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    Mad Planets Cabinet Build [Finished!]

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      wstanek
      last edited by wstanek

      Almost done...

      Coin door on the cheap: I 3d printed just the contours of a coin door to apply on a piece of hdf. An illuminated push button for the coin drop (I made this from a button I had but you can buy them from Groovy Game Gear).

      Its far from good, but looks good from afar. It was so easy to make that I'm making more for my other builds.

      I got this idea from pboland with a build thread on KLOV:
      https://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=446886

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      Latest Build: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/23649/mad-planets-cabinet-build-finished?_=1578928113680

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      • DorkVonWaterfallD
        DorkVonWaterfall
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        a coindoor costs less then 10$ on Aliexpress....wouldn`t bother to print and glue and paint and and and for so little money ;-)

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          backstander @DorkVonWaterfall
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          @DorkVonWaterfall
          Most of the items I order from Aliexpress do not arrive until a month or more later. I've had 2 or 3 items that have never arrived!

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            wstanek
            last edited by wstanek

            Ok she's finished and happily installed in the row.

            Mad Planets Cab IMG_5157.jpg

            It plays great and the controls work (almost) perfectly.

            When I set out to make this, I really only thought of 3 or 4 games that would play with this control scheme; Tron, Discs of Tron and Mad Planets. After some research I discovered several others--some favorites like Heavy Barrel and Ikari Warriors, and some I've never seen before like Forgotten Worlds, T.N.K. III, and Zwackery. Zwackery even uses a push pull spinner. Bonus!

            I qualified the controls as "almost" perfect because of the Happ stick. The throw is a little too long and the dead zone is a little too large. Its 8-way square-gated, which doesn't work as well for Tron, which is 8-way diamond gated. It also has clicky cherry switches which I don't care for. I intend to replace the gate with a mildly gated 8-way octagon or circle, and convert it to leaf switches, but I'll come back to that.

            Here's a few of the games up and running on it:
            Discs of Tron
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            Tron
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            T.N.K. III
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            Heavy Barrel
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            Zwackery
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            Ikari Warriors
            IMG_3971.jpg
            Gondomania
            IMG_4016.jpg
            Aztarac
            IMG_4024.jpg
            Forgotten Worlds
            IMG_4025.jpg
            Complete list
            IMG_4034 copy.jpg

            Latest Build: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/23649/mad-planets-cabinet-build-finished?_=1578928113680

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              backstander @wstanek
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              @wstanek

              When I set out to make this, I really only thought of 3 or 4 games that would play with this control scheme

              There's probably not many games that you can play that feel normal with the stick on the right side. Probably just Tron and flight stick games. After Burner?

              Zwackery even uses a push pull spinner. Bonus!

              I wonder how Smash T.V. plays with the left spinner and right joystick? You might be able to play other arcade twin stick shooters.

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              • ClydeC
                Clyde
                last edited by

                Great build! I still envy you โ€ฆ but I just don't have the space for more than one upright cabinet. Maybe I'll build a bartop like this sometime in the future. ๐Ÿ˜Œ

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                  wstanek @Clyde
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                  @Clyde Thanks for the support. If you like I'll send you one of my coin door switches...
                  ws

                  Latest Build: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/23649/mad-planets-cabinet-build-finished?_=1578928113680

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                    Clyde @wstanek
                    last edited by

                    @wstanek You mean the illuminated buttons? That would be very generous, but as the forum doesn't allow private messages, one of us would have to publicly share some credentials and I don't really need such a switch right now. But thank you very much for the offer! ๐Ÿ‘

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                    • VoljegaV
                      Voljega @wstanek
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                      @wstanek Hi ! besides the tron games and ikari warriors can you give the name of the games in your screenshots ?

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                        wstanek @Voljega
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                        @Voljega Updated the post with names, plus included a list of games currently working on it. I run advmame 1.4 with 0.106 ROM set. - ws

                        Latest Build: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/23649/mad-planets-cabinet-build-finished?_=1578928113680

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