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Idea: Combination sit-down driving and showcase style cabinet

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mvsfan:

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--- Quote from: YoGaBaR on July 25, 2009, 02:31:45 pm ---A guy took a Luky and Wild and converted it to a dedicated driving and gun game. Really neat idea. Maybe something like that with a CP on the back side of the seat. The L&W had a 27" monitor.

Im gonna be looking for the right driving or gun game to convert into a combination setup.

andy from ultimarc was recently asking about a gun interface for mame, so id guess hes planning to build one. Dont quote me on that though.

right now the only option i know of is using positional guns. they use switches and pots and you can wire them up cause the computer actually sees them as joysticks.




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Malenko:

--- Quote from: mvsfan on July 25, 2009, 03:43:37 pm ---
--- Quote from: YoGaBaR on July 25, 2009, 02:31:45 pm ---A guy took a Luky and Wild and converted it to a dedicated driving and gun game. Really neat idea. Maybe something like that with a CP on the back side of the seat. The L&W had a 27" monitor.

Im gonna be looking for the right driving or gun game to convert into a combination setup.

andy from ultimarc was recently asking about a gun interface for mame, so id guess hes planning to build one. Dont quote me on that though.




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--- Quote from: mvsfan on July 25, 2009, 03:45:55 pm ---
--- Quote from: mvsfan on July 25, 2009, 03:43:37 pm ---
--- Quote from: YoGaBaR on July 25, 2009, 02:31:45 pm ---A guy took a Luky and Wild and converted it to a dedicated driving and gun game. Really neat idea. Maybe something like that with a CP on the back side of the seat. The L&W had a 27" monitor.

Im gonna be looking for the right driving or gun game to convert into a combination setup.

andy from ultimarc was recently asking about a gun interface for mame, so id guess hes planning to build one. Dont quote me on that though.

right now the only option i know of is using positional guns. they use switches and pots and you can wire them up cause the computer actually sees them as joysticks.




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Xiaou2:
 I had made up a quick design sketch for someone else:



 


 
 The cabs sides would have slots/rails in which the wheel/pipe assemblies
would slide.  You could probably use a cheap Harborfreight 12v winch for
raising and lowering the section.

 And now that I review it again.. I see you could probably mount the pc into the
base of the standup assembly.  Wires could be movable, in a protective sleeve,
and routed to the appropriate places.

Turnarcades:
Not a bad concept, though I imagine this would also work quite well as a 'fixed' design, if you mounted the wheel and pedals a bit further in, mounting the controls tho the rear of a regular sliding arcade racer seat and setting the monitor at a moderate height to suit both.

KissMyWookie:
Xiaou2: That's the kind of layout I had in mind, but without the folding design and with the PC in the cab under the monitor.

The 29" monitor is too big to stand right in front of, like in a conventional cab layout - as it strains my eyes up close. Which is why I was thinking of alternate layouts. It's much more comfortable to view at 4-5 feet away.

I guess the Star Wars trilogy cab is closest - imagine that with a Showcase control panel stuck on the back.

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