The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: Rolpa on March 21, 2015, 02:28:57 pm
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Hello everyone! Longtime lurker here...
I was out shopping one day when I came across this (http://www.kmart.com/totes-table-top-mini-foosball-table/p-046W006405206001P?sid=KAx20061023x272xTier3&aff=Y&PID=7337784&AID=11042397&redirectType=SRDT) children's foosball game on sale for two bucks. The average Joe would probably see a cheap piece of %$&* and turn away... but I saw the perfect shell for a virtual pinball cab. ;D
And so I purchased my bargain bin children's toy and bought it back to its new home. The plan is to turn this thing into a neat little tabletop pin on a meager budget (<$200). I already have a laptop I can salvage for a 15" screen - though not an actual computer, since the machine is some ten years old and probably much to weak for Visual Pinball. I'll probably turn to a cheapo Windows tablet to power the machine, and apparently a Toshiba Encore is more than capable. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed6xXxoLrG4) I've already assembled the frame and discarded all the extraneous bits I won't be needing. The next step will probably be to stick some wood putty into those ugly holes and sand it down. From there, I can start figuring out the placement of the guts of the machine and mount some controls. More to come...