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MVS-99-6 - Project on hold until further notice (2014-03-10)
Yvan256:
I have switched to working on the control panel for now, hence the lack of updates on the cabinet itself...
I thought I had no room for the joystick, buttons, etc under the control panel. However, once I started placing cables and the keyboard encoder in there... it's even worst! I'll have to put the keyboard encoder on tall pcboard risers just so the PS/2 cable can pass in-between two main buttons.
I'll also have to cut the metal plate of the joystick to gain 3/8" at the top of the CP to make room for the control buttons (menu, pause, quit).
Also, I've worked for two days on the small LCD display that will display the Neo-Geo MVS mini-marquees and other game marquees. It's connected via the parallel port and I will release the MS-DOS program once it's done to display graphics from the command line (the cable is extremely easy to make). After two days, however, I'm still puzzled as to why I can't get it to display anything. It seems I have a "third" controller not mentioned anywhere, judging from the pictures of the Epson and Philips LCDs. It's a bit complicated. If anyone has experience working with the Nokia 6610 LCD please contact me. :cry:
Other than that, all is going according to plan. :P
Ond:
I'm starting to really get the bug to build one of these little fellas everytime I see one, yours, Vrf's and others. I've even got a hacked out laptop Mobo and spare controls ready to go. Nice work, I'll be following along watching ;D
Yvan256:
--- Quote from: Ond on August 05, 2009, 11:41:03 pm ---I'm starting to really get the bug to build one of these little fellas everytime I see one, yours, Vrf's and others. I've even got a hacked out laptop Mobo and spare controls ready to go. Nice work, I'll be following along watching ;D
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If you do decide to build one, or even if you only make plans for one, I'd be interested to follow your progress! How about a miniature Retro-Futuristic cabinet? ;D
A bit off-topic... anyone know if the MVS cabs were painted or laminated? I'd like to get the same finish and color as the original cabs.
Never mind, I found out they were vinyl-covered. Now I need to find that red MVS vinyl...
I'm also looking for the artwork (side, single game marquee with mini-marquee area on the right) in vector form. The one available at localarcade.com isn't correct, the fonts are not the same as the originals (as seen at arcadeoverlays.com. If you look closely at the fonts, the differences are easy to see.
Of course, at that size I could very well use those "low-res" JPEGs (after cleaning up the compression artifacts of course), but I'd rather go with vector graphics for the source.
Yvan256:
Okay, so it seems I messed up on the speaker grils. It's three slots alright, but the middle one has to be a bit wider from the photos I've seen on the net. I know it's not a restoration project, but I'm trying to follow the style of a full-size MVS cabinet as much as I can, deviating only where necessary because of the size, single player cab, etc. If anyone sees any error and doesn't think it has to do with limitations, feel free to say so (wrong fonts, positioning of elements, etc).
I already know that the Sanwa OBSF-24 colors don't match the original button colors, but what can I do. :dunno
Also, unless someone here can CNC custom joystick handles, I'm stuck with using either a bat top joystick that looks too big for the cabinet, or a small ball top that fits but deviates from the bat top of the original cabs.
Anyway, here's a "before vs after" rendering of the different speaker grils, along with a "before vs after" rounded corners. The little bumps at the bottom of the cabinet on the right are screw bumpers (Madico 31934) that I use for my desktop cabs.
Here's a picture of the cardboard mock-up with a printed screenshot of Samurai Shodown compared to the actual Samurai Shodown MVS cart.
And finally a picture of the tiny LCD display that's going to be used to display marquees compared to the actual Samurai Shodown mini-marquee.
Franco B:
I've missed this project somehow. Its looks like its going to be great :)
--- Quote from: polaris on July 29, 2009, 09:39:41 pm ---i'm trying to work out the CP size, U360 and same buttons but 6 not 4, i can find button spacing for regular sized buttons, but not for this smaller size, i think im gonna order some and go with cardboard to work it out
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If you want, I can have a play in Autocad and make you a button layout using the smaller buttons. If you do let me know what layout you want I can draw it and scale it to suit the buttons. There are plenty of layouts slagcoin.com if you haven't seen them. Have you got a project announcement yet bud?
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