Project Arcade: Build Your Own Arcade Machine (ExtremeTech)

by JohnSt.Clair (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $17.81

  You can go back, and here's how. Remember the days - and quarters - you spent pursuing aliens, fleeing ghosts, and gobbling dots in that beloved arcade? They're hiding in these pages, along with diagrams, directions, plans, and materials lists that will enable you to build your very own arcade game. You can: construct joysticks, buttons, and trackballs; build the console and cabinet; install and configure the software; crank up the speakers; and wham! Step across the time-space continuum and enjoy all those classic games, plus dozens of new ones, whenever you like.You start here: plan for your space and budget; design and build the cabinet; construct the controllers; build the console; pick an old game's brain; install the emulator; convince a PC it's a game; connect a monitor and speakers; and add a marquee. GO PLAY! includes diagrams, detailed instructions, essential software, and more. The CD-ROM includes complete cabinet plans and diagrams; MAME32 software; Paint Shop Pro evaluation version, and links to hundreds of arcade cabinet projects.