The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: RecycledPast on February 25, 2004, 04:36:27 pm
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See the new CP photo further down the page 11/8/04
Here's my first attempt at a MAME machine. Although the machine is functional it's not done.
It's a P2, running DOS & arcadeos. Only vertical games.
I rushed to get it working for a party I had last weekend so the artwork is very plain since I didn't have enough time to spice it up.
The wire hanging out the side is there because I was trouble shooting the spinner.
I have a ton of respect for everyone that has made a machine. It was more work then I had anticipated. I almost didn't want to show mine since everyone else's looks so much better.
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Looks good to me and 99% of any project is that it works - The rest is just polish :)
Are the joysticks 1 4-way and 1 8-way?
How/where do you have the pc mounted?
I'm considering building up a bartop type now that the bug has bit me (I think I'll always have to have a project going now....)
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Looks good for a rush job.
Hope the paint was dry...
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Throw some t-molding on it. It would look much better.
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Wanna trade your spinner for something, once you pull it out?
Also, your problem might just be that you have mouse input=0 in your Mame config, that is stupidly the default for some reason.
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Zathras: Yes, Yellow=4way Green=8way
I don't really have the motherboard "mounted"
It's just sitting on the bottom. I didn't measure the height of it with the video card before I started so I had to cut a notch in the shelf to fit the sound and video cards, which ends up holding it in place. I didn't cut the notch deep enough so the MB isn't deep enough so I had to cut a whole in the back so the video cable sticks out about a 1/2 inch.
I just ordered a free sample of t-molding, so I'll test it out on some scrap pieces of wood. The plywood I used is kind of crappy and I'm afraid that when I try to route the slot it will just chip apart.
Paigeoliver: I plan on using the spinner on my next project, but if I change my mind, I'll let you know.
I tested a regular PS2 mouse on the machine and it works. The spinner is USB with a PS2 adapter on the end. I tried the spinner on a windows laptop and couldn't get it to work on there either but it does work without the PS2 adapter.
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Oh, those PS2 adaptors only work if the "mouse" or "keyboard" has both types of hardware inside.
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I redid the CP,
- Removed the 2 joysticks
- Removed a button.
- I added a T-Stick Plus long balltop
- added a custom printed CPO
- added plexi glass over CP
- added t-molding around CP
After a few parties I noticed the 4 way 8 way thing confused people. I think my next machine will be dumbed down as possible.
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Closer version of CP with Cookie my play tester.
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Pretty good job. Just looks like you need a sander to smooth out those sides, and smooth out the curve of your control panel. Everything else looks good.
~Ray B.
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I just love those bartops--looks pretty good to me and yeah I had to dumb down mine alot for her parent's as well as remove any and all button combos that would make things happen (i.e. shortcuts) then i wrote out detailed instructions on how to use it--they are running well now.