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I finished building this cab a few months ago. Just started messing with everything again because im wanting to add light gun games and sega model 3. If you have any question about how i did stuff please ask!. -Its built out of 3/4in MDF. - black gel stain for the color -plexi glass bezel. I spray painted around the screen.looks very slick. Which is a 25?in 16:10 monitor i got off ebay for about $80. -"smart" power strip so everything powers on when the pc does but off the rest of the time. Learning Hyperspin/rocket launche setting up all the emulators was a hugeeee pain. But thats mostly because the PC i used is very old and runs on 32bit XP.(not as much sup…
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I say "typical cabinet" meaning these are low or no cost features that most can do. I know that that Utrastik360, RGB buttons and LCD marquees are super cool but most don't have them due to cost or time. Not in any order: - a way to search your games (I use HyperSearch but there are others) - HiScore for MAME (after you get that great score, you want to save it) - cpwizard to create the CP images of buttons to be used for each game with your CP in Pause/RLPause/HyperPause - admin buttons (have separate buttons for genre, favorites, pause, exit, start, volume or whatever you things you need most) - boot directly to HyperSpin as the shell and not Windows (explor…
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I wanna build a Hyperspin cab with a PC of these specs: Here is my PC: HP Pavilion Core i5 6400 @ 2.70ghz RAM: 8GB Video card: EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2662-KR GeForce GTX 660 2GB Hard Drive (OS - Windows 10 x64): 256gb SSD Hyperspin drive is a 4TB USB 3.0 external Samsung. Is my PC good enough for systems like Gamecube, Jaguar, Dreamcast, Wii, etc? Thank you!
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Anyone know what the font (or a close approximation) of the font used in SFII to show the fighter names under the health bar? Additionally, I'd like the KO and Clock (tho think this is the same as the fighters...) Thanks!
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Hi guys, I just started dipping into this great hobby a little over a week. I really like Hyperspin and rocketlauncher a lot and have been doing a lot with the software setup side of things. I work with computers and have done quite a bit of work in my basement with building a theater and bar area (bar is not started yet). I am now lurking around for a nice build/design. I guess I'm just wondering how to get started with this build. I have a X Arcade tankstick with trackball controller board already so I don't plan to build my own board. I know that may be frowned upon but I already have it so I want to use it. I want the light up marquee Plexiglas bezel. I wa…
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Hey all, so the next project will be going full-retro and building a full size cabinet. Every single step will be documented - actually live-streaming the entire build on Twitch, starting from when the doorbell rings, to unboxing the cabinet hardware, to physically building the cabinet, to setting up a fairly stock HyperSpin/RocketLauncher/MAME install. Those that miss the live build on Twitch, it will also be on YouTube as well as a separate, time-lapsed version. So I kinda have my eye on http://www.recroommasters.com/32_Pro_Upright_Xtension_Arcade_Cabinet_Emulator_p/rm-xt-32-pro-ee.htm for the cab itself. Seems pretty solid but I'd like to trick out the control …
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I purchased the 32" Pro Upright Xtension Arcade (Emulator Edition) from RecRoomMasters. For those who haven't seen their products, they provide an 'Ikea-like' cabinet that is shipped in pieces that you assemble together. They also offer a pre-built control panel or can work with the X-Arcade tanksticks or you could custom build that portion. You provide an LCD TV up to 32", the PC and an optional coin door (purchased from X-Arcade). After spending some significant time considering options, I decided to go this route as the cost and shipping is significantly less than purchasing a pre-assembled arcade cabinet. The biggest downsides would be the LCD TV as a monitor …
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After spending months learning the ins and outs of Hyperspin, I finally decided to just have someone build me a machine. I just didn't have the time to build it myself. The machine is amazing and I am extremely pleased with how it turned out.
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Hi and thank you for reading this post I have recently built a Lego themed arcade machine with a friend I will post a link to his blog with all the details. It use the Hyperspin frontend as I use it on mine as its fantastic but I am not good at Photoshop so the theme for the Lego games section looks lame and so does the theme for all 14 of the games. My question is would anybody be able to help me make the themes so it looks badass as this arcade may be featured in a magazine soon I will be mentioning Hyperspin as it is but will always mention and body that helps.Also just to add the games are pc based. hope someone can help thank you for your time. kind regar…
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I am almost done with the plans for my cabinet, but want to pose a few questions before going too far to modify without foreseeable hassles. Before I continue, I will unfortunately state this, but only once: I know some people kind of enjoy being negative and mocking others. That is fine, you may do as you please as long as no true harm is done, but just realize that I will most likely skip over such nonsense and never reply to it. I admit, while younger, I even participated in similar discourse, but most people grow up and leave it behind. Anyway, I'm not preaching, and will leave it at that. What I want out of my cabinet: The unit will sit next to my home bar.…
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Me old panel And this is my new wip panel
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Hey everyone I've seen a couple posts about computer build questions and was hoping to get some answers for myself. I have been running hyperspin on my main computer, but am ready to get a computer just for hyperspin, and possibly KODI as well. I have never built one from scratch, but really want to learn. On PC part picker and hearing other people talk, I was thinking something like: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply P…
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This i my first build im chuffed to bits with it still messing with the controls
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Love me some NASA! See if you can spot all the movie references. Full build log here: http://imgur.com/a/jWjTR
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hi guys im gonna redo my cp wos just wondering wot to go for a 6 button or 7 button or 8 button layout any advice please thanks.
