The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: pathdoc2 on September 08, 2003, 09:17:19 pm
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I finished this a few monthes ago but never posted any pics.
2 player control panel with 4 buttons each, 4 way and 4 way diagonal. KE72 encoder, happs trackball with me4.
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Here is a control panel pic.
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Another during construction.
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Here's a pic of the Galaga cab I finished about 3 monthes ago.
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The Galaga game got a new coat of paint after that pic. I used flat and repainted it in a semigloss. Here's another pic.
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One last construction photo.
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these look great!!! very professional and you can sit too!! Nice job. I love the galaga cab
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I finished this a few monthes ago but never posted any pics.
2 player control panel with 4 buttons each, 4 way and 4 way diagonal. KE72 encoder, happs trackball with me4.
may i ask you where you'r Q'Bert pic is comming from.
I'll like to use the same one and vectorize it.
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Its handpainted. I just copied a pic I saw somewhere on the net. My earlier games where all hand painted. The Galaga game was the first I used preprinted side art on. The sitdown cab art isn't finished yet, I just kind of ran of time/interest. I'll finish it up soon.
I have a 7 and a 5 year old who now love the classics because of this little cab. They couldn't reach the controls of my original upright. Posted is a pic of my original cab which also featured handpainted artwork. It won a Mamey.
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Here is a handpainted frogger cab I built for a friend a couple of years ago. It was my second cab.
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I used original Galaga art on that game at my brother in laws request. I even used a galaga monitor bezel which required some modification to fit the horizontal monitor. I simply used a razor blade and carefully scaped away the paint where it was blocking the new monitor.
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Please don't say you have dedicated OK buttons. Press left then right on player 1's joystick :)
Looks good.
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Yep, didn't know about that shortcut when I built that control panel. Now those buttons are unlabeled are not connected.
Amazing how few positive comments I received.
Not looking for any pity, but damn, I post about a years worth of work and very few even bothers to say good effort. You guys are snobs. I guess I'm not part of your little club. Cool with me. I get alot of enjoyment out of building these cabs and that has to be my reward.
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Actually, we're a community. You can't expect to poke your head in and be instant best friends. That being said, we're hardly a private club either.
Many people find this an awfully friendly corner of the web.... maybe you've missed something in your haste, hmm? Happy trails.
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Its handpainted. I just copied a pic I saw somewhere on the net. My earlier games where all hand painted.
Woooosh I'll give a lot to have this painting skills and quality level. it's amazing. really a good job.
may I respectfully congrats you for your job.
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I'm more into the authentic cabinets, but I like what you've done. I can see how these would better fit smaller people (some people call them children). They would even be nice to pull a chair up to.
But nice job all around. & I definately stand in awe of the hand painted artwork. I know it would take me weeks to do something about 1/1000 as nice.
I also think that the general "community" around here has gotten a little more upetty in the last 6 months... I'm not sure why, but eh... You gotta take it for what it's worth.
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Amazing how few positive comments I received.
Nice job! Here's a treat!
(tosses the Doc a bone-saw)
Sorry...best I could come up with. (Get it? Doc rhymes with Dog)
Your cabinets are nice. You have pretty machines to play with. Me? I'm still trying to paint mine. I still can't get it to come out right. I think I'm going to have to take it to my dads and force him to let me use his power sprayer.
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Peale,
Try a roller with semigloss paint. Works great and is tough enough. Most importantly you will get a nice textured finish that is consistent.
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Peale,
Try a roller with semigloss paint. Works great and is tough enough. Most importantly you will get a nice textured finish that is consistent.
Well, if I wanted a textured finish that's consistent, I'm doing the right thing. I don't. I want a nice, smooth glossy finish.
I'm talking to a guy that refinishes wood to see if he can do it. We'll see.
I had asked a few auto body places, and they were quoting figures anywhere from $150 to $500. "The wood will soak up the paint, see? So it won't work."
I think if the wood were primed right it would work out okay, but I think I'll let the wood guy give me some answers.
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Sounds like you might want to use a laminate. Super smooth and relatively easy to work with. Just a thought.
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This is not the most popular forum on the net. Dont have a hissy fit if you only have a few replies after a couple days. :'(
btw,
I dont like your cabinets.
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Hey Said,
Thanks for makig a new guy feel welcomed its most appreciated. I'd love to see some of your work.
Said, I really think you misunderstood my post. I really didn't mean to offend anyone but its my observation that some of the newer guys have a difficult time engaging folks in conversation. This is a hobby and it should be fun. I really do wish you well. I have no animosity towards anyone here.
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Sorry, just sounded like you were a little impatient. I do like your painted side art.
No beef here. I really wish I could show you my cab. Im doing my best to finish her up.
Oh and , Welcome to the Forum.
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Hi pathdoc2,
I think the upright sit down cab is a great idea!
