waali Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 (edited) The family room console cabinet, retro gaming for the whole family :) Ikea Kallax 4x2 cube unit Ikea kitchen cabinet legs, kick panels (removable kick panels to access power boards/plug packs, legs wound up to allow air gap above kick panels) MDF backing Spa switch for power cutoff Customer under couch controller storage drawer. Sega SG-1000, RGB mod, SC3000 Megacart, custom scart cable Sega Master System 2, Master Everdrive, RGB mod, RGC scart cable Sega Megadrive II, MegaSD, RGC scart cable Sega Saturn, PicoPSU, MODE purchased, RGC scart cable. Sega Dreamcast, USB-GDROM, PicoPSU, BitFunX HDMI adapter Atari 2600 Jnr, Harmony SD, 2600RGB mod/scart cable Atari Jaguar, RGC scart cable, Jaguar GameDrive when it becomes available SNK NeoGeo MVS-1C CBOX, Universe Bios v4.0, Clock crystal mod, NeoSD, custom scart cable Capcom System II, Darksoft multigame, Digital AV Interface, CPS2IO Sammy Atomiswave, RCA Audio Mod, Modified CPS2IO. Taito F3, Minigun, custom scart cable Panasonic 3DO FZ-1, USB host controller, 3DORGB mod, RGC scart cable Concord TVG-203, composite output mod, custom scart cable Xbox 360, Kinect, Unmodified Xbox, Xecuter bios, OEM component adapter Playstation 1, PSIO, RGC scart cable Playstation 2, Softmod, RGC scart cable Playstation 3, Unmodified PC-Engine, Turbo Everdrive, AV-Driver RGB Mod, RGC scart cable Nintendo NES, Everdrive n8, NESRGB and scart cable Nintendo SNES, Superdrive, RGC scart cable Nintendo 64, Everdrive 64, N64RGB mod, RGC scart cable Nintendo GameCube, GCLoader, SD2SP2, Insurrection Carby HDMI adapter Nintendo Wii, soft mod, WII2HDMI adapter. OSSC Scaler WHydra2.1 16 port scart switch 2 x Unnlink HDMI switch 5X1 Additional consoles in the lounge: Xbox One Nintendo Switch Nvidia Shield TV Odroid XU4, OGST Case, Retro Arena image. Edited June 6, 2020 by waali 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1.21 Gigawatts Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Recently completed the family room console cabinet. A little more cable tidying to complete but otherwise really happy with the outcome. Ikea Kallax 4x2 cube unit, drawers, kallax inserts cut in half Ikea kitchen cabinet legs, kick panels (removable kick panels to access power boards/plug packs, legs wound up to allow air gap above kick panels) MDF backing Nintendo 64, RGB mod and output Sega Megadrive II, RGB output Consolised NeoGeo MVS-1C, RGB output (stereo modified) Sega Saturn, RGB output Xbox, Xecuter, component output Xbox 360, Kinect, VGA output RetroFlag SuperPi, RPi3b+, Retropie Infinity image with additions Playstation 3 Nintendo Wii, chipped Atari 2600 Jnr, RGB mod and output Concord (Bingo) TVG-203, replaced RF lead and controller potentiometers, RF output... Pong! Bandridge 5 Way Scart Selector SVB7725 Scart to HDMI converter SGEYR 6x1 HDMI Switch Additional consoles in the lounge: Xbox One Nintendo Switch Nvidia Shield TV Retroflag NESPi, RPi3b, Standard Retropie image Thanks. I like your style. Would the unit support a 65” TV? Did you simply Leave out the top middle panel. Sent from my iPhone using Aussie Arcade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waali Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 Thanks. Unit would easily support a 65" TV, I used 8 kitchen legs which are quite strong. Wall mount the TV and run the wiring in the wall, it'll look better. We used an older 46" bravia on a pivot wall mount as the couch is against the wall on the left side. I rotated one of the vertical panels and had to drill out, slightly, one of the smaller panels so the dowels would fit. The panel was left out for a couple of reasons, to create more space around the xbox's, they create a lot of heat, and so the wii sensor could be mounted centrally. The is no mdf behind the middle section due to heat. Pics of air gap and kitchen legs, kick panel clips below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waali Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 Rebuilt the upper middle shelves to a single unit, shuffled the consoles around a little and tidied up all the wiring... much nicer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waali Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) Found a few goodies at K-Mart. Pac-Man lamp and Gadget decals. Upgraded the N64, Megadrive and Saturn scart cables to RGC scart. Cable fixed the ghosting on the N64, supersharp picture now. Megadrive and Saturn were already good so no difference there. Edited November 29, 2018 by waali 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vazzler Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) Looks great! Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk Edited November 27, 2018 by Vazzler Saw the answer a few posts up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st_surlizmo Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 clean set up! how do you like the CBOX MVS? I picked one up recently and it's been pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waali Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 (edited) clean set up! how do you like the CBOX MVS? I picked one up recently and it's been pretty good. Thanks. I really like the CBOX. Playing with Sega Saturn arcade sticks has been a lot of fun! Aesthetically though I don't understand why they didn't move the player 1 inputs a little further left and put the power button in the middle, it would've looked nicer. :unsure On mine the battery was still original and had some corrosion so I replaced it. I also removed the hacked universe bios chip and replaced it with an adaptor and a legit Universe Bios v4.0 Lastly I cut the audio wires on the scart cable connector and wired in rca's as the RGBs connector only outputs mono. Edited November 29, 2018 by waali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st_surlizmo Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Nice going with the mods! I haven’t got a monitor that takes rgb scart yet so have just been running via s-video. Picture quality is pretty good but has some slight noise/interference. Other than that it’s been great so far. Also need to hunt down some Saturn sticks ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waali Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 Nice going with the mods! I haven’t got a monitor that takes rgb scart yet so have just been running via s-video. Picture quality is pretty good but has some slight noise/interference. Other than that it’s been great so far. Also need to hunt down some Saturn sticks ;) Highly recommend RGBS/scart cable with a HDMI converter, perfect picture. