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Hi All, This is my first bartop arcade build. I have to say that I'm a complete novice at this kind of thing and I have never worked with wood before starting this project. Here's a pic of a test build of the unit itself (this is Tipper27's design). Marking out mount points: Test assembly in progress: The unit fully assembled (the speaker housing's placement in the cab is off, this will be rectified) Taking a hack saw to an old PC case so that I can use it's external ports in the unit (external USB, audio etc) and also to use it as a reference point for cutting the back door of the unit slightly: Taking that same hack saw to a set of USB powered speakers…
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I am working towards building my first Bartop Cabinet and I am not sure of the size and style of monitor to use. I have seen 19" monitors used but I was thinking that for a 2 player setup i would go with a 22" 16 x 9. My question is will this work with most emulators or am I going to have a lot of black areas on the screen? Also do most people leave the screens in the surround they came in or strip them out so they just have the screen and the electronic for the video and power?
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So I got a dilemma building my project. What I'm doing is just building a box that will house my computer and want to have 2 wireless boxes with the arcade controls on top with a flip up lid in each for access to the wireless controllers inside. My problem that's keeping me up at night is finding a way to power the ipac in the controller boxes to be wireless. Just wanted to see if anybody knew a solution for making the ipac wireless. If not, I guess they will just have to be wired. Thanks for your time and help guys!
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Hi, I appeal to the creator of arcade, how thick mm I need to take to a plexiglass plate 600x490mm, so that the plate remains straight and does not twist. (which is set to the screen, then a bezel if you prefer) 4mm is good ? Thanks in advance. =)
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I'm making something a little different in the Wreck it Ralph series and converting my Sega Outrunners 2 player cab into the Sugar Rush Cab, am currently playing with the artwork as there aren't any hires pics of the cab that i can find, my photoshop skills aren't the best but i'm going to give it a go. I have 2 logitech G27 wheels for the cab and i'm looking at monitor sizes, hoping for 27" 3D screens but will have to see how big I can fit in there. I'll post updates as I progress.
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Hi Hyperspin Fans! Question: I want to have super high gloss finish on my MDF cab. I already bought water based enamel but think I shout have bought auto spray enamel. Has any achieved a smooth high gloss or even an automotive type sheen to their cab with water based enamel? What's the best way to get a high gloss finish? Thanks!
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Best Joysticks/Buttons?
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Hey Everyone! If I care about performance what are the best joysticks out there? How about buttons? I have some of both in my pre-configured cabinet but want to see if I'm missing out. Thanks!
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I pick up this NeoGeo cabinet I bought last week on Monday. I am not sure what board it has in it but it currently is running King of fighters 2000. I plan on getting the 160-in-1 multicart for it once I know for sure what board it has. Does anyone know what board (single slot, dual slot, etc..) I need for the multicart to work? I did some photoshop work to figure out what I want the new graphics to look like. Here is what I am thinking, I may change it.. not sure yet. Plus after I make the template for this cabinet I will be able to offer others exact fit graphics for this cabinet too.
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Well decided on my theme. A marvel deadpool then. Gonna start Collecting comic art and sound bites so the windows load will be custom along with trying to get a loading video for hs as well for him. Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using Tapatalk 2
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Just wanted to take a minute, and say a huge thank you, to this whole hyperspin 'world'. Over this past winter, I've spent my spare time reading the forums, and planning my own cabinet setup. I've now finished. It #$%^&^% rocks. Just thought I'd say a general thanks to anyone, and everyone willing to take a minute to read this........I got my hands on an old 'Jungle King' cab, and stripped the guts. I wanted a used, roughed up cab, like i grew up with (grew up...lol..well that's debatable). I dropped in an x-arcade (ipac the next one). A 22" lcd, and slapped together an amdx3 with a big @$# hard drive. A friend of mine helped wire led's into the coin slots etc, and I …
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Hi guys, Its been a few years since i've built a cabinet. This time though i decided to build a small bartop cabinet for my nephew's 2nd birthday present as he just loves to play on my cabinet when he comes around. I wanted to do this on a budget so most of it was built on parts i had lying around. Decided to build this one though with a raspberry pi so no hyperspin on this cabinet. All in all the project ran over a week including 3d modeling, cutting wood, painting, wiring, programming. Parts List 15" Samsung LCD (had lying around) Raspberry Pi model b (had lying around) 32gb SD card (had lying around) Old PC speakers (had lying around) Buttons and…
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I've got a marquee print in the post, but I still don't have the lighting unit to put behind it. Really not sure what I should be looking to buy, do I need to get something cabinet specific or can I just pick up something from your average DIY shop. The Marquee itself is 540mm
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Hi everyone ,I'm in the uk north wales and am after a decent company who prints top quality marquees anybody no of any on my area.
