Injustice Gods Among Us Arcade Build

[thestobbster]

Well today I saw on YouTube  that someone built an Injustice themed cabinet for their PS3. My PS3 is in the basement collecting dust so I decided do something to get it back in to use. I wanted to make sure that it still worked so I hooked it up to my Bartop. Well the joystick worked but I did not have enough buttons to play the game. I have 6 buttons and it looks like I need 8. Today I started planning to build a new cabinet to put my PS3 inside. I downloaded the plans for a Midway Mortal Kombat cabinet. It looks pretty simple. I have built 3 custom Mame cabinets and 2 bartops so this is nothing new. It is time to do another arcade project. I started working on the artwork tonight. I tried to find the same graphics that were used for a cabinet that I saw on YouTube but was unsuccessful. The next logical hing to do was search Google Images and do my own design for this one. Here is what I came up with so far... I am thinking about illuminating the Never Realms logos on the top sides of the cabinet.

[Malenko]

you dont need 8 to play, you can hit button combos

[thestobbster]

Thank you, That is good information. At least I can play with 6 on the bartop until I get the cabinet built. I decided to do a mock up to see what it's going to look like when completed with the graphics. I just finished the left side of the cabinet.

[thestobbster]

Well here is the right side. Can't wait to build the cab and order the artwork for this Baby!

[Howard_Casto]

I thought I might make a rare artwork forum appearance on this one. 

My 2 cents....  If you are trying to replicate the look and feel of a Midway fighting cab (you should!  they are awesome!) you have a few things wrong. 

Remember, a real cab is all about branding, so the front and sides of the control panel box are typically a solid color with either the publisher logo (the sides) or the game logo (the front).  Also the control panel is a bit busy with the stage render being used.  I would suggest changing that to a simple repeating pattern... you can probably find something suitable on the game's website.  Keep the graphics around the buttons though, those are great. 

Hope that helps... it could be a really impressive cabinet with what you have so far. 

[ppv]

Your side art is cool, but I would fade the differents graphics together... those jarring transitiosn makes it looks a bit odd, imho.

[thestobbster]

Well I went back to the drawing board and came up with this design... I hope I am moving in the right direction. Thanks for the input guys. I want this to be spot on!

[Slippyblade]

I like the update much better.  Cleaner.  I'd still only do 6 buttons though.  Button 7 and 8 are simply to make it easier to do multi-button moves on a gamepad. 

[thestobbster]

Yes I think that overall the whole thing ties together much better.

[thestobbster]

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[thestobbster]

On most games there is usually an instruction card. Since I plan to use my PS3 in the cabinet and I plan to play other games from time to time, I created this sticker to be place under the display.

[n3wt0n]

It looks like the circle layer around the joystick is covering the 4-8 way text at the top on both player one and player two. Other than that it looks good to me.

[rablack97]

I like the update much better.  Cleaner.  I'd still only do 6 buttons though.  Button 7 and 8 are simply to make it easier to do multi-button moves on a gamepad.

you dont need 8 to play, you can hit button combos

Dude, don't listen to the 6 button guys on this on, as Malenko and Slippy are respected members  , but don't go with 6 buttons on a console based arcade build.

I went with 8 and i couldn't of been happier with the decision.  There is no point in contorting your fingers to do button combos if 7 and 8 and can pull it off with a single button press.

Check out the MKX build in my sig line if you want some more ideas, art looks good 

Needs white t-molding, black, or chrome-black, red (not so much)

[yotsuya]

Looks fine, but I'm not a big fan  of the gigantic-looking PS3.

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[Slippyblade]

as Malenko and Slippy are respected members 

Huh?  Malenko, sure.  Me?  Oh please.

[rablack97]

You've been know to give valid inputs, I just wanted to ensure, the no disrespect clause was in full effect for the both of you.

[thestobbster]

Took out the large PS3 logo.

[Malenko]

as Malenko and Slippy are respected members 

Huh?  Malenko, sure.  Me?  Oh please.

LIES!



Anyfart, I didnt mean to imply he should only use 6 buttons on this build, just that MK9/MKX/Injustice  do not require 8 buttons to play   

[yotsuya]

Took out the large PS3 logo.

Not sure that' s better.

Do you really need anything that says PS3 anywhere? To me, it breaks the illusion of it being an arcade cab. It's like putting "Intel Inside" on a regular MAME cab. Let the game speak for itself, in my opinion.

Other than that, nice job.

[harveybirdman]

Do a moves bezel, since you're going to have to have a widescreen in there might as well make the unused real estate count for something.

Also rablack's MK cab is the widest that a cab can be and not suck, keep that in mind.

[DeLuSioNal29]

YourMKArcadeSource built an Injustice cab a while back.


Here it is in action:


He had 8 buttons and it looked great.

DeL

[rablack97]

Took out the large PS3 logo.

Not sure that' s better.

Do you really need anything that says PS3 anywhere? To me, it breaks the illusion of it being an arcade cab. It's like putting "Intel Inside" on a regular MAME cab. Let the game speak for itself, in my opinion.

Other than that, nice job.

+1 with the homie on this one pay homage to the game not the console.  I used an xboxone, with no xb1 verbiages or logo's.

Yot, this cab is deceiving, its not a injustice dedicated, its an injustice themed cab, so i think more than one game will be played on it, which is why PS3 is being displayed.

as Malenko and Slippy are respected members 

Huh?  Malenko, sure.  Me?  Oh please.

LIES!



Anyfart, I didnt mean to imply he should only use 6 buttons on this build, just that MK9/MKX/Injustice  do not require 8 buttons to play   

You can play tempest w/o a spinner too, but its not as fun  .  You can play CAVE games on a wide screen, but it looks better on a vertical.  The Dallas Cowboy art looked better w/o the marquee.  Do you see where I'm going with this?   

YourMKArcadeSource built an Injustice cab a while back.


Here it is in action:


He had 8 buttons and it looked great.

DeL

Cause the man understands how fighting games are supposed to be played......
(Right on, shiiii, he didn't trip, sucka payed the eight ball like a mutha)

[MK3FAN]

Nice job so far OP! Looking great. If you are going to use an LED/LCD, I modified my bezel for one. You can have it if you want it...

http://www.mediafire.com/download/lhw8g698xc88wpu/Injustice+LED+LCD+Bezel.zip

[MK3FAN]

Not to hijack the OP's thread, but I actually ended up installing a 27" LED monitor in all three of my custom cabs and they look AMAZING so I had to redesign the bezels...

[rablack97]

Not to hijack the OP's thread, but I actually ended up installing a 27" LED monitor in all three of my custom cabs and they look AMAZING so I had to redesign the bezels...

Did you ever update the MKX Bezel, and would you mind releasing that one too?

[MK3FAN]

Did you ever update the MKX Bezel, and would you mind releasing that one too?

After the Kombat Pack 2 was released, there were too many characters to fit them all on one bezel unless I included ONLY the finishing moves, and they all have a LOT of them too. The most up to date one I have only features the original characters that were released with the game before any of the Kombat Packs were released...

http://www.mediafire.com/download/qijy3nae4tynulk/MKX+Bezel+Final.zip

[thestobbster]

The Bezel will be a nice addition to my cabinet.. Thanks for the link! 

[vwalbridge]

Injustice 2 just announced. Start over.   

[DeLuSioNal29]

Injustice 2 just announced. Start over.   

Will the new one have PITA controls for the PC version too?   

DeL

[Malenko]

Injustice 2 just announced. Start over.   

Will the new one have PITA controls for the PC version too?   

DeL

its cute that you think they'll release it for PC