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Finally after many months my project is coming along pretty well. I know there are things I could do differently, but its a learning experience, specially since I don't have any carpentry skills. At least I have computer skills and the drive to finish my project. Unfortunately, family and 2 jobs have made this a slow process. Luckely this forum and SimpleAustin videos have helped me tremendously. Something I learned the hard way, if RetroArch crashes on startup, make sure your video card drivers are updated to the latest drivers such ATI AMD . Below is the list of items I have or used on my cabinet 32" Samsung TV Dell OptiPlex 7020 i5, 8GB Ram, 1TB HD, 4TB HD for Roms, …
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Hi friends Finally I have replaced from China joysticks to Sanwa sticks but now I have little problem. P1 no right and P2 no left. I tried changing the wirings but they seems in correct place, so I cannot figure out what went wrong, also my keyboard stopped responding . I checked ultimate via winpac but all settings are default as set by Andy What went wrong my godddd. Tapatalk を使用して私の A0001 から送信
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Hi i was thinking about making my own keyboard encoder with a keyboard, has any body tryed it and does it work ok with two players hitting the keys at the same time?
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Is this custom controller a good deal? A local seller (2 hours drive each way) is selling it for $150.00 cash plus he said he would throw in a 1TB hard drive full of his arcade ROMS (he did not say what the configuration was for this hard drive so I assume the ROM files are just in their own folders???) Here are the specifications for this controller for sale: 1. He brought it as a "kit" from a California based arcade build company that sends you the pre-drilled controller and you just have to buy your own buttons, joystick and track ball. I forget the name of it. 2. He put it together and he said that it cost him $500 in hardware parts not including the…
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HI guys sorry my english is bad so bare with me please. OK my arcade trackball is coming soon and am building my first arcade PC Games cabinet strictly for pc Games . I would like to use a arcade trackball as a mouse pointer and 2 push buttons as right and left click and above it 18 more above it 9 on a one line unit 1 to unit 9 above that nother 9 for Ctrl and others ok i need help how do i get the trackball to works as the mouse cursor in the games. i believe that would be the next gen in arcade all does pc games that out there bring them back to life with this so again need your help am sure some of you know the answer of this Thank you Allan1
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Howdy again I'm wondering about smart power strips. Currently I have a power strip with everything plugged in. Therefore this required me to open the cabinet and press the power button on my computer. Note that the power strip is also connected to a power supple so in order to turn on the monitor as well I have to flip the power supple switch to on first to get the monitor on, then to push the computer on. I'm looking into a way to turn on everything with one press. I have a empty casing in the top right corner of the cabinet where I could add a button to turn the computer on but I have no idea how to install that button and connect it to my computers power button. The…
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hey everyone, I'm planning on building my very first arcade. so I'm thinkin of getting the X-Arcade 2 player stick with the trackball and for the games I'm thinking of getting a hard drive from ( home arcade system ) so guys any good ideas of what should i add or do ? should i check another arcades ? what things i should avoid while building the cabinet ? and for the pc, i would probably build a new one
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I have a four player cocktail arcade table. I plan on using a pc with 2 xin mo usb encoders for LED control panels. Heres the question (bearing in mind that this is my first cabinet, and the length of the wiring harnesses). Should I make the left two control panels feed off the first xin mo usb encoder and the right two control panels feed off the second xin mo usb encoder OR should I put the two ends (vertical seats) on one xin mo usb encoder and the two middle seats (horizontal seats) on the second xin mo? Sounds like a weird question, I know, but I didnt know if it would be easier to hook up one way or another, or if the wiring would be stretched too thin moving on…
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I'm preparing the parts for my first arcade I'm looking for good push buttons and I found this kit: http://www.amazon.com/Easyget-Cabinet-Raspberry-RetroPie-Projects/dp/B01DKAGJZQ?ie=UTF8&colid=36OA3VJFMKL7U&coliid=I2B0WMNLGVZ3AC&ref_=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl This kit already comes with a encoder board that I don't know if it is good Should I buy this Kit with this kind of encoder board or should I use a board like IPac by ultimarc?
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I am looking to paint my new arcade controls - (top knobs only) Normally I would just go and replace them with colored ones but is it possible to lightly paint on them? If so, what kind of paint do you recommend? See image below.
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I installed a cga to cga converter in an old cab today . I've replaced the screen with a 19inch lcd screen. It appears to work and I have street fighter running in it . The problem is that the screen flickers constantly and sometimes goes black for a couple of seconds then comes back on and keeps flickering. It doesn't affect the gameplay or sound , just the picture. Any help would be much appreciated , thanks .
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So I was looking around for some DIY cab builds for my next build, particularly http://www.homearcadesystems.com. I ranted in another thread about there needs to be a better way, but for the purposes of this thread, are there any companies like Rec Room Masters that sell builds that don't recommend these bs HyperSpin drives?
