I honestly didn't use a theme, I just felt the decals were a bit too much, so I just left mine as plain black (also make sure the room is dust free when ur painting lol)

If you really want to use decals, I'd go with ur favorite movie/tv franchise or something like that, or a popular arcade game like space invaders or Galaga

@landyvlad some games use more, some games use less. better over-prepared than under-equipt!

@h2805270

WOW these look great'

thanks

BTW this interface is taking some getting used to so if i double post, i apologize in advance, took 4 tries to get the first one :)

@yfzdude said in MAME query re: picking characters on 4-player games? (TMNT, Simpsons etc):

Rampage also matters. (3 Players)
[I think the order was George/Lizzy/Ralph.]

They made sequels to Rampage. (After ten years) But they were basically the same gameplay with different characters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampage_(1986_video_game)

I decided to update my question, just in case someone comes back to look at this asking the same question I was.

I'm using joystick encoders instead of a keyboard encoder. What I found is that retroarch allows you to setup a mouse for use with the game. So my trackball goes in as mouse 1. Since I do not have a UI running on my setup, I don't actually need mouse buttons. I only need the trackball input for the games.

What all this means is that the retroarch setup will use a joystick along side the trackball... meaning the buttons going through the joystick controller work along side the track ball and I don't need extra buttong for left and right mouse clicks.

Awesome build !

@joesnow81 said in Arcade Cab Power Questions:

Also need to buy another button anyway as currently using a spare arcade button.

While each switch may have its specific bouncing characteristics, I don't think it will eliminate the issue. I believe bounce is just a normal characteristic of mechanical switches.

There might be another issue causing this too... If you use a digital low to trigger something, the digital line on the RPI should be "pulled high". This is because the input may float up/down causing false triggers. If you pull the input high (3.3V in case of RPI), it will always sit far from its low threshold (around 1V for RPI). When you push the button, it will be pulled down to zero. To pull a digital line up high, you would typical use a resistance between the 3V rail and the digital input unless the board does so itself.

This video says RPI can be configured to do so, therefore I must assume the script you are using configures the input with a pull up resistor, if not, then that might be the issue.

@joesnow81 said in Arcade Cab Power Questions:

Press it again and the pi starts, half way through the splash screen it then shuts down again.

Sorry, I want to double confirm this... when this other undesired shutdown happens, what happens exactly? 1) graceful shutdown 2) power just turns off suddenly 3) it reboots

From what you've said, it would be #1 as you see the shutdown messages, but I wanted to be certain.

What button are you using? Does it have 2 or 3 pins? If it has 3 pins, which ones did you use? You might find 'C', 'NO' and 'NC' labels. A picture of the connections and or labels would help. I haven't tested this but I am wondering whether you connected C and NC, instead of C and NO.

@webodan I found my own solution in this github post. All it took was adapting his SwitchToKodi script to kill Xorg after emulationstation was dead instead of having a user switch.

That is actually pretty cool!

@Clyde I'm not sure yet, I only took a moment to map because I'm waiting for an image to come out. Then I'll take the time to map properly.

@UDb23 thank you!

Didn't you already asked this a couple months ago ?
You got an answer on how to set-up your keys in Emulationstation - did you try applying the steps there to configure your controller ?

Another question: can I switch of the emulator type display in favourites, that thing in brackets:
MOON PATROL [MAME-LIBRETRO]

I think this should be possible for custom collections, though your version of Emulationstation is a bit old for that. How did you install RetroPie ?

@wstanek Not every vertical game is 4-way, though. Many arcade SHMUPs are vertical and 8-way. But with either the xboxdrv (item 2D) or switchable Joysticks like the Ultimarc Mag-Stik Plus (I have two of them built into my upright cabinet, see my review here), that wouldn't be an issue.

@mitu I had the same issue. It would always ask for a password on first game only. I followed the guides to no avail and found my problem was where in the file I put the user. It must go at the end of the sudoers file after the #includedir line. Once I did that it loaded without asking for permission. I doubled checked by rebooting and running emulationstation again and it loaded as expected. Hope this provides some clarity. This StackExchange thread is where I finally figured out my error.

@Clyde

Mostly not at 4:3 or 5:4, as I said, because they haven't been manufactured in bulk in almost a decade. It is actively hard to find a brand new 4:3 or 5:4 LCD panel. 99% of new monitors are 16:9 or 16:10.

@danielmewhouse said in Alternative PS1 case:

don't forget to put something under the Pi to isolate from The metal case.

Use some spacers and for full heat dissipation fill the case with sunflower oil
Veggie-Pie

Impressive, the design looks great.

@darkseal

Great craftsmanship and detailed explanation.

But for those that don't have access to power tools or can borrow from a friend or nabor a pre cut DIY kit are not always expensive.

Google search: rich's bartop Arcades

Very classy. :)