for it, complete overkill.

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« Reply #159 on: March 05, 2013, 11:07:58 pm »
I am installing windows server 2012 datacenter on my server right now. Ill install freeNAS as a vm on it and it will host all of my roms.

What??