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Hey guys! I'm working on getting everything needed to build my cabinet and was just stuck on once piece of the puzzle. I'm not too sure how the wiring of the internals should work if i want to connect the bartop to the wall outlet using a single plug. I mean i know i could use a power bar and have a switch in the back to turn it on and off, but i dont think constantly cutting the power to my internal PC and monitor would play out too well in the long run. As well, I've been looking for methods on mounting the motherboard inside my cabinet on the threads but couldn't find anything concrete. I know the board has to get in there somehow but i'm not sure how exactly. Like d…
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Hi All, Just wanted to share with you my last project; my home made arcade cabinet that plays HyperSpin and Xbox360. You Can even add the PS3 (if I had one). Because the components I've used are from the 3 in 1 Arcade stick Pro. It took me about a month to build this one from scratch with no plan only the one that I had in my head . I’ve uploaded 3 videos. In the first one you can see the arcade machine how it looks and acts with HyperSpin. In the second video we’ll take a quick look to the back of the machine. And in the third and last video I’m showing you that the controls also actually work on the XBOX360. NOTE I do not have to plug the controls from HyperSpin to th…
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So as mentioned on the other thread after picking a nippy little cheap PC it time I built my Dino loving son Jack his own arcade. His birthday party is Sunday so i left it a bit late as i started to build it Wednesday lucky i had prototype Bartop shape to hand to help me a little Ok so I shortened below the CP to look flush I gave the sides a sand And painted the panels After that I put it back together And sanded the Control Panel down And that's enough for today.... my first time using black board paint I may have put it on a bit to thick I'll do a light sand once it dry .... If ever Fitted the vinyl to the Control panel and did a test fit…
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Hey all, Heres my current setup so you can understand what Im working with. -8 socket power strip with an extended switch (opened the strip up, added extra wiring to route the switch so it can be accessed on the outside of the cabinet) -everything is connected to this except the TV... so I turn it on and it powers up the tv, speakers, and the marquee -computer needs to be manually turned on by pressing its power button -its located inside my cabinet so its a pain to access and shut off SO to the point of this thread I bought one of those master/slave power strips and I wanted to wire the current switch up to my computer so I press the button, it turns…
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So I picked up these joysticks in a swap I want to mount them in one of my bartops The problem is I use 18mm mdf and as you can see by the picture the come up a little short I know some of guys mount them from the top but because of the artwork I don't want to go that route. So what are my options? Many thanks in advance Sent from the smut hut
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Got a quick question for how all you guys have your video out set up. I have a zotac g-force 610 with hdmi running the video and audio out to the tv. The problem I have is when the hdmi is set as the video out it IMMENSELY slows everything down. Hyperspin slows to a crawl and mame won't even run. I have all the latest directx drivers and drivers for my video card. Been researching this for about a week now, and not really sure what to do about it. Most have said I need a stronger processor, but I'm currently using a quad core 2.4 g, It really has no problem running anything that I throw at it. Others say I need a better gpu. The one I have is only 1 gig. I'm le…
Last reply by dollijii, -
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Hey guys I acquired a Pole Position Cockpit, the wiring is a mess and the pp2 pcb is shot, the monitor is fine, and the cabinet is good... What to do now??? I see 3 options 1. Try spending a bunch of time and money fixing the pp2 and wiring to have an original all working. (It will break again eventually though) 2. Throw a computer with hyperspin in it with an ultimarc vga 5000, and have computer based racing games available to me. 3. Use an original xbox with a huge list of racing games including pole position. (If I go this route, I need some help getting the steering, shift and gas /break pedals converted to xbox controls) What should I do??? Please someone with …
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Hello all, lurker here. Forum has been a great help and I thought I would share a little progress on my arcade. Picked up a massive cabinet for 30 bucks at a thrift store. It's a 1978 Atari Drag Race machine that after 5 minutes with a dmm...works. Yes it's super rare but who cares it's lame lol. Plus the cabinet was in very rough shape so not exactly a good candidate for a restoration. So I started to mod it a little. Dual Momo force feedback wheels, fairly stout pc for an arcade (phenom quad core @ 3.0ghz, 16gb ram, twin gtx260's sli and 3tb storage) with some serious sound! I will use this as both a mame arcade, PC racing arcade and a jukebox. I have a dedicated 30a …
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So I saw this at my friends pawn shop, I know the cab is not original to the game can anyone tell what it is?
