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hi i am new to all this but really interested in attempting to build a bartop arcade.... 1 thing that is playing on my mind is mounting a monitor... do u need to remove the bezel for it to look right? thank you
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Hi all, Well firstly a massive thanks to the whole community here for this excellent front end software and for all the contributors. Without your efforts I wouldnt have my own cab. Basically I have a 4 player StreetFighter themed cab, the cab was constructed by Turnarcades, the controls are from Ultimarc and the whole thing was set up by me. The PC is an old P4 HT 3gHz, 2.5gb RAM (400 mhz I think) with a 1gb Geforce GT210 with a 24" Acer HD LCD TFT. It runs Hyperspin pretty well on medium settings but bogs down with advanced graphical functions. But all the emulators run spot on. In the fullness of time I intend to add lightgun and up the motherboard to at least a dual…
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Hi guys, Today i'm creating my console panel and I still have some decisions to make. I'm using a mini-pac and I'm afraid of having not enough connections to create my panel since it only allows 32 wires: 2 joysticks = 4 x 2 = 8 connections 7 buttons = 7 x 2 = 14 connections 2 flipper buttons = 2 connections Player 1/2 start = 2 connections Coin 1/2 = 2 connections So thats allready 28 connections taken, if I want to include 3 mousebuttons (left/middle/right) for my trackball then I will only have 1 buttons left for pause/escape/config/restart/power... I was wondering can i disclude the mousebuttons and just configure player 1 buttons 4/5/6 for example as mouse l…
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I've been thinking, more like "obsessing", over the idea of a HyperSpin Cab since '09. I've built a few little dedicated set-top machines and put together a few cocktail tables with spare parts....but the time has finally come. I used an existing cabinet circa 1977...coupled with a Dell Optiplex 755 mid-tower with a trusty old 2.66ghz Core 2 Duo, 8gb ram, 1tb hdd, and a low end HDMI-out video card....oh, and an ipac 2 plus a trackball with a controller from groovy game gear. I'll update this post with pics this week (should be finished). Any questions are welcome, I appreciate advice on what to do differently on the next cab as well. Thanks for looking! p.s.- sor…
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Hi. I have have no experience with wood working so my questions is: Any router will be good for slot cutting? For example cheapest router for 30 pounds? I know i need to buy bits for router so price for 3 off them is 35 pounds.So this set well be good for t molding? Router ~30 + bits 35=65 pounds.... Size of MDF is 18 mm "To cut the correct slot for standard arcade T-moulding you need: - 6702A Slot cutter (Diam 47.63mm Kerf 2.03mm) - B25 Bearing (Outer Diam 28.58mm, Inner Diam 7.94) - A200B Arbor (Shank 6.35mm)"
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Hey guys, This is my first foray into the world of arcade cabinets, just wanted to show it off! I bought the base unit from ArcadeWorx with the following modifications/installed components: i5 3.4Ghz, 16GB DDR3, 2x4TB HDD, Silly amounts of cooling. Frosted acrylic behind cut outs. Cheap ebay lighting strips Cheap 2 channel logitech sound system UltimaRC Trackball 26" IPS LCD 5ms (Asus something or other) And what I've ordered but is yet to arrive: Leap Motion sensor for 'touch screen' and gestures. Hope this will eliminate the keyboard necessity. Chrome trim Acrylic screen cover (Prevent fingerprints on LCD when using touch screen) Ultra brig…
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I've been building mame cabinets for a couple years and I've installed hyperspin in each one. My next project is a hyperpin build, that I plan to document better then this set of cabinets. My first machine was an entirly custom cabinet that I plan to keep. It's made out of oak and perfect for my space. 4 players, trackball, spinner, and 2 lightguns My next two builds were for friends. Their cabinets were golden tee and silver strike bowling Both machines had joysticks and buttons added. Silver Strike bowling was left mostly original looking, and I installed an A/B switch on the monitor, so it could play both hyperspin and bowling. The next cabinet was found…
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Hi Guys, I planned to use the bartop kit from TinyArcadeMachine and then pair it with the compatible artwork PSD from mikekim on the FTP. However, TinyArcadeMachine is out of stock and won't have anything in stock for a while -- their CNC guy is out of commission at the moment. As a result, I'm planning to grab a kit from ArcadeWarp, but how do I go about creating artwork to fit the kit's dimensions -- particularly the curved edges at the top?? Thanks so much, I'm sure I'm overthinking it, but it's driving me nuts! Owen
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hi all this is a tight squeeze but it worked lol the amp as been change to a smaller one now.
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Been working on Programing forever it seems like, but finally getting ready to build my first cab. Was planning on building the entire thing until I came across this on Kijiji in my area for $50. Someone has already torn it apart but still has monitor glass, marquee glass, speakers, coin doors and seems to be very solid. Also has brand new T molding on entire cab. Control panel is rough so probably going to build a new one from scratch. Was planing on putting a flat screen in for monitor but wanted some feedback on if i should change the angle that should mount it. I see on many others that have used flat screens they have them mounted almost vertical or just a bit ang…
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Anyone know of a 4 Player Arcade Cab Plans or can tell me the Measurement that they use for the 4 player Controls Area thanks
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The orange Donkey Kong 3 cab is an original Nintendo cab with new t-molding and side art, running a icade 60in1 with a vga crt monitor. The cpo and everything is all in such fantastic shape it never needed redoing is like new lol for 30 years old. really like how dk3 cpo is all steel its made to last forever lol The Mario bros. cab is a reproduction cab so I hyperspined it, I gutted the old Pentium D inside it and removed the broken vga added the following i3 3220 ivy bridge 4GB ripjaw 1600 gskillz ram EVGA GTX 650 superclocked Asus p8z77-m pro MB Acer led 1920x1080 screen The Popeye cabinet is my newest and I just finished it, was a lot of fun to make. It loads r…
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Hey all newbie to the forum and looking for some info. Looking at building a cabinet, like the look of the signs people use the ones that are like the ones used for stock market tickers. Wondering which brand to get and are easiest to use with hyperspin, and were to buy them. Also what the right term is for these signs when searching Google. Having trouble finding what am looking for, in the correct size. Also wondering what people are using for lighting was thinking about rgb led strip but no idea how to intergrate with hyperspin in regards to colour change on off etc. Help appreciated look forward to replies cheers.
