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In these pics they are not fully completed, but they actually are and I will get more video and pics of them soon. So a few good friends of mine finally bit the bullet and wanted to build some hyperspin cabs. So here are the pics. I will post more pics of what they looked like before when I get them. First cab, the pedestal cab. My buddy Jason completely designed this himself and I did the artwork and printing. We used my new matte finish textured laminate which looks amazing! The pedestal is a 2 player with LED buttons consisting of two LEDWIZ boards running all buttons and LED's. The monitor (not shown in pictures yet) is a 70" LED that mounts on the wall. The pedesta…
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Hey all, long time creepy lurker here. Just finished my first ever arcade cab with the help of my fantastic father, without whom I would still be buying tools and trying to figure out how not to be terrible at woodworking. I learned quite a bit through the process and probably feel confident enough to try this on my own when I start the (from what I understand inevitable) second project. What I'm saying is I went into this project a daughter and came out a son. Haha, not really - I was totally always a son. Used 3/4" cabinet grade birch plywood for the body, went with a stained wood/black outline on most parts, all varnished for a very shiny, wet-looking finish. I'm hap…
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Hi guys, I come from the XBMC community and have built my own HTPC -- after reading countless threads and full guides about selecting HTPC parts -- but I'm really nervous about building my own bartop arcade. I've found a few video tutorials on the "shell" portion of the bartop, but I can't find many guides on selecting the hardware -- both computer hardware and buttons/I Pac etc. I know only enough to know that I'm not quite ready, and am hoping there are dome guides you wonderful people might link me to to get me started. Id really appreciate it Owen Sent from my ADR6425LVW using Tapatalk 2
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Finally finished my Hyperspin Arcade. Thanks for a great product and very helpful forums! Pics are attached.
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Who has installed one of the LG monitors as a marquee? Did you decase it? How did you mount it?
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Hello fellow 'Spinners' first off I want to thank everyone on this site for all of their hardwork, dedication and all-out awesomeness at creating, maintaining, and resurrecting this 'retro' scene. I first discovered Hyperspin about 8 months ago when I began work on my first MAME cabinet and have never looked back! Though I haven't formally introduced myself nor posted on these forums before I have read alot of the posts and gotten so much help from everyone here that I feel like I know some of you already. Today I come to you with a question (or several maybe). I recently bought an old 'Grand Champion' standup driving cabinet (Taito, 1981) everything works great a…
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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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