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Hey Hyperspinners! I picked up a Centipede cab through a local ad. It has been gutted (i.e. no monitor, arcade board, or controls). Sideart, Marquee, and Bezel are intact and though it needs some work I plan to keep the original artwork the same and put a MAME machine inside. My question is what all do I need to interface with the computer? I would like to obviously have a trackball, one joystick (suggestions welcome for 8-way or what I should use) and 2-3 buttons. Do I use a Jpac to interface? Will that work with the trackball too or does it need it's own interface? The goal is to have it look like an authentic Centipede machine (save for a joystick) and play …
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Hi Guys, this is probably really cheeky of me. I have spent months and months on my hyperspin setup. (im a noobie) but I am getting there, I really need some good quality graphics for my side art, does anyone have any files they could send me? Really Appreciate any help thanks john
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Hey guys, my first post here. I've started a bartop project & being a big fan of Neo Geo & SNK I wanted to make that the theme but I find the regular Neo Geo red cabinet art a little boring, so I decided to spice it up a bit. The artwork has been sent to the printers who will print direct to the PVC & then it will be CNC cut. Let me know what you think.
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Here are links to the threads to my Builds/Restores/Refurbishment Cabinet Projects Super Punch-Out!!! http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?30192-Sorhp-Super-Punch-Out!!-Restore Centipede http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?35419-Centipede-Hyperspin-Conversion Fight Machine - Kraylix Vewlix Custom http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13052 VS - Mid-Size Nintendo Custom Cabinet 1 player, 2 player 1&2 Player http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?18556-SORHP-s-Mid-Sized-Versus-machine SHMUPS - Custom vewlix / kraylix / donovan myers / Vert Cab http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?13030-Custom-vewl…
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Hi guys, over the past 7 months ive been working on Hyperspin, as you know its a huge job. Im starting to come towards the end as things finally seem to be running near perfect. The thing I properly do differently to most is I include Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles but I think its worked out pretty good. Ive recently installed a marquee screen and got that up and running with hyperspin too, still needs some work done around the monitor itself and a big paint job etc but its playable for now. Xbox is turned on via IR commands and ftp to load games whilst PS3 is controlled via IR only Marquee will show Marquee image or else it will use wheel image, I haven't actually got marq…
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Struggling to source what I need for the Marquee plastic lip and the aluminum L shaped edge for the monitor. Im based in the UK, so somewhere like B&Q might be worth a try but What kind of sizing would I need ? Design is a copy of the attached image
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Hi. I have been planning this build of hyperspin for a while now and have finally decided to start ordering computer parts to finally create my "HTPC" Hyperspin build. I will be emulating up to gamecube games with this setup at a minimum of native resolution but am planning to increase the resolution up a bit to look sharper on my HD display. Here are my planned Specs. Case : CoolerMaster Elite 130 Processor : Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz (hoping to overclock to around 4GHz CPU Coller : Corsair H80I Motherboard : Asus H81I Plus Ram : 4GB Kingston HyperX Fury 1600MHz Graphics Card : Nvidia 550 Ti (have an old one lying around) Power Supply : Corsair Builder Series…
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Long story short, i am like alot of people working on my arcade cabinet. Currently i was able to pick up a quasicade pro cabinet and controller. (http://www.retroblast.com/reviews/quasicade_3.html) Everything is functional and not issues with it. The only i have is i am wanting to upgrade the controller a bit and add in a trackball. I have a Xarcade with trackball sitting in my closet currently (purchased it then was bestowed upon the quasicade arcade). Also have USB NES, USB SNES, USB N64, and planning on purchasing Lightguns. Any suggestions on upgrading the controller, or would it be better to just start a new ? Was thinking about rewiring everything ti an Ipac…
