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New to the forum here so this might be a topic that has already been covered. Have a couple of questions for the gurus out here. What kind of wood do you guys use?? Want something sturdy but light weight. What thickness wood do you use? What paint is used to finish the cabinet? What kind of speakers are best? Monitor preference? I know lots of question but I want to start a build soon and just seeking the best advise. Thank you all in advance for the tips.
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I just got these for my new cab from an artist that specializes in comic book art. However, his prices are cheap for my diva demands. He charged me $100 when the going rate is well above it. Since this community has done right by me, helped me impressed friends, enhanced my skills I couldn't pass up this info. Here is my graphic below. I don't want this to be an aggressive sales thread so if anyone is interested in the artist I can pass on his info by PM. Thanks all that helped me last year and hopefully this year. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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After an absolute age (on and off for the past year) my latest cabinet is now complete. The CoffeeCade:- CoffeeCade 01 by Andy Baker, on Flickr The Concept I wanted an arcade machine that could be placed in the house without looking too much like an arcade machine which would be used as a game encyclopaedia for nostalgia purposes rather than full on gaming. About 10 years ago I mocked up a cocktail cabinet for this but never got around to making it. Revisiting 10 years later and so much had changed so I decided to just re-design from scratch. My criteria Ability to play both Arcade and retro Console games 2 Player, want it to be a social thing Focused more t…
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Hey everyone Literally just starting my research and planning for the build. I would really appreciate suggestions/opinions on a few of the key aspects of the build. I wouldn't say money is no object but I do have a figure in my head and would like to make the best machine I can with those funds. I will be building from scratch. I am looking to build a 4 player console with an LCD monitor (size and specs comments would be awesome) I'm also trying to get a good amount of peripherals/cool custom things done. ie. Working coin feeder, backlit marquee, backlit inlays would be cool (have seen a nice space invader cab inlay), trackball, gun support etc. Looking for t…
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I know I'm not the only one that wants sweet sounds coming out of their arcade cab!! So why don't we get a thread going where you guys post your speaker selection and some pics!!
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So, I was requested in another thread to show my NES PC build I run HyperSpin on. Here it is, I actually built it like 3 years ago with a Zotac mini ITX with a onboard Intel Atom processor and a onboard Nvidia GPU. I though it would work well because of the GPU, but turns out it didn't. I used it for two years and it could play everything up to PSX, but was slow like hell and had to run HS on worst quality settings. So this year I bought a candy cab and invested in a computer for it and at the same time I decided to upgrade the hardware in the NES PC. So I got a MSI motherboard, I think it's a B81 and a Intel G3258. I use a pico power supply and only onboard inte…
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Going to print my own artwork from now on. The materials are expensive. What is better, gloss or matte vinyl/polypropylene? and what did you use on your cab?
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Hello all, my cabinet project is coming to a close, and I'm just starting to post some videos on it. Please enjoy, and let me know if you have any comments, questions, or advice! Part 2: Part 3: I will post more videos to this topic as they are finished out. Thank you for checking it out, JonesyBoy
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Anyone know where i can find a tank stick layout on the web so i can design my control panel. All of the ones i have found are not the correct size so the holes never line up when printed. I retrofit a tank stick panel to fit my cab because i dint have a router to make the correct cuts for a new board.
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this is what i ordered http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F1YQ3DI?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages00
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Ok, so when I normally use a computer monitor with my pc, I run a vga cable from the pc to monitor. When using this method, i can turn my computer on, and the monitor cuts on automatically with the computer. With my arcade cabinet setup, I am going to switch things and use an old CRT television for the monitor in my cabinet. I am going to get an S-Video to VGA converter cable to run from my pc to the tv. If I buy a hotstrip and plug the computer into the main slot on the hotstrip, will my television power on and off each time I turn the computer on, just like monitor normally does when you power a computer on and off? How can I make the television turn on each time I …
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*in progress* Instead of your traditional cabinet we have been tasked with redesigning a small sit down bar. The pinball buff that I am wanted to have a traditional pin cab but the video game enthusiast quickly chimed in. Knowing I was going to actually keep this as a bar rather than a cab lets get a few things straight. Wanted to go inexpensive but heavy and sturdy so we decided to just frame out as we can always rebuild lighter and pricier wood so started our furniture building. This cabinet is also going to reside in what is now our home away from home man cave/jam room where I play drums for a rock/metal band. We might need a bigger boat...eh backglass TV that is…
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Hello Everybody, I'm turning an old royal Video (Neo Geo) Cabinet into an modern design Cabinet. I bought this cabinet 10 years ago and left it at my parents house. It has been dead for a few years so i decided to make it a hyperspin cabinet. I want it in the livingroom but my wife wasn't very happy about that. To make her a little bit happier I want the cabinet look like an eames design chair. Wood on the outside and and black. So i bought black buttons and removed the bezelart and tinted the glas over the monitor black. Put in an old 22" crt vga monitor i got for free. A xin - Mo decoder and new black buttons. I bought a secondhand pc with a i7 2600k 3.2Ghz …