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As a child of the 80's, I was greatly influenced by Tron. I decided to make a custom Tron Cabinet which is now pretty much done. I am running HS as the front-end with the x-arcade as the control hub. I shelled my system to boot directly to HS so it feels very authentic. Game On!
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Hello all I’m Chris I'm really not one for posting on forums but wanted to show what the HyperSpin program has made me do Well about November last year I thought I have to sort out my all my arcade ROMs from years ago they have just been lying about on my D: Drive when one day I came across HyperSpin and thought this would be awesome to setup and organize all my emulators at same time. I knew I always wanted an Arcade Machine so about 6 months ago I came up with a basic design and started to build it and I had no idea how I was going to mount the monitor, I got a cheap X-Arcade from think geek but plan to modify it and one day in the future after everything is done ju…
Last reply by Storms, -
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On my mame cabinet, I had the arcade monitor working but someone changed my resolution settings. I tried to change them back to 640 x 480 60 hertz but I am still getting ''out of range". Let me know if you need anymore info to help me out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hey all. Just thought I'd share my first build that my friend and i made together. We wanted a clean panel with enough room for 4 guys to be comfortable, which is why you won't see anything but sticks and buttons. However, we designed it in a way that can easily be swapped out with other panels if you choose to. I plan on making another 2 player panel with a trackball, flight stick, and possibly a steering wheel. Might get a couple of guns, but that's for later. It's made out of paint grade MDF with a industrial conversion varnish topcoat (much more durable than paint). It can be completely broken down and moved with ease so it can actually fit through a doorway. …
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Hey guys Just decased a hu196d monitor I got off eBay to measure it up for my bartop. The PCB is a little more complex than I had anticipated and I am not sure how to wire up the power switch to an arcade button. The first pic shows the push to make buttons - the middle one that sits higher than the others with the led next to it is the power switch. When I flip it round, the switch has 4 pins solders to the PCB, when I was only expecting 2. The 2 pins closer together are for the led. My initial guess is that a run wires from each of the pins to my arcade micro switch, connecting a matching pair from each side of the push to make switch to a single pin on the arcad…
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Hi Arcade fans, 1 year a member of this forum, but have still not much posts on my name , but found much usefull tips to read: D As each Member I have put much money in Arcade cabinets and always wanted one for my self , especially a KI or MK cabinet... 4 year ago i buyed a killer instinct cab with myhtpc and mamewah interface. Since a few months(hyperspin not included) I have made some updates..... Black T-moding replaced by light blue T-molding, its a bit scary at first New plexi and all pushbuttons + joysticks replaced. old black T-molging used for the edges on the side of the marquee and top of the monitor bezel. (The lights in the bezel are of the …
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Hello! I want to start by thanking everyone for all of their help! The amount of knowledge and resources on this site is incredible. I've been on a mission to finish my bartop arcade cabinet ever since I found about Hyperspin hehe. I finally received my kit from Tippers27 this week and I'm eager to get started. I'm basically replicating mikekim's Retrocade, he was kind enough to supply the PSD files for his artwork and my goal is to make it look as close as possible to the original Tinyarcade kit and Mikes build! Below is Mikes build, its beauuuutiful! lol http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?17297-Retrocade-bartop This is the kit I bought: I got a blank…
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Hello people, first of all, thank you all, with the help of this forum ive finished building one of my projects, this Bartop.. i have built some more, but this one i love the looks and its the first one to have a 22" LCD Here is the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzJE0uPcj8Q&feature=g-upl I will be making (i hope) one for Nvidia , and another with a Soccer theme (and all the soccer games from day one to present)
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Thought I would finally upload my project. Will post the details shortly.
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Heres a preview of a Bartop ive made for a friend, a fan of Slayer (great band), and its a Hanneman´s tribute build. It doent show very much, i need to go to his house and take pics and more videos of it, ive forgot to do it in my house. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KsFdkyR-tw Ill post more when i have them.
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Hi Hyperspin Community, I will start here my Custom Build of a Tron Legacy Theme Cabinet. 1st i am thought is better to plan and build it in cad/3d programs, to see eventually mistakes. So i show at the moment only some scratches And from Time to Time i will post here the progress of the work. I am not so fast because i need to spare some money for some of the stuff. Now here some Pics http://www.3d-artworks.de/view?uID=12&id=8d766f4b88462cf07a2339a22e26fe6a Sry for bad texture , i am not so good in it. Greetings uNkeLo
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Hi all. I have recently started to make a HyperSpin cabinet, just thought I'd post up a few progress pics! First step, collect cabinet :-) Here's a quick pic of the cabinet before starting I tried to sand the inside of the screen edge as it has a curved monitor in before, but because of the angle it was creating some strange shapes in the corners, so I decided to go to town on it, hacksaw style! Two edges almost done Getting the edges perfect by using a low grade sandpaper curled around my finger Three sides now done Cabinet front now screwed back onto the main cab with all buttons reconnected Now a quick closeup of the finish
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