[WIP] Alien Arcade Cabinet

Brigane

@Mayki Amazing Arcade Cab. I am so so jealouse, truly nice work :D

Lurker

Very nice work.

How are you telling the Marquee what game image to display?
There have been a few threads on here discussing how it might be done and I am curious how you decided to pull it off.

Mayki

Marquee in the game is provided by the runcommand, the name of the selected game in the list, or the system name in the main menu displayed by the script executed via Attractmode.
I do not know how to do it right in Retropie.

Clyde

@Mayki Congratulations for this beautiful cab. The gun in the drawer is a nice touch.

Did you build the cab from scratch or did you use a DIY kit?

HurricaneFan

What model led display are you using for the marquee?

Mayki

@Clyde I built everything from scratch.

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I built it secretly at work as a surprise for children and wife at Christmas.

Mayki

@HurricaneFan Display is 3x LED Matrix panels from Aliexpress.

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Control software is from here.

HurricaneFan

@Mayki That's really cool. Didn't realize it was multiple screens.

simpleethat

This is amazing! Very well done.

Mayki

Scrolling text LED Marquee...

tpo1990

Impressive work.

Cool cabinet. It reminds me of an older Alien lightgun game. :-)

Alien Extermination
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Stensgaard

Hey
Amazing cabinet, well done.

Got a few questions:
What model is the Lightgun?
I see its a Wii controller one, but I cant fint that specific model.

The vinyl decals you used, are they custom made ?

Did you add a plexi top plate on the controller and infront of the screen ?
and also in front of the LED panels ?

I just finished my own cabinet, but after I saw the use of those LED panels, I think I have to redo the cabinet :)
and i want to add the ability to change the LEDs accordingly to what game is played, like as in the Jukebox feature with song names.
Is that incoorporated in the software ?

Cheers
Christian

McGrathPiper

Hi,
Will this type of led display https://dynamo-led-displays.co.uk/dynamo-install-omans-largest-outdoor-led-billboard/ be applicable in an arcade Cabinet?

gregorb

@Mayki
how did you managed to to switching between ES and fruitbox and can you post pic of your control layout?

Thanks