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Hey all, 1st PC build here, was going to make one over 10 years ago.. never happened until now lol. And man is there a BIG jump in performance from 10 years ago (256 mb 64-bit cards...ugh) So here are my specs so far for my budget build: Intel G3258 CPU (will overclock to 4.2-4.4Ghz) Asrock Z97 Extreme6 MSI GTX 750 Ti TF 2GB 128-bit GPU Crucial 8GB DDR3 1600 RAM Corsair CX600M PSU Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo Cooler Kingston SSD - 120GB 2.5" V300 Sata3 Case - Possibly a Cooler Master HAF XB EVO I plan on using this for mostly Arcade gaming, but I will also use it for some newer game playing but of course not in Ultra graphic settings. I don't m…
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Well I finally got one. I am so happy it needs a little work and a new monitor but I am happy. I also got it for free which is even better . But what really makes it nice is when I got it home and found 27 dollars in quarters still in it. I was like hell ya. So It is now called my Lucky Cab. I took some pictures of it to show what it looks like I am going to take the free change and part out the rest of the unit on ebay and use that money to fix the unit. Bin one full of quarters in the front Bin two in the back full of more quarters Can't wait to start on it gotta move first. Thank you Paulstevens for finding me a free cab. I work so hard on HS and st…
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Hiya!!!! We are about to start our journey into the cocktail cabinet world! Thanks to a few amazing members here things are going amazingly well. To start off I would like to thank a few people 1. SimplyAustin: Your videos are just amazing, and I am sure helping to many new members out. Since you don't hear it enough, THANK YOU! 2. 32 Assassin: He has been helping me out behind the scenes so much it is like I am having an affair. He really has been great with the setup so far. 3. Jeepguy81 / SORHP: They have made the most amazing theme pack for a cocktail arcade. It is simply breathtaking how much effort they put into the packs. 4: I am sor…
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I'll see if I can get some pics, gotta find that camera. My main goal was to have a nearly 100% stock looking NES and all for 400$ total. A few features: -CD/DVD tray - (used a non-working gold Zelda cart for the face) -100% concealed - (looks nearly like a NES, save for one HDMI port) -Uses a Pico PSU -Original power and Reset works -Uses original NES controller -Motherboard mounted upside-down - (because it's 100% concealed) Built on ASRock E3501 using onboard graphics and I think only 4GBs ram. It was made for those good old NES binges, remember the days when all we needed was a D-pad and two buttons? Haha, good Stuff. Let's test out my camera s…
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Hi guys. I've been working on a new project build and thought I would start sharing my progress. This is a HUGE arcade cabinet with a high end PC and I'm super excited. I'm sure some people will not approve because of it's size and that's cool. I will keep you guys posted along the way. Junky
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So I've seen various mentions of the need or lack of 2 coin buttons in other threads, but havent yet found a definitive answer... I was initially going to have 2 and a P1/P2 button and that is it, and use those buttons in combination for exit/pause BUT after setting up things I think I'm going to add an Exit and a Pause button separately as can see them being used a lot... but now i'm wondering if I need 2 coin buttons? Thoughts?
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I'm in the process of building my cab, but given the bad weather it's somewhat delayed as I can only work outside. I was planning to wait until I'd built the cp to set up controls in all my systems, but I was wondering if its possible in any way to prepare for it being ready? I'm building using an ipac ultimate... Thanks
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I like to use a friends cnc router and build bartop 2 player 6 buttons does anyone have plan to build one on a cnc either dwg or dxf plans I looked at wecade look nice but wanted some thing 19 to 23 inch wide screen and 6 buttons layout Thanks
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What's up guys, I'm getting ready to start my build, and can't seem to settle on the style of cab I want. My first intentions where to do a bartop, I like the look of those "tiny arcade" ones, but I'm wondering if I'm gonna wish I would have built a full size cab instead. I even thought about building a pedestal (stand/box) to set the bartop on that kinda makes it look like a small upright. I have a 19" wide screen monitor and a 32" LCD tv to use for them. I guess I'm just thinking out loud, but maybe someone wants to give opinions on it. Anyways here's a few pics to give you an idea as to what I'm torn between. Maybe even do a community vote
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