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I haven't long started my project and I am currently just posting all of the background information. I have built a very basic prototype control panel out of scrap bits of wood so I will post about that with pictures on the blog. Hopefully soon I will actually get to building the cabinet then the real fun will begin. I will bump this thread every now and then when I update the blog. So here is the blog: http://bubbob.retro.me.uk/
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Hi All, Just wanted to share my first Bartop build. The pictures of different stages of the cabinet: Thanks to mikekim for the help and ideas. Thanks to Lucian045 for the Vinyl.
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Hi, I am new to the site and am in need of rebuilding an arcade cabinet that will have hyperspin in it. I purchased the cabinet with hyperspin already configured. It needs work. Eventually I will replace the 17" monitor with a larger 20" monitor as well as a more powerful computer to run hyperspin with all emulators, N64 PSX Daphne, roms etc (but that i will do after i work on the cabinet) . I'm also looking to patch holes for the buttons to relocate them. i'm going to need to sandblast and put primer on the wood. Here are pics of the cabinet I need to work on. If any of you can give me the best advice possible to fix up the cabinet, including what primer and wood p…
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Does anyone have any usb light gun suggestions? I need to eventually get two for my cab. Not really familiar with what's available and what is good. how are the ems top guns?
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Hey fellow cab builders One of my side projects is a DK cab that i want to use the "fix it felix Jnr" artwork that i got from this great forums, now before i get my artwork printed i eas thinking on how new this machine is going to look, i know this is a made up theme but i like idea of it being a little beat up, has anyone done this and what Method did you use to age the artwork Here's a little idea of what i mean Before After
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Hello. I have transparent buttons installed, but not yet lit. If I just want the lights to turn on when the system is on, but nothing else fancy, what would I need and how would I go about it? Computer is up and running and working. Thanks!!!
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Here is my new build... it's a slim (very slim) vewlix custom all from 3/4 '' MDF using a vertical 26" insignia HDTV, the CP is being made custom from Kray... http://www.kraylixarcade.com/ and some of the ideas from Donovan Myers build http://www.donovanmyers.com/ ... this is the link to the 32" widescreen vewlix / kraylix build http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?p=120725#post120725
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Hey Everyone.. i'm building my cabinet and im using a USB ANALOG GAMEPAD. i have everything set. analog plunger and analog nudge 360. but everytime I plug the gamepad i need to PUSH the MODE button to set the gamepad to analog mode... is it somehow possible to get this button pushed every time I plug the controler? (i don't want to place in the pinball front a MODE button.) i was hopping to set this automaticaly electronicaly or using any soft. Any Ideas? THANKS!!!!
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Here is a look at my Christmas gift to myself. It is a widebody arcade, we used a 42 inch LED, and a quad panel. It also has PacDrive's for the LED buttons. I have a airbrush artist who is taking the silver spinner dial and putting Captain America's shield onto it. I will have it back next week and will post the pictures of the shield.
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I got the idea of a versus tabletop that is portable a while ago. The idea stemmed from me wanting a 'Coleco head-to-head basketball handheld' from back in day. This tabletop I want to take anywhere and play for several hours without the need of a power cord plugged into the wall. I guess I could get a older, cheaper laptop and do this and run most mame and 16 bit systems, but the only problem with that is, I wouldn't be able to run my favorite FE which is hyperspin. Hyperspin requires a more powerful-more expensive laptop, and I don't want to break down my new expensive notebook to do that. Plus the run time from the battery wouldn't be like I want, which is several hour…
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comming attraction....the U360r http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=118265.0
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Started on a new sit down vertical cab yesterday and my goal is to get it done in about 3 to 4 days; spending about 5-6 hours a day after work. So it's nothing really fancy. The cab is designed to be in 3 parts; the base, the top, and the control panel. So on day one I started with the control panel.. DAY ONE: The cp. Simple stuff here. Zippy joysticks and Happ like buttons. 8-way 1 & 2 players and a single 4-way. These joysticks are great when using a wood panel. Nothing is better than glue and biscuits when connecting thin woods like MDF. Biscuit joiner not needed, just need the proper router bit. China made dual joypad has a total of 28 inputs, not bad for …
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