ARCADE MACHINE
Jordan Terry Eastern Kentucky University
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OUTLINE Motivation Introduction Assumptions Proposed Solution Parts Results Conclusion Future Work References
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MOTIVATION Wanted to
create a fun and interesting project.
Something that would challenge me.
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INTRODUCTION Did not have much money to
spend so wanted to keep it simple. One player. Wanted to play it off my TV. Had to have Galaga and Mortal
Kombat.
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ASSUMPTIONS Some games will not be
compatible with my system. I will be running everything off
of a Windows OS (XP).
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PROPOSED SOLUTION Design my box. Build it. Install computer components. Setup Buttons & Joystick. Load software. Configure software.
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PROPOSED SOLUTION Emulator – MAME32
Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator One of the most popular ones.
Joy2key as my keyboard emulator. Converts button inputs into keyboard
inputs.
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PARTS UltraStik 360 joystick (1) Goldleaf buttons (8) UltraStik Button / Encoder Harness Old PC
Gateway e4300 4’ x 8’ sheet of finished wood
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RESULTS I was able to complete my
project over the course of two weeks.
Joystick and buttons worked.
All the games loaded properly.
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RESULTS
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RESULTS
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RESULTS
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RESULTS
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RESULTS
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CONCLUSIONS Overall, my project functioned
correctly. Had a few problems
First motherboard went bad. Installed joystick upside down. Had
to remount.
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FUTURE WORK Add more games
Setup a frontend WahCade
Add controls for second player.
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REFERENCES Alex Caste, “How to build a kick-ass MAME arcade cabinet
from an old PC”, 9/9/09, MaximumPC, http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/how_build_kickass_mame_arcade_rig_old_pc_pics
Mike Trello, “Barcade”, Arcadecab, 2003-2012, http://www.arcadecab.com/Projects/BarCade.htm
Todd Moore, “How to build your own Arcade System”, TMSOFT, http://www.tmsoft.com/article-arcade.htm
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=111865.0 http://www.zophar.net/frontends/mame.html
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QUESTIONS?