Building an arcade machine from scratch

YzGyz · 07-17-2014, 06:29 PM

I have some cool game o n emulator. I only went as far as buying a "Fight Stick" to play them.

Wolfenstein · 07-19-2014, 08:01 PM

Made a little progress today on the controller deck

just need to order 2 buttons that will be the "escape" and "pause" buttons. hence the empty holes. now that i have the controller deck built i can measure it to create a vinyl for it in photoshop

Wolfenstein · 07-22-2014, 08:08 AM

Last night I did most of the wiring for the buttons and LEDs. All the buttons and LEDs worked first try which was AWESOME, I hate troubleshooting......

JARblue · 07-22-2014, 08:43 AM

Very cool!!

Sub'd for final results.

SouthArk370Z · 07-22-2014, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolfenstein

... All the buttons and LEDs worked first try ...

A sure sign of impending catastrophe.

kenchan · 07-22-2014, 10:15 AM

wolf- nice, it's coming along!

ummm.. you're not going to plasti-shittt the housing later right?

Jordo! · 07-22-2014, 10:17 AM

That is awesome -- love it!

You should see if you can get that Mugen software -- then you can have also have games where Super Mario can fight Homer Simpson and the like

Wolfenstein · 07-22-2014, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z

A sure sign of impending catastrophe.

God, I hope I didn't jynx myself

Wolfenstein · 07-22-2014, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

wolf- nice, it's coming along!

ummm.. you're not going to plasti-shittt the housing later right?

The whole machine will eventually be wrapped in vinyl that I made in photoshop. I did not make the images themselves but I did scale/fade/adjust them to what I like. I will post the .jpeg's of the vinyls when I get a chance. They are already printed and chilling in my garage waiting for the rest of the machine to be finished before I apply them.

Wolfenstein · 07-22-2014, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Jordo!

That is awesome -- love it!

You should see if you can get that Mugen software -- then you can have also have games where Super Mario can fight Homer Simpson and the like

I will look into that

kenchan · 07-22-2014, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolfenstein

The whole machine will eventually be wrapped in vinyl that I made in photoshop. I did not make the images themselves but I did scale/fade/adjust them to what I like. I will post the .jpeg's of the vinyls when I get a chance. They are already printed and chilling in my garage waiting for the rest of the machine to be finished before I apply them.

nice~!

Wolfenstein · 07-22-2014, 02:27 PM

scratch the posting of the .jpeg's...they are like 30mb a piece because of the resolution and I don't have photoshop on my work pc to scale them down

JARblue · 07-22-2014, 02:29 PM

Using Windows? Try the resize function in mspaint if it will open them.

Wolfenstein · 07-22-2014, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Using Windows? Try the resize function in mspaint if it will open them.

ya, I am using windows but paint won't open them I am assuming due to the size of the files. The two sides are 11550x21900 pixels at 300 dpi with a file size of 31.7mb lol

JARblue · 07-22-2014, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolfenstein

ya, I am using windows but paint won't open them I am assuming due to the size of the files. The two sides are 11550x21900 pixels at 300 dpi with a file size of 31.7mb lol

Haha yeah... I wondered if that might be a problem. Sounds like you'll just have to use more sophisticated software.

07-19-2014, 08:01 PM	#17 (permalink)
Wolfenstein Base Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Cleveland Posts: 221 Drives: '13 Nismo \| '14 WRX Rep Power: 12	Made a little progress today on the controller deck just need to order 2 buttons that will be the "escape" and "pause" buttons. hence the empty holes. now that i have the controller deck built i can measure it to create a vinyl for it in photoshop YzGyz likes this. __________________

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Wolfenstein Base Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Cleveland Posts: 221 Drives: '13 Nismo \| '14 WRX Rep Power: 12	Last night I did most of the wiring for the buttons and LEDs. All the buttons and LEDs worked first try which was AWESOME, I hate troubleshooting...... Mr&Mrs and SouthArk370Z like this. __________________

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Jordo! A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: nirvana Posts: 6,394 Drives: 2023 NATM Rep Power: 418	That is awesome -- love it! You should see if you can get that Mugen software -- then you can have also have games where Super Mario can fight Homer Simpson and the like Wolfenstein likes this. __________________ Enjoy it. Destroy it.

07-22-2014, 02:27 PM	#27 (permalink)
Wolfenstein Base Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Cleveland Posts: 221 Drives: '13 Nismo \| '14 WRX Rep Power: 12	scratch the posting of the .jpeg's...they are like 30mb a piece because of the resolution and I don't have photoshop on my work pc to scale them down __________________

07-17-2014, 06:29 PM	#16 (permalink)
YzGyz A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Houston Posts: 1,449 Drives: 2010 Nismo Rep Power: 63	I have some cool game o n emulator. I only went as far as buying a "Fight Stick" to play them.

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kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	wolf- nice, it's coming along! ummm.. you're not going to plasti-shittt the housing later right?

07-22-2014, 02:29 PM	#28 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 43 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684440	Using Windows? Try the resize function in mspaint if it will open them. __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

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