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Title: Centipede and Asteroids Projects
Post by: sman26 on December 21, 2011, 06:39:39 am

Hello fellow arcade machine builders.
I've been around this forum for several years now on and off.  I've gained valuable information from folks that have come before me that have built some beautiful machines over the years.  I thought it would only be appropriate to give back to the community and show some of what I have done from their teachings.  It is my hope that this may give others knowledge on different approaches or techniques to try or maybe use to avoid mistakes that I have made along the way.  If for anything, maybe just to see how another fellow MAME builder, builds his. 

The thing I love about this hobby is that there really are no "set in stone" blue prints.  There are no right or wrong answer on how to do things and a lot of times things are made up as you go.  A lot of times I would be stuck and wonder, "how the hell am I going to do this part?"  I would sleep on it a couple of night and the ideas would pop into my head and I would try this and that and it would ultimately lead to something that would work.  I've found that with this hobby you are only limited by your imagination.
Please view the 3 links below to see the Centipede and Asteroids projects.
Thank you and enjoy.
Shawn 

Centipede Machine from scratch
http://www.shawndone.com/web/centipede/ (http://www.shawndone.com/web/centipede/)

Asteroids Machine reengineered with rotating monitor and illuminated buttons     --   vimeo.com/33549641
ASTEROIDS on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/33549641)

Also, how I found my Asteroids machine   ---   vimeo.com/6351078
http://vimeo.com/6351078 (http://vimeo.com/6351078)

Title: Re: Centipede and Asteroids Projects
Post by: Shortbus on December 21, 2011, 11:50:01 am

I agree 100%, Love this stuff, planning a couple projects myself for 2012', finally, I built one about 6 years ago that was not worthy of this site. LOL so I didn't post it, I've learned alot from all these amazing people and love this hobby.

take care, happy holidays,

Title: Re: Centipede and Asteroids Projects
Post by: sman26 on December 21, 2011, 06:56:14 pm

Thanks Shortbus.  Good luck on your 2012 projects and Merry Christmas.

Title: Re: Centipede and Asteroids Projects
Post by: BobA on December 22, 2011, 10:02:07 am

Nice work on your 2 machines.   Love the cabinet hunt video.   So many cabs with so much stuff.   Thanks for posting your projects and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Title: Re: Centipede and Asteroids Projects
Post by: sman26 on December 23, 2011, 12:08:41 am

Thank you Bob.  Appreciate the complements and happy holidays to you.

Title: Re: Centipede and Asteroids Projects
Post by: jmike on December 23, 2011, 06:51:42 am

Sman26 awesome cab! What front end are you running? Happy holidays.



 :cheers:

Title: Re: Centipede and Asteroids Projects
Post by: sman26 on December 23, 2011, 04:12:19 pm

Thanks JMIKE...I'm running the latest version of GameEx with the BlackGlass theme. 
Merry Christmas.

Title: Re: Centipede and Asteroids Projects
Post by: Thenasty on December 27, 2011, 12:59:23 pm

Adventures are always awsome/exciting.
(Asteroids, my fav game)