The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: dheck on February 03, 2016, 03:39:43 pm
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Hey guys. I am far enough along now that I feel like I can post. I've been working on this for maybe a year now but recently have had time to really get some things done. I wanted to recreate the original TMNT Cabinet but update it a little in the style of the UAII cab. The control panel is a design I worked up from reading all the great feedback from this forum.
All that is really left is to finish the painting, wire the control panel and apply the artwork.
I have sent to art off to print. I took the original artwork for the side and control panel and modified it. I spent hours in photoshop filling in all the original button holes and what not so that I would have a clean slate for my own sides and control panel.
Now for the pics
This is using a 27" Sony CRT
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e376/dheck99/WIP%20ARCADE_zpsnfyowodi.jpg)
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e376/dheck99/WIP%20BACK%20OPEN_zpsywybbjda.jpg)
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e376/dheck99/WIP%20ARCADE%20FRONT_zps8enpvdml.jpg)
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e376/dheck99/CONTROL%20PANEL_zpsr79bywpg.jpg)
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e376/dheck99/SIDE%20ART_zpsa8h9ooq5.jpg)
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Did April O'Neill always have a broken leg in that picture? I may have never noticed that as a kid.
I always LOVED the art style of the Turtles on this cab, though.
Your work looks great, and I love how the back opens!
Sent from my Atari 2600
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Did April O'Neill always have a broken leg in that picture? I may have never noticed that as a kid.
I always LOVED the art style of the Turtles on this cab, though.
Your work looks great, and I love how the back opens!
Sent from my Atari 2600
I never noticed her leg either! She is definitely in a weird stance. It's probably because I was always fixated on her sexy 80's hair.
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Great work! Looking to start On my first cabinet. Keep us posted
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Well I realized I screwed up on my control panel after I already got it all mounted and buttons installed. I followed the original control panel design.
Original from Left to Right is as follows
P1 P2 P3 P4
Leo Mikey Don Raph
Since I followed the original control panel design my button colors associated with correct turtle are all messed up except for Raph because from left to right I have
P3 P1 P2 P4
Leo Mikey Don Ralph
I did this so P1 and P2 were the center most players to the monitor. I didn't think about switching the graphics around to compensate for this change.
This is only a factor when you are playing the actual Turtles game. I can't decide if it bothers me enough to reprint the control panel.
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Just remap the controls for P1-P3 in MAME and you're good to go. ;D
* List of 4P games where player #s/characters are in a 1, 2, 3, 4 (left to right) configuration -- compiled by BadMouth :notworthy:
Bomber Man World
Brute Force
Captain America and the Avengers
The Combatribes
Crime Fighters
D.D. Crew
Dark Adventure
Desert Assault
Double Dragon 3
Escape Kids
Exvania
Gauntlet
Gauntlet II
Gauntlet Dark Legacy
Gauntlet Legends
Growl
Heated Barrel
Main Event
Mercs
Metamorphic Force
Numan Athletics
Punk Shot
Quartet
Rampage
Rampage: World Tour
The Simpsons
Sunset Riders
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Turtles in Time
Thunder Zone
Vendetta
X-Men 6 player (X-men 4 player allows you to select character independent of player position)
Scott
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Just remap the controls for P1-P3 in MAME and you're good to go. ;D
* List of 4P games where player #s/characters are in a 1, 2, 3, 4 (left to right) configuration -- compiled by BadMouth :notworthy:
Bomber Man World
Brute Force
Captain America and the Avengers
The Combatribes
Crime Fighters
D.D. Crew
Dark Adventure
Desert Assault
Double Dragon 3
Escape Kids
Exvania
Gauntlet
Gauntlet II
Gauntlet Dark Legacy
Gauntlet Legends
Growl
Heated Barrel
Main Event
Mercs
Metamorphic Force
Numan Athletics
Punk Shot
Quartet
Rampage
Rampage: World Tour
The Simpsons
Sunset Riders
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Turtles in Time
Thunder Zone
Vendetta
X-Men 6 player (X-men 4 player allows you to select character independent of player position)
Scott
I did not even think of that! Clearly I do not have a lot of experience with MAME just yet. You just saved me a lot of heartache!
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Here is the control panel finished up with controls installed along with t-molding.
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e376/dheck99/control%20panel_zpsz3cu2w7p.jpg)
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That looks great. One of my fav arcades as a kid. :applaud:
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Some updates. It's about 90% complete. My modified original artwork turned out to look pretty good on a UAII style cabinet. Some pictures below. Just some minor things to finish now.
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e376/dheck99/IMG_4103_zps7ydd40ao.jpg)
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e376/dheck99/IMG_4104_zpshlsigorz.jpg)
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All that is left is some front end tuning and that's about it. Please excuse the disaster of a house. It's hard to keep things tidy when you're trying to finish one of these projects!