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/OOTDTY-SCART-HDMI-To-HDMI-HD-Video-Converter-Box-720P-1080P-3-5mm-Coaxial-Audio-Out/32857495225.html I grabbed one of these as a second, I think they are new old stock. Sega Saturn Virtua Stick Arcade Joystick. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SEGA-SATURN-Virtua-Stick-Arcade-Joystick-MODEL-MK-80112-010086801125-07/311713741213 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st_surlizmo Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Highly recommend RGBS/scart cable with a HDMI converter, perfect picture. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/OOTDTY-SCART-HDMI-To-HDMI-HD-Video-Converter-Box-720P-1080P-3-5mm-Coaxial-Audio-Out/32857495225.html I grabbed one of these as a second, I think they are new old stock. Sega Saturn Virtua Stick Arcade Joystick. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SEGA-SATURN-Virtua-Stick-Arcade-Joystick-MODEL-MK-80112-010086801125-07/311713741213 Excellent! thanks for the recommendations! I'm currently running all my consoles on a consumer Trinitron CRT but have been thinking about using an upscaler of some sort to run via my HDTV ;) Do you get much input lag with this unit from aliexpress? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waali Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 No lag that I've noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waali Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 I few updates and a major overhaul in the works. No photos atm. Additions: - MS2 from a mate added to the collection, converted it to S-video. Have a second unit on the way to convert to RGB. - PS2, needed a new button battery. - OSSC, not plugged in as yet. Items on the way: PS1, DC and SNES from a forum member. Multicarts, HDD adapter and RGB cables, among others. gscartsw 8 port scart switch Looking for a NES to complete the collection. Overhaul: Plan on adding all the new consoles to the Kallax unit with a bunch of custom shelves. Will lose the drawers but plan to make a container for the controllers, etc. that will slide under the couch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waali Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 PS1, Gamecube, Dreamcast and SNES have arrived and look great! Thank you redferatu! Also picked up a NES in decent condition yesterday. Now for a bunch of cleaning/modding. RGB all of the things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waali Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) Pics of the latest additions below. Spend some time cleaning (sandpaper and plastic polish) the GameCube and while its lost the texture its now back to its original colour. Last pic shows the darkening against the finished lid. Edited February 5, 2019 by waali additional comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redferatu Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Nice one, they look great. You'll need a bigger TV unit soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waali Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 (edited) Picked up a Master System 2 in great condition. Modified it to RGB by building Arcade TV's RGB bypass board from OSH Park. Previous MS2 with S-Video for sale soon. RF module removed and ground/audio/5V posts added. Also replaced the voltage regulator with something more modern (upper right) Built PCB spaced up from main board and soldered in place. Resistors removed to connect R, G, B and composite R, G, B and composite wires soldered in place 8-pin socket wired up Socket and mainboard in place for hot glue. Hot glue applied and board removed Socket leads soldered and more glue applied View from the rear... giggidy Son had no objections testing :) Also made some up some labels for the custom scart cables to match the RGC cables Edited February 6, 2019 by waali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waali Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 (edited) The last of the consoles arrived today. Technically not a console but it will be consolised, no hole drilling though. New old stock Atomiswave with second hand expansion covers and Knights of Valor, this thing is mint. Edited February 6, 2019 by waali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redferatu Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 What drew you to the atomiswave? Dolphin and metal slug are pretty good, but everything else I didn't really get into or there were perfectly good ports. Sent from my HTC 2PZF1 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waali Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 Those exact two games :) Finding them though will be the fun bit. What drew you to the atomiswave? Dolphin and metal slug are pretty good, but everything else I didn't really get into or there were perfectly good ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waali Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) Progress pics of a drawer I'm building to go under the family room couch for storing all the controllers. 1600x800ish. A little sanding left to go then a few layers of paint. From left to right the 4 sections are: 1: Sega 2: Atari, Neo Geo, USB, carts and other. 3: Playstation and XBox 4: Nintendo Edited February 20, 2019 by waali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waali Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 Update: Drawer is almost finished with a coat of paint left to go. Update pics later this week. During the week I picked up a CPS2 A/B and two Atomiswave carts, Dolphin Blue and Repo copy of Metal Slug 6. I've also been looking for an Atomiswave sticker for a while now without success so made my own using the missus Selphy printer and some double sided tape, not half bad and better than nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redferatu Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Do the repro copies output correct voltages? Sent from my HTC 2PZF1 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waali Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 Do the repro copies output correct voltages? :unsure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redferatu Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 I just know the Neo geo carts, Megadrive and SNES ones are seen as system killers by people in the know. Might be worth looking at. Sent from my HTC 2PZF1 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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