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Showing off my new cabinet
mike_bike_kite:
Thought you might want to see my little cabinet - just finished it 5 mins ago.
Main features are :
* It plays most the old games
* It's also a jukebox
* The buttons light up!
* It small enough to fit under a work table
* My kids (8 and 10) can use it easily
* It has a big fan in the front
* The innards are lit up in red
I put most of the details on my site http://www.bikesandkites.com/index_frames.html
you'll need to click on the arcade image to get the details.
Thanks for everyone's help.
Mike
DeLuSioNal29:
Nice work. However, I have to ask: Why did you not have the joystick and button setup identical for both players? The standard setup is to have the joystick on the left and the buttons on the right for both players. I would have a hard time playing on the second player controller since the joystick would not be in my left hand.
crummy:
That's very pretty. Any more, or higher res, pics?
FrizzleFried:
Whoever plays that sucker must have some BIIIIIG fingers as there is a ton of space between each button. And a southpaw if you wanna play 2nd player.
...and that has got to be the biggest freakin' computer fan I have ever seen in my life. 12v or 120v?
mike_bike_kite:
Nice work - thanks :)
South paw - Normally just one player would play a game at a time and it works fine - I guess you get used to anything! My son and wife are left handed but I didn't design it that way for them - I just think the layout "looks" far better this way. I guess some people like a perfect playing environment while I get more of a kick from the end design.
Big fingers - The game play is fine - the game buttons are the blue buttons and the red ones are coin, single play, double play/shift. I didn't want 100's of buttons everywhere but instead wanted something minimal but playable. I do have big hands but my sons (8 and 10) plus all their mates seem to have no issues using the machine.
Fan - it's a 200mm fan and runs of 12v - there are 250mm fans available in the states and pre-fitted to cases over here in the UK but I didn't want to go through the problems of postage etc. It has a speed control but the slowest setting is still too fast - I took the controller apart thinking it would just be a big variable resistor but it has 3 wires just going to an odd looking micro switch. Any ideas anyone? It's not child friendly at all but I figure they'll only poke their fingers in once. It does look good especially with the circuit boards all lit up in red.
Bigger pics - there's higher res pics on the site if you click on any image but to be fair I just haven't had time to do the thing justice. I still have a few things I want to do to it to just finish it off a bit more.
Mike
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