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Hello everyone! I'm looking to get a wood grain finished 3 sided cab kit. Bascially exactly what Arcade Depot sells, but it appears that thier site has been down for sometime, according to thier home page. Do you guys know where I might be able to find something similar, in the $300-$400 range? NorthCoast has a nice unit, but it only comes in black...
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I am building a hyper-spin cabinet with no monitor, just an hdmi out to mount to any tv that i choose. One thing i worry about is my base doesnt move much its fairly stead but, when we play an intense game of street fighter the base does wobble a bit. Now, what i am wondering is if my harddrive is mounted in the base do you guys think there will be any damage or data loss? ive considered going with a 2.5 harddrive because they are meant to be moved around alot more ( laptop style). or does any one know of any way to help reduce the chance of damage?
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Not my 1st build but want to move to a themed cab. Had the kiddy look running for too long. The light box artwork is layered UV and a mix of skulls and slashes/splashes. I just installed chrome T-mould. Inspired by: games / movies Dead island (artwork) ltd edition box art Splatter house (titles) Resident evil (you are dead) restart screen Friday 13th The walking dead Evil dead
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Hello All, I am looking to build a cocktail style cabinet. Just 2 players (joystick on each end...not along the side). My question is regarding joysticks. Is there a list or spreadsheet (or a way of searching MAME) to find which roms use a 4 way joystick and which ones use 8 way? I currently have an upright acrade that uses the Mag-Stick from Ultimarc...that switches between 4/8. This works fine, but i would like to use just a 4-way joystick if possible...but not sure how many games i will sacrifice if i choose that option. Any advice would be great. Thanks in advance.
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I picked up a dedicated VS cab awhile back and finally decided to start the restore. Except I really didnt want to keep the VS wiring and have only 2-4 games at a time with a switcher. So I decided this cab will look completely restored to original, except it will have Hyperspin with ONLY the entire NES and VS Nintendo library. It started as a shitbox cabinet. Someone didn't take very good care of it and hacked the thing up, taking off the overhang onthe front and a ton of other problems with it. It is a dedicated VS cabinet so to make this perfect again I had to put in replacement pieces. I haven't worked with wood much in my life but I figured this cant be to complica…
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Hi everyone, I have finally setup Hyperspin completely and flawlessly. I am in the process of buying all of the cabinet parts and control panel parts as well. I am making a 4 player arcade. My question is about the I-pac from ultimarc. I am curious if this supports track ball and spinner? I have read around a bit but have not seen anything on that. If not, what would be the best route to go as far as the control panel wiring conversion? Also, as far as the 3rd and 4th player go; would a 4 way joystick suffice? I cannot remember if the 4 player games even have use of the 8 way setup. Thanks, Rodney
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So at last I get to release the build Pictures of my latest project the Princess Cade Built for a female friend with one request ! make it pink The PC parts and buttons Wood cut Spraying the wood Bring on the pink What's inside Drilling and wiring the control panel Control panel complete Jp testing the buttons The artwork Jp working on the artwork The finish machine Off to its new home
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I've seen so many people with videos of their own custom cabinets and I decided to jump in and give it a shot! :pcguru:I searched through he forums here and even became a gold member and got hyperspin working with a bunch of emulators a few still need some work but so far its working! I put together an old pc that i had from spare parts (not great but runs) and it is able to run hyperspin although I will replace the pc with something with more power. the arcade cabinet itself I searched through craiglist and found someone selling one (who was also building hyperspin cabinets) for $50 bucks so I said LETS DO THIS!! the cabinet is an old Devastators cabinet which was…
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Stumbled upon my project today ! first is the 2 smal ones then ill make 2 larger ones for 4 player ! if possible This is an awesome concept
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I've been using Hyperspin for a few years via my HTPC but a few weeks ago i started building a bartop arcade to get more of a retro feel if you know what i mean. Anyway i've found the art for the theme i want my bartop to be but not sure about art printing.. I've been given a few sites in the uk, www.printed.com & http://www.pixartprinting.co.uk/ but i have a question. 1. When i put a quote in and put my marquee size i get an error saying: Both width and height must be at least 200mm. Am i right to think that when i upload my psd file they will print the marquee dimensions i have set in photoshop psd and and extra will be just cut after. Sorry if i sound dumb but i'…
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Looking for images of all-in-one control panels. Spinners, steering wheels, fight stick, an ultra-panel. I'm not finding much image wise. Post your favorites!