Did you start building cabs before finding this site?
What red ball-top joysticks did you use on the sit down cab? I'm trying to decide which joysticks to buy.
I'm still in the design phase for my first cab. I did build a single player stand alone control panel to gain some experience and base the design on hard facts. I have lots more to learn.
Cheers,
zero-one
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I finished my first cab in early 2000 before ever finding this site. It originally had a HotRod control panel. Later I found this site and discovered the Hagstrom LP 24 and build my first control panel and retrofitted it the cab.
I used the pac-man 4 way joystick I purchased from Bob Roberts on the sit down cab. These are great little joysticks and I can wholeheartly stand behind them.
I'll include a few more pics of my earlier hand painted cabs. This one is a Streetfighter and was cab number 3.
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Cab number 4 before I painted the sides. I forgot to take a pic of this cab completed.
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Here is the next in the series a Mortal combat 2 with handpainted sideart.
All in all I think I've built 8 different cabs in 2 years. I'm working on another Galaga cab now. I'll probably use a tv for the first time in this new cab. I'm looking for a 25 inch with S video. All of my cab have been sold to family and friends. I have 3 more orders to complete.
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I like the sitdown, it is color cordinated.
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LOL.. I like the cabs, btw, not trying to piss you off.. but that hand-painted MK logo looks like a dragon-horse LOL :D
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You are right, it does kinda look like a horse. LOL. ;D
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this is the internet man. keep expectations low.
anything beyond that is pure bonus.
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On the sit down cab is that diagonally-labelled joystick a four way diagonal? If so, how did you set it up so that it would be four way diagonals only?
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Wow great looking original cabs ;D. While I wait for parts for my Williams cocktail cab restos. I am thinking of making a counter top mame / visual pinball cabinet. Just found another 15" monitor in the trash that works great.
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The diagonal 4 way in a pac man 4 way mounted at 45 degrees. It works perfectly. You simply rotate the joystick clockwise, well I think its clockwise, its been a while and I'm not sure I remember.
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How do you have the switches wired to generate diagonals, or do you? I'm specifically thinking of Q-Bert..my wife loves that game, but we have yet to successfully play it. Does it play with a four directional joystick wired to up, down, left, and right, or is there something else?
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Chris, Q bert is my favorite so I had to have a diagonal 4 way. Yes it uses standand up down right left input but you have to simply mount the joystick at a 45 degree angle. Make sense?
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sorry to jump in.....
for qbert.... there is a way to setup the tab menu...
(just for qbert game...) so that you can use a standard 8 way (mounted normally...)and it'll play correctly.....
IIRC... its like setting UP to UP & RIGHT...
LEFT to LEFT & up, down to down & left, right to right and down.... (or something like that....)
I think that will make it playable....
(but I'm not a BIG qbert player.... it was NOT playable before... and it's now playable to me....) but whether its a perfect feel or not... I can't tell....
if you need more help... drop me a line and I'll do some searches... or you can try some advance search....
I'm sure there's a thread about it... but it'll be an OLD thread...
probably in main forum....
hope it helps...
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I wanted you guys to see the rest of the artwork on my first cab, all hand painted.
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I had asked a few auto body places, and they were quoting figures anywhere from $150 to $500. "The wood will soak up the paint, see? So it won't work."
I think if the wood were primed right it would work out okay, but I think I'll let the wood guy give me some answers.
*note* I'm not a wood guy, but I've done this thing a few times with pianos.
Yes, the wood will soak up the paint. That's why you use a lot of coats. Have those guys ever seen the glossy smooth finish on a piano? Of course it works :P
Your guess is right, it takes a lot of sanding beforehand, and a good coat or three of primer. It also takes a lot of sanding between coats, a lot of coats of paint (car paint works very very well), and it takes a lot of clear coats as well. Sand the bare wood a lot (up to or past 600 grit), clean the surface with tack cloths every time you do something to it, use a lot of coats, and do a lot of wet sanding/wet steel wool between coats, and follow it up with a lot of clear coats or glazing. It takes a lot of time, but it can be done if you start with good stock and pay a lot of attention to sanding and cleaning.
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You have some awesome hand painting skills, and your cabs are nice also. Don't listen to the negative people or comments. Have some patience.
I think the BYOAC community is still very small but growing. There's is probably not more than 1,000 people? Total guess.
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Thanks for your kind words. I've been busy building other projects (music studio) and have ignored this hobby for quite a while. I've got 3 people asking for cabs and its hard to find the time. My next cab will be a pac-man theme and will look alot like a real pac-man game but will have a single fire button. After that its another Galaga look alike and after that it will be some sort of free style generic looking cab like some of my earlier cabs.
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You've certainly built an impressive number of great looking cabs! I really admire your hand painting skill as well.
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Nice cabinet PathDoc.
Your painting skills are A number 1.