97% done. Still needs: back door painted back door lock cam extended Happ buttons. The ones that are on there now *suck* I had it out on the porch last Halloween. Kids went CRAZY over it. Had it set to play just Ghosts and Goblins (for Halloween…heh) but swapped it […]
Mame
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I swiped the 486 out a while ago for an eMachines Delhi III board. It has a 500MHz chip, that I can unfortunately only get up to 450 MHz. 200MB drive with ArcadeOS and Mame .98. Galaga doesn’t run full framerate (59/60 FPS) but with a frameskip of 1, it’s […]
I really need to update more often. The monitor in the picture above had to be replaced. I’m not sure what happened. I left it on one night, and when I came downstairs in the morning the whole right side had a milky cast over it. A cap kit might […]
Hooked up the keyboard hack. Had to change around a *lot* of keys, since I’m using a non-standard layout. Glad I’m not going to be using VAntAGE eventually, I can’t play Galaga at all. The machine is just too slow. So I’ll use it to play Space Invaders and Galaxian […]
And here’s the picture. It’s 95% physically complete. Still need to polyurethane the sides, and get the hardware installed. Also want to replace the power cord, but can’t find my replacement cords. Some minor wood filler needed on a back upper corner, and some touch-up black paint in areas.
Really, *really* close to being done with the construction part. Heck, even the software part is mostly done. Since this project will (at least at first) just be running games that use similar controls to Galaxian (Galaxian, Galaga, Space Invaders, etc) pretty much all I have to do is shut […]
*Finally* got around to staining the beast. Some pictures of before, and the first coat. I’ll apply another coat tomorrow as it’s nowhere dark enough for my tastes. Here’s a before shot And here’s the first coat. I also finally got a video amp. Hooked it up with a test […]
I’ve wanted a Pac-Man style cabinet for some time, so when Gary from Boston offered one up on RGVAC for $75, I jumped, since it came with a monitor. It did came with this control panel, but without the joystick or a PCB. The idea was to have vertical games […]
I received an extremely water damaged Taito cabinet a couple years ago from Dan Lane in MA. It was good for hardware only, as the wood had *extreme* water damage. It sat in my mothers garage until just last month. I had considered using it as a template and cutting […]
Here’s what it looked like before I bought it and started work. In it’s first life it was a WWF Wrestlefest cabinet. Since this is only a two player cabinet, the plan is to replace the front wood with an area for one door. Sell the other. Currently with a […]