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So this is where I am now!! I'm almost done with the 40" and need to get going on the pinball!! This double cabinet I found for free it was an old Time Crisis 2 dual cabinet! Someone gutted it and left it for dead!! I may split them up but I may keep it the way it is Im not sure yet!!!
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Hi all, I just finished my first CP build. it's obviously a Kenivel style layout. I drew inspiration from rdowney.com I had the software and art finished 3 years ago. we had a baby and this was put on hold until now. what do you think?
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Hi does any one know any sites to download free bartop arcade art work, seems i can only find paid ones will go down that route if i have to but i would like to print my own as a one off, looking for street fighter style. cheers
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Hi I want to know if you go with default Mame settings or set your own key codes I am little confuse here because I checked the board setting for P1 SW1,2,3 are set to tab and space bar as per mame default setting. Example Street fighter in mame we uses all six buttons for both P1 and P2, therefore I am confused how will street fighter run if uses default mame keys and if first three buttons are set like that. What do you use for your settings please share your ideas. Thanks Tapatalk を使用して私の A0001 から送信
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Hello everyone, I'm building a bartop cabinet and thinking of doing a MK1 and MK2 theme. I found MK2 side art without any issue using a Google Image search. However I cannot find any high quality MK1 side art. I am looking for the side art below. Preferably 2272x1704 Any help is much appreciated.
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First of all I'd like to say that this is my first post. I've been lurking the forum for weeks now as I have been kicking around the idea of a Hyperspin build. Tonight I finally started making a parts list, so I figured this is the best place to bounce my ideas around. I'm currently planning my Hyperspin build and I'm wondering if I can use my old PC for this project rather than buying a new rig. The PC in question is a Gateway DX4870 UB2B. Notable Specs/Parts: OS - Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64) CPU - Intel Core i3-3240 (3.4 GHz) Memory - DDR3 (6gb) Graphics - on board (crap) Storage - 1 TB internal HDD Power Supply - 300w ...and now for the upgrades. This is …
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Hey Guys, So, now that I am almost finished with my personal project. I have some people that are wanting me to set them up with similar systems. While I opted to just buy an over-the-top PC Rig to ensure I could play Witcher 3 on Ultra, and never worry about emulation requirements lol they just want something simple, and small, but based on Windows. (not a raspberry pi or android or anything) So I'm trying to figure out what a recommended PC spec would be for some different builds based on the systems that need to be emulated. I'm hoping to figure out some kind of tier for system here. For example let's say: Build 1:) Up to SNES/GEN Build 2:) Up to N64/PSX/SAT Build…
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Hi All, Am going to be attempting my own Hyperspin build, from the ground up so hopefully lots of you that have done it before will be able to help me and give me a few pointers. I'm designing the cabinet layout and will be getting all the panels cnc cut. The theme I am going for is a Deadpool theme, so black and red as the main theme colours. What do you think of this as the side panels?
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I bought some new joysticks and they are too short for my control panel. Even if I router it out I think they may still be too short. I see they make extensions, but the only ones that I can find are from China and are gonna take a month to get. Is there anything locally that I can buy at the hardware store to extend them? They are Swansa with the ball on top. Thanks
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We all know that MAME does a great job and gives us most of the games we like to play with real arcade controls on our cabinets. What are the other emulators you enjoy on your cabinet? Here's my list (not in any order): - MAME - Demul - SuperModel - Model 2 - nullDC - Visual Pinball - Future Pinball - Pinball Arcade - Pinball FX2 - RetroArch
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I was thinking of purchasing the Intel compute stick. Is it possible that this stick can run hyperspin without any issues? Below is the link. Any feedback is much appreciated. http://www.intel.com/buy/us/en/catalog/desktop/computesticks
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Howdy I have a cabinet and such but it tends to overheat sometimes. This post is to try and come up with ideas for the best cooling options, ventilation, fans etc. I have one small hole with fan blowing air out about 5 feet from the base and that's it. I'm sure I need holes for "in" air What has worked best for you? Maybe share pics, products, prices etc too. Any and all recommendations are welcome! It could be that my xp computer just any cut its no more :-) Thanks
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Hopefully this is the best location for this post! At any rate I've in the process of building the PC portion of my cab. At first I really only planned to run mainly mame and the old NES, Genesis systems. Now I'm wanting to get it to a more sophisticated state and would like to eventually do some more graphic intensive systems maybe. I'm seeing way's online to include some of the Tito type X arcade games. I'm guessing that I may be lacking in the video card department. I'm running an i5 -2500 @3.30ghz, 16gb ram, and a Geforce GT610 1gig GPU. Operating system is windows 10. Now I do have an old Geforce 8800gt from evga from an older gaming PC. One minor issue is t…
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