dynamo hs9 cab

[dcninja]

2366 games. attract mode front end with marquee and vid previews. waiting on side art repro in the mail. bezel and marquee are originals cut to fit. 27" monitor running on a dell p4. with vga to svideo out adapter. everything runs fast and smooth on windows xp. even redid the boot logo and all that good stuff. may redo the control panel with sf2 art but that's a big hassle, i may just leave it black. black is ok right? I think it brings out the colors of the buttons a lot more, i may actually prefer it that way even if it's not original. It's mame tho in a universal cab in the end, so i guess being authentic doesn't even matter. Anyway - newest update pic here. thoughts? ideas? love? criticism? send it all my way.


edit: i also changed the resolution to output at 240p - screen does not roll when recording a vid so I think maybe the tv is getting 240p through the converter to the 480i tv via svideo? I dunno... could just be coincidence, but I think maybe those cheap ebay converters actually do that. Looked way better after i changed from 480i to 240p.

[Malenko]

it looks really good!

I'm going to assume a couple things..... yellow buttons are coin ups, and the white button in the middle is the exit button?

anyways, I think redoing the CP would definitely help the look but having it black isnt hurting anything at all. Got any build progress pix? What kind of hardware are you running? Looks like MaLaFE to me but I cant say for sure

[dcninja]

middle is pause. 1p+2p exits. yellow is coins
1p + button 3 does the mame config menu so i can volume change, display change, control change if need be per game
button 4 switches to random game
button 5 changes to fav list
button 6 adds to fav list
button 1 selects game or confirms add or remove fav

later I will make a little print out explaining controls or maybe a cheat sheet index card for people.

i could wire coin mechs but it's a mame cab why bother? lol

it's attract-mode front end with the simple layout.

a dell p4 with dual 40gb hard drives in it (one for backup) that someone gave me. 512 ddr1 ram. it runs everything fine on mame 152 (with nag screens rem and high score support added) but it won't run most of the polygon fighters, it barely will run virtua fighter at close to full speed. it does run killer instinct fine. it will not do the new gauntlet games, mace, war gods, stuff like that but I don't care about that. although sfex1 and 2 and tekken would be nice - not spending money for that.

right next to it I have a wii U with 2 gun attachments and just about every gun game made for the wii - and I have an ouya with all the old school console emulators from atari 2600- psone/n64
and a dreamcast with cdr and vga cable hooked up for a 42"

I was going to try to integrate it all into the cab, but I think arcade is for arcade, tv is for console. it's all in the same room anyway so no big deal, and simplicity is the best bet for when people come over. i can switch it to the favs list and let people have at it.

sorry to go off and ramble like that. I hope i answered all your questions!

edit: i am tempted to get a cheap regular wii to throw in there so I can run the gun games on it.
edit again: i'm also tempted to run console games on it with some cheap joypads so they can run on the CRT - maybe not keep them on the main menu, but if u break out the keyboard and exit the front end, maybe have them sitting there just to have... but then that does seem pointless figuring they are all couch games and the wii u / ouya is right there... i'm so indecisive. ugh.


edit again part 2 lol:
should I make the middle button exit and maybe make pause 1p+2p
what's easier from a non-arcade builder perspective?
I like the pause function in case you have to use the bathroom or something.

also - i cant get galaga to show up no matter what I do - could be a bug with my mame version someone compiled for me, or with the way i set up the front end or something. my rom set is right and it's the only game not showing - not a big deal though because it plays just fine under ms. pac man / galaga so as long as i remember to launch that one i'm good