Comments on: Arcade Dev-Kit : LvL-Up !

By: Orni

Orni — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:32:32 +0000

I’m using an encoder called interfasd which translates my micro controller inputs into keyboard inputs through the PS2 port (without any ghosting or latency)

however – I think you would have a hard time finding an interfasd now. your best bet would be an i-pac, which does effectively the same thing

By: LoneStranger

LoneStranger — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:34:39 +0000

How do you have your joysticks/buttons connected to the PC? Are you using the a UGCI USB interface?

By: Codexus

Codexus — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:46:27 +0000

Insane!

By: pekuja

pekuja — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:41:47 +0000

It’s every game nerd’s dream… Some day, when I have the room for one, I’ll make time and build one.

By: Orni

Orni — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:53:53 +0000

cool – you have to finish that !
once it’s done it’s way more fun – I’m looking forward to completing mine

By: mohammad

mohammad — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:35:56 +0000

Oh shit.
In a few days you’ll have House Of The Dead with those Inferred Laser Guns and stuff.

By: Orni

Orni — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:40:47 +0000

well – about the designs … there isn’t much to design, just decide on a cabinet width. I’m using 60cm – since that’s pretty good for 2 players while still not being to wide. take a look at some shematics of arcade cabinets – especially side-view and simply decide on one you like … since all your inner parts are 60cm (or whatever) width and your material has whatever thickness it has, it’s simply a matter of looking at some arcade cabinet blueprints and figuring out how you want yours to look like.
then you go to some place you can buy your material, buy some sheets in the width you want (or ask them if they are kind enough to cut away the rest) and then you have to simply cut out the different lenghts you need for all your middle parts. the side parts aren’t that much more troublesome, just use some simple geometry to transfer the outer line to your sheet of wood – cut it, lay that thing on an other sheet and make a duplicate. the backside is again simply a sheet of 60cm wide wood.
the woodworking part is very easy as you can see – I never made anything like this before … and I hadn’t any problems.
however – if you have some money and/or want a professional cabinet, consider hiring a carpenter or buying a old junkyard cabinet.

for the controls I used a ‘interfasd’ encoder and a bunch of simple microcontroller buttons – which is very easy soldering and connecting work. the frontend is called maximus arcade 2.10 and also quite easy to use

I think once I’m done with everything (which make take 1-2 months since I’m busy with university stuff at the moment) I’m going to write some sort of guide or experience report about it on my blog: orni.tumblr.com

By: DavidErosa

DavidErosa — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:37:46 +0000

Oh, can’t edit comments. Here’s the hi-res image http://i.imgur.com/7PRM8.jpg

By: DavidErosa

DavidErosa — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:34:53 +0000

That’s great! My wife and I built ours 5 years ago while she was pregnant It’s still not really finished, as it has lot of scratches from two movings and still no proper monitor nor panel. Take a look at it!

http://imgur.com/a/LIVHq

Here’s how it fits in my current despacho: http://i.imgur.com/7PRM8l.jpg

Pd. Sorry, I don’t have any plans for it. We made it using our intuition

By: Starmen

Starmen — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:27:51 +0000

Oh my sweet jesus. This is a thing I want. I need a new project and I think building my own arcade machine is going to be it. I have a really old Pentium 4 PC laying around that is riddled with viruses from years of use by several people. So tempted to reformat it and rip it to pieces and build an arcade machine out of it.

Would you consider releasing the designs of your cabinet once you finish them? I wouldn’t know where to start building something like that because woodwork was never my strongest skill.

By: iandioch

iandioch — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:03:13 +0000

This looks fantastic.

By: LoneStranger

LoneStranger — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:44:09 +0000

Do you have plans that you’ve used to construct it, or are you winging it? It looks very well done. Can’t wait to see how it progresses.