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I've finally finished my first cabinet and wanted to share the results with everybody! Honestly, it's a bit intimidating considering all the amazing custom cabinets that people put up here, but I just gotta share. Seeing HyperSpin in action on YouTube was what inspired me to take the plunge in the first place, so I feel it only right to share the results with the community. During the three years I spent getting all the software perfect I had plenty of time to mull over the theme and concept for the cab. Ultimately, because I have zero carpentry skills and facilities I chose the sometimes maligned Ultimate Arcade II and added a few customizations to it. I decided that I d…
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Hi guys, I have been researching all the hardware I will need to play classic games of the 90's and more modern ones like SF x Tekken. I'm trying to keep the budget to a minimum and not go overkill as I already own a custom built gaming PC. Here is the shopping list:- PSU = Corsair CS450M Power supply, 80 PLUS Gold, semi Modular = £50 CPU = Intel Core i3 4130 3.40GHz Socket 1150 3MB Cache = £82 Intel Motherboard = ASRock B85M-ITX (Socket 1150/B87/DDR3/S-ATA 600/Mini ITX) = £60 Memory = Corsair Vengeance 4GB Memory Module PC3-12800 1600MHz DDR3 DIMM (Blue) = £32 Hard drive = Kingston 240GB SSDNow V300 SATA3 2.5" 7MM solid state drive = £90 GPU = Asus GT 640 2GB GD…
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Update: 10-5-12 Adding light guns! Big thanks to Drakin for all of his help with this. After hours of trial and error, I sent these over to drakin for him to take a look. After a while we realized the aimtraks themselves were faulty. Andy from ultimarc was fantastic and got replacements to use pretty quick. After a few test runs on paint, below is the result. Let me know what you think! I decided simple was the best what to go. I didn't want something that would cover the artwork or the guns. If you are looking to get new guns for your arcade, contact Drakin or Myself. We would be glad to help. --------- Just about done with my build, and I am already making …
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2014 Upgrade
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At the start of Jan me and my girl friend moved into a smaller flat so I put the arcade into storage. Well I have convinced her that we have space for it but before I bring it home I am doing a few small upgrades. Just thought I would share as I go along as this place has been quite lately. Before I started. I started off by wrapping the CP in carbon fiber wrap. New illuminated buttons and new joysticks. I had major issues with the joysticks and mounting them. The old joysticks used a M6 Coach Boltand the new ones wanted an M4. So I ordered M4 Black coach bolts but of course they fell through the CP as the hole was meant for an M6. So i had to drill out th…
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Im getting close to done with the software end of things and so I have drawn up this concept in sketch up. this is what Im going to attempt to build. any constructive criticism would be great.
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Hi Guys, currently researching items for my build and struggling to find some good quality speakers. I would like the speakers to be hidden in the marquee like examples I have seen on the internet with a circular small holes for a vent. I am also going to use a small app in the build like others I have seen with the volume etc at the front of the bartop. - What is the max size I can use ? 14" seems to be the most common - Car speakers seem to be the favourite to use ? Any good Speakers that others have tested ? recommendations ? price ? where to buy ? Thanks in advance for your help Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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A while back I Converted a great looking centipede, that was not working (board or monitor, I serviced the monitor and it still didn't work, tube is out) it turned out very nice, I kept the controls the same, and did not hack up the panel. I used only games that use 1 button and the trackball at first. after a while I decided to venture into a few horizontal games, and use the start buttons and the fire button for base buttons in missile command, I think Ill be changing the CP to the multipede/missile command style so more buttons can be added and keep authenticity Im using Mine and Jeepguy81's Vert themes http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?10242-Cockta…
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A friend of mine (and fellow lurker / new forum member Rayzor753) have decided to build a cabinet for our Hyperspin frontend Arcade. We're going for a retro gaming machine - so we decided to go with a 27" Sony Trinitron TV with S-video. We have a variety of video cards we're going to try (Our best is a 512MB ATI). We'll see how it works out. The cabinet we're doing is going to be based on the Mortal Kombat designs. So we bought some big sheets of 3/4" MDF and we got started. Peg board is going to be used for the back for venting. Starting cuts. One side done. Both sides clamped together and squared off on the factory cut side. Then both sides were s…
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