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Hi ! anyone knows where i can find some good blueprints for a mame cabinet ? Google dont realy give me the results i want :-( Greets Thomas
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HI! how did you install your monitor ? Horizontal or Vertical Also if you should buy one today would you go for a CRT or LCD and how big ? or just get a LCD TV ? Yes i know it is like religion ! but i still want some inputs Greets Thomas
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On a button layout with 3 buttons on top and 4 under are the buttons assigned 1.2.3 on top and 7.4.5.6 on the bottom row?
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Hi an attempt to build my first cabinet I looked through the forums for inspiration. Upon finding a slim cab designed and built by KD5 ( http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?12561-New-Cab-new-Design ) I decided to build the same one. Based on the pictures in the post this is what I have come up with so far. The idea is this is my prototype built from scrap wood in the garage with only a circular saw, jig saw and a cordless screw driver. Once happy and adjustments made I will fully disassemble and use everything as a template to rebuild the cab in MDF at which point I will take more care in cutting and finishing. Please let me know you're thoughts and pass on a…
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Hi, Im looking for this stuff... I need a good source I can get maybe in sheets I can cut, preferably plastic
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hello forum, im looking at building my first cab and was wondering what you guys think about using the ipac or the mini-pac... what do you guys think are the pros and cons of each, any input would be great...
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Is there a seller who also ships to europe?. well, i werent thinking a entire cabinet, just a building kit, but i have found one, so this post was proberly a waste of time. But all i need now is the vinyl artworl set data, he can also print sideart on request.
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So u am still working on my first hyperspin build. I have a x-arcade with roll ball control. I need to assign a button to be my escape button. I don't think it would be a good idea to use any of the face keys as a escape button. Anyone have any ideas on what I can do as an escape button? Is it possible to set up hyperspin to exit with 3 buttons pushed at the same time? Or anyone know of any pc software that will macro so like when I press button 1+2+ctrl to be the same as pressing Esc? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk
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About a year ago I started pulling together the parts to have a Tron machine, I wanted a tasteful way to have a spinner and flight stick, but with out going too custom, I love the classics, and the retro cabinets need some respect, before any klov guys see this and call out blasphemy, the cabinet is new, not original, the only parts that are original are the lighting fixtures (not the plastic), shroud and marquee and control panel , and flight stick hardware. All the art is from Phoenix arcade. I have a lot of respect for the purists, but I cannot afford a million dollar collection so I can relive the 80's I never got to see, but I can afford to have old busted-destined…
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Aside from a piece of artwork that needs to applied to the front of the CP where the MAME logo is positioned and the installation of the Blue Tron Joystick grips, this bad boy is a wrap. Now it is time to focus on my Pinball Project from my 1978 Williams Widebody version of Contact.
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Hey Guys, I just joined the hyperspin forum, and I cant wait to get my hands on more in-depth stuff in Hyperspin. I also became platinum member because Hypersync looked like a nice thing. Does anyone have some quick tips for me? Anyway, this is my new cab which will be finished this week. I call it the UBERcut Arcade Cab. (Ubercut is my company name)
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I'm working with 3/4 MDF and have the proper router bit. I cut today with a 12" molding test piece to hammer in around the cab for testing while cutting. I started with a scrap piece to make sure the molding was centered and once that was locked in I moved to the actual sides. This is where things started to go wrong. I started with small routes and tested each before moving on and everything seemed to be OK so I routed one complete side and noticed at times the molding was a bit off. I adjusted the depth and rerouted the whole side. The molding is perfect on the center now but the fit is to loose to hold on the corners. I then cut the other side at the depth the router…
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Hello Hello, first post and everything but I gotta say this forum has been a godsend whilst building this cab and hyperspin is just perfect as a front end system, if I'd have know it existed I might have built one years ago. Anyway, here's a few snaps of my cab with a little (LOTS) of help from my old boy we're probably about half done Will end up covered in white vinyl (brother in-law conveniently is a manager at a local sign company) with capcom decals, streetfighter most likely. I think it's shaping up nicely, two Qanba fightsticks for controls, I had intended to put an Ipac board in and wire all the sticks and buttons in myself but i thought these looked the busi…
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Greetings All! I just wanted to post some pics of my first custom Arcade Cabinet (running HyperSpin of course)! All of the art was done by myself based off of the Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti (Box Art, Instruction Manuel etc.) I couldn't find any pictures with high enough resolution so I re-made everything in Illustrator. I'm really happy with how it turned out! Please let me know if you have any questions! Thanks!
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