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Spacies 3 sided cocktail


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For those of you who don't know what a 3 sided cocktail is, well it has an extra control panel to play horizontal games.

Why build a 3 sided cocktail? Well for this guy its a matter of what the 'boss' will let in the house.

 

This is a JAMMA machine, not MAME, so I put this in the Arcade section.

 

In a nutshell:

 

Custom spacies black cab with chrome t-edge and an extra control panel.

TV screen with Jomac Chassis.

Vertical panels have 1 x Mag Stick Plus and 3 buttons. Artwork for these CPs will be based on Xevious side art.

Horizontal Panel will have 2 x Mag Stick Plus and have Multi Williams layout and artwork.

Art under the glass is a collage from localarcade.com with a vector of the Pacman maze which I have used before.

 

I am concerned about 'over arting' (:lol) but we will see.

 

Its starting to take shape and looks real good.

Pics soon.

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2.5 months. thats gotta be a record!

 

(slowest ever) :D :lol :D

 

Yeah, those bugs really suck. They must smell paint miles away and all head straight for it. Mofos. Black is a nightmare as well.

 

Uploading pics now.

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Man you guys are impatient.

 

Some boring stuff first up.

 

So yeah, I am using the Mag Stick Plus which are switchable from 4 to 8 way from the top. Just lift the shaft and rotate. Very cool idea. I am not totally convinced on these sticks but haven't had a go with them yet. They have a very short throw.

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310590925.jpg

 

You see the little white lever? That slides left and right when you change the confiuration. Nifty.

 

Theses sticks come standard as bat top but I wanted balls. Ball top shafts are extra $$$$. Some ning nong ordered the wrong length shafts so I had to flush mount them.

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310595218.jpg

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310590675.jpg

 

Excuse my rough cutting but the router shit itself last week so I had to use a blade and chisel :lol

To flush mount these I had to pull them to bits. It wasn't too hard but watch that darn spring and the locking washers. They dissapear right before your eyes.

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310590929.jpg

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310590927.jpg

 

That is the main plate fixed in place. Fairly straight forward stuff there.

 

Ta da:

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310590933.jpg

 

The body of the stick screwed to the plate.

 

I was going to just stick the art to the top of the panel but because that idiot (me) ordered the wrong shafts I now have to cover the art with plexi. I don't like the plexi to be higher the the t-molding so I offset the slot by the thickness of the plexi, in this case 3mm, so the plexi will now sit flush with the t-molding. (hopefully)

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310590931.jpg

 

More in a minute. Still typing.

 

Yeah,

 

As I said earlier, the vertical panels are having Xevious art.

I modded the side art to suit these panels:

 

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310591298.jpg

 

All buttons on this thing are going to be illuminated. This took ages to do. First up solder wires to the prongs on the LED. Cover the prongs with heatshrink. Cut wire again further up and solder in a resistor. Cover that with heatshrink. Drill holes in the base of the button. Multiply that by tons and you are done.

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310591304.jpg

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310591301.jpg

 

Now comes the problem with darn translucent buttons. The are different sizes. Out with the files spacies:

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310591305.jpg

 

Its too hot to be doing that. Need beer.

 

Okily dokily.

All the buttons in and all the LED wires ready to go:

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310591306.jpg

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Now for the good stuff:

 

Vertical panel:

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310591921.jpg

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310591919.jpg

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310591927.jpg

 

The very beautiful horizontal panel:

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310591918.jpg

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310592101.jpg

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310592098.jpg

 

Righto,

 

Back to work.

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Very nice.

 

Did you print your artwork yourself or go to a printer???

 

Thanks :)

 

I did it myself.

 

omg... that is amazing!!!! :)

 

i should have got u to build my cp's!!

 

Thanks.

 

I could build them. But they are already done?

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Were you hoping we didn't notice the 'flap' and 'inviso' buttons aren't aligned to the artwork?

 

Don't worry, I'm just picky because I'm jealous and can't do artwork for shit.... its my achilies heel ;)

 

Nice work, where'd you buy the magsticks/tranlucent buttons?

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LOL. Its always hard trying to line up custom stuff.

The Inviso is about half a mm off. I could make the hole a bit bigger then it will centre. The shadow is stopping you from seeing the yellow all the way around.

And the flap/reverse, I should have moved the right wing closer. Oh well. I ain't changing it now!

 

Magsticks from Ultimarc and the buttons from Rollies (forget his name on BYOAC). Should look cool lit up.

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:041: Those cp's look kick ass.

 

Well Done.

 

Thanks mate. I knew the Williams would be ok but wasn't sure on the other one. I tried green and blue buttons in it but the clear look dope. I am not sure what colour to light them? Green or Blue? Or?

 

Some more pics:

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310610499.jpg

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310610487.jpg

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310610496.jpg

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/310610491.jpg

 

 

:)

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LOL. Its always hard trying to line up custom stuff.

 

You're right there... after printing my first CP overlay for my 'version2 control panel' on the upright, I've decided I will print FIRST in future THEN drill the holes, rather than trying to line them up the other way around.

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  • 2 weeks later...

2 weeks since I started this thread already! Crikey!

 

Just been playing this machine.

Only have 1 more build shot:

 

Its a jungle in there!

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/312941007.jpg

 

About 10 feet from me:

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/312941009.jpg

 

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2001/10876724/19356211/312941012.jpg

 

Time to play! Goodbye :)

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Thanks.

 

Geez I dunno mate. If you only had 1 cab then you would have to try these sticks. I reckon you would get used to them pretty quick. I don't know how well they would work on Streetfighter etc because the throw is incredibly short. I actually thought they handled Robotron very well but they a square restrictor inside which isn't ideal for that game.

 

I had a guy here who hadn't played video games since the 80's and he (like a ton of others) reckoned the joysticks weren't working properly. First thing I ask is what game are you playing? 8 times out of 10 they are playing Rally X and they just aren't planning their next move and expect the car to turn like Pacman. Then they get mad at the joysticks and really start yanking the fuckin things. Thats when they get told off ever so politely. I jump on and show them that joysticks aren't pressure sensitive. Its either on or off.

 

The sticks are different to anything you have ever used. They are magnetically centred. That and the throw, it makes them seem very stiff and clunky. Would I recommended them? Yes, but only if you had 1 cab and were running a PCB. If you were running MAME, U360s would be much better. Would I buy more, yes.

 

I also had to tweak them a bit out of the box because the 4-8 way mechanism was getting stuck. Too hard to explain, but I can see a plastic part of the mechanism that would wear out after a while, but I suspect Ultimarc would have spares. Not sure why this piece is made from plastic and not metal.

 

Don't judge me though. Each to their own. Its a great idea and it works well. If these were the first sticks you had for your cab, you would be stoked.

 

:)

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