FireSlash Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 So last week I picked up an old Fighter's History cab for $100. It's not the prettiest thing in the world, but thing wrong with it is lazy wiring (and missing side art) However, the game itself is awful. It's basically a SF clone, and an awful one at that. So, add an old computer, some emulators, Hyperspin, and a lot of creative wiring to produce: EMULATOR CABINET. I just finished it up last night so I only got the Genesis emulator set up before it got a bit late.... But you've not played Genesis games until you've played them on an arcade cabinet. It's a magical experience. So on to the nitty gritty details: I replaced the game board with some misc PC parts I had sitting around, threw windows XP on, and installed Hyperspin to make things a bit easier to navigate. The video card is an arcadeVGA from Ultimarc (Basically a modified Radeon HD 2600 that supports arcade monitor resolutions and refresh rates natively). Input is handled via a J-Pac, and sound is through the original cabinet speakers, amplified with the amp from a Genius SW-V2.1 1250 computer speaker system The setup was pretty easy to wire really, the hardest part is with the software setup and fixing all of the awful wiring in the cab. Overall cost: ~$300 total. Totally worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardicKnowledge Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 That is awesome. You lucked out getting the cabinet so cheaply! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROTO·DOME Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Pics or it didn't happen. Srsly man sounds so kick-ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireSlash Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 Pics or it didn't happen.Srsly man sounds so kick-ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychowolf Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 This is something im planning to do when i move out and get my own place. *asks what frontend your using then realises my mistake when i realise hyperspin is one* >.< Atm all i have is emuloader just to use with mame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linkspast Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 sweet looks goood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phalanx Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Some would say this is what happens when nerds have too much time on their hands. We call it motivated genius. Rock on, man. Rock on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonamer Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Dude, you better bring that to MAGfest. That would be the star of the whole thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernabogue Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Wow, looks sweet, man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Dude, you better bring that to MAGfest. That would be the star of the whole thing! "Alright sir, here is your plane ticket to Alexandria, Virginia. And now for your luggage... will that be carry-on?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinewav Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I want one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moseph Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Sweet. Are you going to try to do some kind of custom cabinet art or just leave it as-is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireSlash Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 Sweet. Are you going to try to do some kind of custom cabinet art or just leave it as-is? I'm waffling between getting a large adhesive print done or letting one of my art friends having her way with it. Right now I'm more worried about getting all the software set up and the hardware mounted somewhat securely. At the moment only the Genesis emu works properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Species8472 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I've been planning on building a cabinet for a while. I just don't have the space to put it anywhere so I haven't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychowolf Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 If your gonna use Mame i suggest version 1.33 and RomNation.net and emuparadise for the rom's seeing as those seem to work best on that version strangely. (mainly romNation) Normally i wouldn't suggest the sites But seeing as mame is rather fickle with what rom's it allows theres not much else i could do if i want to help put you in the right direction. I tried the newer version and it didnt recognize most of the roms i had so i downgraded again. Must admit right now i've been testing out Hyperspin and it keeps freezing on me for some reason, not sure why but i'm working on figuring it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gario Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 ... ... I will comment as soon as my brain fully accepts what you've just done. ...*drools*... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pezman Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Babycastles does this for all their games. Except they use custom cabinets and Mad Catz type controllers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowbar Man Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I find it strange you'd use a Genesis emulator to play Arcade games in your Arcade Cabinet, compared to the vastly superior arcade originals Other than that AWESOME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireSlash Posted April 16, 2011 Author Share Posted April 16, 2011 I find it strange you'd use a Genesis emulator to play Arcade games in your Arcade Cabinet, compared to the vastly superior arcade originals Other than that AWESOME I was having problems with the rom set I was using not lining up with MAME. As above mentioned, MAME is very annoyingly fickle about rom vs mame versions. Also I've not had any issues with HyperSpin crashing or hanging, but it's fairly intensive so you might want to check your video card and cooling and etc. I'm using the latest arcadeVGA (ATI HD2600 I think) for reference, but I was using an 8600GT before that and neither had problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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