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Novacade: Pretty much complete
« on: March 24, 2008, 02:17:47 am »
Well, after a lot of work it's pretty much complete. Despite it's many flaws if you look close enough, I'm pretty damn proud of it, considering my near-zero woodworking and electrical skills.

http://themamecabinet.blogspot.com/

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Re: Novacade: Pretty much complete
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2008, 12:32:22 pm »
Looks great!  :applaud:

I had a look at your blog, do you have any more finished pictures of ut?
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Re: Novacade: Pretty much complete
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2008, 05:56:29 pm »
Quote from: Franco B on March 24, 2008, 12:32:22 pm
Looks great!  :applaud:

I had a look at your blog, do you have any more finished pictures of ut?
No, I'm going to move it upstairs and take some better pics. Thanks for the kind words :) I'm very proud!
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Re: Novacade: Pretty much complete
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2008, 05:11:20 am »


nice. the cab has a very 'comfortable' shape to it. looks like it would play really well. did you design it? what are its basic bits? monitor, pc etc?
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Re: Novacade: Pretty much complete
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2008, 09:22:46 am »
Nice work!  I'm very impressed that you hooked up lighted buttons with "near-zero electrical skills" - I wouldn't even know where to begin.  You should definitely be proud!   :cheers:
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Re: Novacade: Pretty much complete
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2008, 11:31:34 pm »
Quote from: javeryh on March 25, 2008, 09:22:46 am
Nice work!  I'm very impressed that you hooked up lighted buttons with "near-zero electrical skills" - I wouldn't even know where to begin.  You should definitely be proud!   :cheers:
Thank god for the LED sets from GroovyGameGear - LEDs with wiring included. I did learn to strip and crimp wire, glad I didn't have to solder...

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nice. the cab has a very 'comfortable' shape to it. looks like it would play really well. did you design it? what are its basic bits? monitor, pc etc?
I designed it in SketchUp, which I was impressed with. You can see the original design here:
http://crummynz.shackspace.com/pics/cabinet2/02_cabplans.png
The PC is a $300 HP refurb I got from Fry's. Pentium D 950 or something similar... 2gb RAM. I did put in an ATI X1950XT videocard, which I wanted for the component out.
For the TV all I wanted was component and a decent size. Got a 27" off Craigslist. Looks a bit fuzzy but works great in game.
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Re: Novacade: Pretty much complete
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2008, 08:28:40 pm »
I like the design too, very nice :applaud:
Invaders artwork is great, where did you find that?
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Re: Novacade: Pretty much complete
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2008, 08:49:28 pm »
Quote from: mazzmn on March 27, 2008, 08:28:40 pm
I like the design too, very nice :applaud:
Invaders artwork is great, where did you find that?
Thanks!
I originally had large, detailed plans for the artwork, but they were going to be very expensive or very difficult to pull off and still look good. So I went with simple stickons from ThinkGeek.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/6425/

Cheap, removable if you change your mind, and they still look decent.
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