@caver01 Ya, I still have to wire the controls (dad time). was definitely planning on exploring throwing games that support cocktail mode into cocktail mode. Hopefully I'll have this thing completely done before a year has elapsed this December! =D @MeduZaPaT Thanks! I really appreciate it. I've got it installed, but obviously can't do anything until the LED controller is wired. Quick reading on your documentation seems pretty straightforward. Will definitely reach out if I run into issues.

@grant2258 Just tried Demon Front and I really like it! Hardly inspired in Metal Slug. Some years ago I played and enjoyed Mercenary King on PS4. It's available on Steam, Xbox One, PS4 and Switch. It's based on Metal Slug too but you can buy and create weapon parts to create the perfect gun for you. I recommend it.

@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.

@AP1XABAN said in NES Themed Arcade (PICS): that NES joystick/pad looks nuts!! You put my thoughts perfectly into words. 😆

anything is possible, but tbh it looks like more truble than it will be worth. obviusly you will need to remove some of the board and you will most likely also need a new control board for the screen and will therefore most likely not fit inside the old case either. cosiddering all this and the fact that you had to ask if it was possible, i would say this is likely a job way above your skillset and not worth the efford, for you. personally i would just get one of the many kits available.

No worries man, I searched a few videos on YouTube so I could see the insides of a VirtuaGun and it looks like the PCB's are quite similar so would be interested to know if a SAMCO does fit in one. Let me know how ya go. Yeah, a hidden sensor bar would be great even if you took an aliexpress sensor bar and kind of inset it in your cabinet so it's not so obvious would be cool :)

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@tuntav This may be information you already know, but both mine are detect as mice and the spinner overrides the mouse. The only way I get around is to find out what device number each mouse is (spinner is detected as mouse) and then start game, go into retroarch and set the mouse input to the number assigned to what mouse I want to use and then save the game settings (not the core settings). For example, my spinner is device 0 and mouse is device 2. For a game like Centipede, I just go into Retroarch, set Mouse Input from 0 to 2 and save the game config so only affects that game. Have done the same for AdvanceMame, but that does not use Retroarch but a config file. Again, you may already know this, so I am sorry if I am repeating information you already know.

I wanna know if the gifts was a success? :)

Ah, gotcha. Seen plenty of those too. Nothing bigger than about a 21' screen would be fine. I've actually never seen one that is a two player model with joysticks. It's always been one player or two player touchscreen.

^^^^^^^^^^ Hero

@quicksilver Haha! Retrogames as a religion, why not ;-) Make sure you play the ps1 port of Doom too...feels like a whole different games with the creepy music.

Remade an old stick to match.. (well almost match, the yellow is pretty darn off)

Very classy. :)

@Lurker is their a detailed tutorial of this anywhere?

@smeffron Thanks for the compliment. 😊 The kit I used is linked in my opening post right after the first two pictures. It's this kit from the German vendor Arcade4You. I used no t-moldings, as this kit doesn't have pre-milled notches for them. I just bent the car foil around the edges as it is shown here: The small round corners of my cabinet gave me some trouble, though, as you can see on my pictures in high magnification. They have some small wrinkles, but I can live with this little imperfection of my own work. 😌 You can also look at ArcadeWorldUK for more Flatpack kits. They have increased their product range significantly since last year.

Really nice to see such devices getting a new life :)

@jwshuler said in Custom Arcade Cabinet Build: It is actually start to look like an arcade cabinet. It sure does. :)