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Hi all. Newbie Here. I recently purchased a supposedly dead Silver Strike with the intention of building out a MAME cabinet. I liked it because it looked like someone had already added 2 joysticks and extra buttons to the beast. It turns out the plug was royally jacked and upon fixing that the beast powered right up. I checked the wiring inside and it looks like they spliced into the jamma cable directly with these. Though I'm not sure why. Maybe a horizontal all in one? That aside the game works great. Now I'm not sure wether to mame it or not. If I did I'd Put in an LCD or TV (I know...I know). This would be my fist time trying this and I'm thinking I would have to…
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so i'm new here and got here when i heard about the hyperspin, after years of not doing anything in emulation i decieded to return as my kids are groing up... now i want to make a simpel and easy setup that doesnt rak much room, as my gaming room is getting small... working on my gameroom in my basement, still alot of work , but slowly gettinbg there. i have moved the hydro thunder cab, and am working on a hyperspin that doesnt tke much room, i have to share the room with some bicycles at night... what you on screen is from an xbox 360, ive been working a few weeks on a hyperspin estup and would like to have it up and running sometime in the next weeks. its al…
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Hello, everyone. I am new to the world of emulation, and am working on creating my first cabinet. I am a bit confused about setting up my controls, and I have a few questions. I would like to be able to run 4 players on my cabinet, but having a large 4 player cabinet will be too big for the room I plan to put the cabinet in. I would prefer to have a smaller, 2 player-sized cabinet. What I am thinking is that I will build a 2 player joystick setup on the cabinet, and also have 2 x-box controllers tucked away that I can use as player 3 and 4 on the rare occasions when 4 people are at my house. My 2 joysticks are going to be wired into an ipac. What I am wondering is,…
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Hi guys, I'm getting close to finishing my build and been thinking about a marquee.....I'd really like to have a dynamic marquee. I have a spare 19" LCD monitor and think this would be perfect for this using a mirror and top mount the LCD but am quite confused on how I would do this. is there a certain angle the mirror would have to be to project the image correctly?
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Hi guys, After lurking my way around here for quite some time now I wanted to show you guys my own build cabinet. It's 100% custom and not like any other cabinet out there. My brother and I love cabinets and retrogames since we were kids so it was just a matter of time before we deceided to build our own cabinet. We have been collecting games and consoles for a long time and always kept our collection up to date at http://retrogamebrothers.com. Therefor we deceided to build a custom cab dedicated to our alias the "retrogamebrothers". Lets start of with the finished product. Also see our cabinet in action If you don't get anything we say, its because i…
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Hi, This is my projects : 1 - Mini Arcade Mortal Kombat Theme: 2 - Vewlix Clone (NEW): 3 - Control arcades: 4 - My PCBs USB arcades one and two players: contact : [email protected] thanks.
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I am finishing up a build, and some of the last few details are the bezel and underside of the marquee. I am wondering if anyone has had success with a "cardboard" bezel - by cardboard I mean something like a framing matte or a stiffer/shiny piece of cardboard. Thanks - Mike
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My bartop has been finished for a few months. However there are quite a few systems that require a trackball or at least a mouse....I am not doing a whole rebuild (widen cab etc) but I had thought about doing away with the 2nd player controls and adding a trackball. Thoughts? Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk
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Was looking for a Gen2 i7-based PC because the I needed a machine that could comfortably run a Radeon HD4890 card at a low cost. Found an eBay auction and won it for $80 because it happened to be for local pick-up only. Likely for good reason because this thing weighs 50lbs. Auction read that it booted to the BIOS only, so I don't know if it works. There is no HDD but that is no biggie. Won't get a chance to work on it till the weekend. It is both overkill and underkill. Overkill because I only will run MAME, Taito Type-X, and some Dreamcast/Naomi emulator (CPSIII, Atomiswave, etc) for arcade action. Underkill because it is now 6 year old hardware, so I won't be playing n…
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Hi all, First off, thank you to everyone involved with making HyperSpin and Hyper/RocketLauncher, as well as all those who participate in this site and keep this community alive. I've wanted arcade cabinet for a long time since I was small enough to stand on stools in the arcade to reach the controls, and this thing was a ton of fun to build and has been a ton of fun to play with. The build album is below and let me know if you have any questions. Thanks again everyone, I'm really glad I found this place. Album: http://imgur.com/a/2MfZ6
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A few photos of my icade mod up and running now. I've modified this quite a few times now as space was extremely tight, sourcing small components proved to be taxiing. The motherboard is a standard small form factor intel board which currently has a low powered i3 CPU, which I will bin soon in favour of an i5 There is currently 4gb of memory there are three hard drives 1 x 3tb 3.5 hd - this stores all the roms 1 x 120gb ssd - this stores all media and videos 1 x 60gb ssd - this stores windows 10 the controls are soldered to a Mini IPAC running to a USB The front coin led panel of the ION icade has been rewired to the power LED of the computer…
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Almost done this project, thought I'd show it off a bit. I'm a dwarf (short stature) and that's a pain in the ass for using upright arcade cabinets. So ten years ago my dad, who does woodworking as a hobby, created a cab scaled more to my size. Nothing too fancy, basically a shell I could put an X-Arcade stick, computer, and monitor in. Fastforward to today, where to honor my father (who passed away this year) I pulled it out of mothballs to update it with new technology and better artwork. Now it's running HyperSpin on a 3.6ghz computer with a nice refurbished 1600x1200 LCD monitor; great for modern games and with HLSL and other video filters it can mimic the low…
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