Author Topic: Wanna try a mini arcade COMPLETED (Read 13736 times)

SONIC · « **Reply #40 on:** February 09, 2006, 04:15:02 pm »

Huge updates...
As of now, I only need to install the sideart. marquee, some speaker grills, the t-mold, and that's it

Here's some pics of the progress so far....

Motherboard has been installed

Joystick and buttons wired

Monitor and CP mounted

The inside

Time for a test

Hope my sideart will arrive tommorow

vrf · « **Reply #41 on:** February 09, 2006, 06:18:19 pm »

Looking great! (And, of course, now that it is playable, you won't get any further work done...

)

captainpotato · « **Reply #42 on:** February 10, 2006, 06:51:57 am »

Quote from: vrf on February 09, 2006, 06:18:19 pm

Looking great! (And, of course, now that it is playable, you won't get any further work done... )

Don't say that to him... you don't want to curse him to path that I've gone with my bartop

SONIC · « **Reply #43 on:** February 10, 2006, 08:45:39 am »

No worries

I'm just waiting for my sideart and marquee to arrive... in fact, it should be here allready, dunno what the dear postman is upto though!!!

SONIC · « **Reply #44 on:** February 10, 2006, 06:31:18 pm »

Got my sideart and all today, really nice quality. I will most likely put it on tommorow, and post some new pics here

SONIC · « **Reply #45 on:** February 11, 2006, 06:33:35 pm »

Sideart and marquee is now mounted. Don't have any pics though, since I didn't bring my camera to my friends place today.
Also, my dear friend who is helping me, accidently smashed the rear glass tube today, so the monitor is dead! Damnit! But another friend came by, and he, thank god, had a spare 15" screen which he gave me for free. So, this could've been finished today, but thanks to a smashed screen we will have to finish it tommorow! Grr!

Pics coming up tommorow

arcadefever · « **Reply #46 on:** February 11, 2006, 10:59:36 pm »

Quote from: SONIC on January 30, 2006, 11:41:54 am

Quote from: SNAAKE on January 30, 2006, 08:38:00 am
cute !

Hey what kind of stick is that ??

It's a J-Stik Ball-Top Red 4-8 Way Switchable Joystick from ultimarc.com

i've few of them (love it )

arcadefever · « **Reply #47 on:** February 11, 2006, 11:02:27 pm »

nice cab

look great, did you have any problem to decase the monitor? how did you mount it ?

SONIC · « **Reply #48 on:** February 13, 2006, 03:43:08 pm »

It's done

teetu · « **Reply #49 on:** February 14, 2006, 01:01:30 am »

a lot of guys fall short around here of their initial conceptions- but yours turned out extremely well. its one of my favorite mini cabs on the site

vrf · « **Reply #50 on:** February 14, 2006, 03:23:22 am »

Very nice work! The artwork is great.

SONIC · « **Reply #51 on:** February 14, 2006, 03:24:44 am »

Thanks for the nice words mate

Glad that someone likes what I've done

I must say, that it's an incredible feeling to build one of these on yur own! I'm really satisfied with the result

leapinlew · « **Reply #52 on:** February 14, 2006, 08:07:25 am »

Awesome - could you give me some details on:

What you did to cut the slot for the t-molding? Router I presume.

And - the bezel. It looks very nice, did you just paint that peice of wood?

SONIC · « **Reply #53 on:** February 14, 2006, 09:03:41 am »

First Q: A router, yes

Second Q: The bezel isn't painted, it's some "grainy" vinyl I found in a hobby shop.

m3talslug · « **Reply #54 on:** February 15, 2006, 12:02:34 am »

Love the design of your cab. I have a few questions for you.

1) How did you cut the curves on the side panels so well
2) Where did you get your side art printed. It's vibrant and glossy.

SONIC · « **Reply #55 on:** February 15, 2006, 01:15:34 am »

1) Think it's called a jigsaw in english
2) I ordered the stickers/sideart from a printer that does carstickers

gonzo90017 · « **Reply #56 on:** February 22, 2006, 05:05:00 pm »

What kind of speakers are those? They're just the right size and look I'm looking for.

SONIC · « **Reply #57 on:** February 27, 2006, 06:31:45 pm »

Sorry for the wait... speakers are... uhm... Altec Lansing... pulled the actual speakers out of their plastic casings, and installed them into the wood, and placed some grills over the speakers

melidian · « **Reply #58 on:** February 28, 2006, 12:45:19 pm »

i like your cab alot!...but can you get a bigger screen in that thing...it looks like you have some prime real estate available for it!

SONIC · « **Reply #59 on:** February 28, 2006, 06:43:40 pm »

Ofcourse I could put a bigger screen in it, but that would have to be a TFT screen then, because of the depth and stuff... so yeah, everything is possible.

mod · « **Reply #60 on:** April 29, 2006, 08:47:42 am »

Sonic,

Very nice cab, well done. Any plans for another one?

You mentioned in an earlier post that you would send illustrator files on the design, are you still willing to do so? I would like to build one. If so, please sent it to gamecab@multimediaworld.com.au

Thanks,

Mod.

SONIC · « **Reply #61 on:** May 04, 2006, 05:22:28 am »

Yeah ofcourse... will send you my humble plans today m8

Yvan256 · « **Reply #62 on:** May 15, 2009, 05:30:52 pm »

Quote from: javeryh on January 25, 2006, 11:37:56 am

Quote from: vrf on January 25, 2006, 03:17:14 am
Check out this this guy's "micro MAME" cabinet. You might get some ideas.

http://www.yvan256.net/projects/micromame/

That is simply amazing. I wish he posted more pictures...

I'll be posting updates in the following months. I'm ditching the CompactFlash for an IDE Flash Module. Actually I'm kind of re-making the same cabinet but from MDF and with a different control panel, etc. Micro-MAME Mark II, sort of.


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Author Topic: Wanna try a mini arcade *COMPLETED* (Read 13736 times)

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