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I bet this was asked before, but just in case. I enabled start screensaver from my gameex menu to try my new led controller... but when I launch the screensaver it runs for about 10 seconds then quits ???? Am I doing anything wrong?

I never played this game, and I bet mine will be an easy-to-beat highscore, but here it is anyway, 36.300

@gimmeclassics thanks for deleting my other thread, I posted it from my cellphone and wasn't able to delete it @adultery thanks mate! as it happened just after my gameex was updated I was wondering if it had something to do with that. (and since the update, pacdrive.dll on the plugins directory keeps showing an error popup when I open the plugin manager, as it says it's not working under windows :?)

I'm getting this message today everytime I start gameex on my cab. Considering it has no keyboard it's a pain in the...

I have 16 12v leds... I hope it'll be ok of course I'll post a video and I'll have to register ledblinky to customize some lwax animations for attract mode

Actually, there's a small problem with my buttons. They use leds, but 12v instead of 5v... Anyway, on the website where I bought it, there was some instructions to use it with 12v led. As they are triggered by gnd, and not current supply, I just need to connect just gnd cables, and connect all power supplies to my 12v hard drive output (as they are connected now). that should do the trick Maybe if I can't make 1player or 2player start depending on number of credits there can be a way to just light them while there're credit inside, no matter how many. or just leave them lit? anyway, it'll be FUN

I just can't wait for pacdrive to arrive! it has to travel from UK to spain, so it'll take some days before I can put my hands on it plus I need to setup the new xpadder plugin version... it'll be fun

Hi there! I just ordered a PACdrive LED interface to control my control panel's leds... I never did something like this, but I hope it's not too difficult I don't even know if this plugin already comes bundled with gameex or if I need to download it somewhere, I couldn't find any download links on headsoft's website. What would I like to do with it? 1- light up buttons that have any function assigned within gameex menu. 2- light up in patterns for attract mode while gameex screensaver is running. 3- do the same when a game is not being played or there're no credits. 4- light up 1 player when there's 1 credit for the game 5- light up 2 player when there're more than 1 credit for the game 6- light only the buttons used for each game when the game is loaded and there're any credit or while you're playing 7-for console games, light the buttons used to emulate console's controls only. 8- always light up the "shift" button on the control panel. would this be possible? I have no idea. But I hope so! *feels excited*

Just a quick video I made for my facebook group. You can see how Greengold looks now, with gameex theme (on the video it shows the highscore competition menu), how the marquee light looks, and the loading of a game (blazing star). https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10204252735943466 (I'm speaking in spanish, but just talking about how it looks, saying that I use gameex, and inviting my friends to come in and try my arcade )

which piece is a ballast on this machine? the "cebador" that lights up the fluorescent tube? I'll remember that *the more your know* hehe... about the odd shape, should you refer to my cocktail arcade? yeah, and even cocktails were not very common in spain, so I'm proud of this little one anyway, I tried the led strip on my cabinet... I made a video and uploaded to my facebook. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10204023462931784&set=vb.1379973022&type=3&theater The outcome is not what I expected... as the leds "as they are" light up all the marquee so it looks like it's flickering and it's time to change the fluorescent tube... I had some time to try a different approach, and made a light spacer using just black cardboard. As there're LOTS of leds there (1 each 1,1-1,2cm) I just placed 1 spacer every 2 leds. Not that I'm lazy, I just ran out of cardboard https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10204198032455913&set=vb.1379973022&type=3&theater Now the marquee lights as it's expected to... although some spacers were bent somehow and some of them (like the center one) looks a bit warped... Anyway, it's way better than without spacers and for less than 1 euro it was fast and cheap

ouch! I'll need to attach a keyboard to my cabinet or set some new key bindings...

I just opened MAME and set one of my arcade joystick as movement and the other one as shooting Open mame setup with TAB (or other key if you changed it), go to "this game controls" and set your keys

So I was checking at random in ebay, looking for interesting gadgets... And I must say the light on the marquee sometimes fails, and I need to switch it off and on again until it works. It's a cheap one, so I guess the...hmmmm don't know the english name. The "cebador" (the piece that shots a high current charge to light the gas) must be of poor quality... And what did I find on ebay? ^^^^^^^^^^ THAT! Really cheap, and I think it'll look awesome replacing my marquee light As with the locks and fan that comes from china, it'll take 3-4 weeks to arrive, but... can you imagine that? I do! and it's great

72.775 ... I agree, this game's crazy!

Update: while I'm waiting for the remaining pieces to arrive, it was time for a software update. The theme I created for my cocktail arcade classics at 1024x768 wasn't looking good enought for my greengold at 640x400... So I resized the theme to 640x400, deleted the scanlines I added as overlay on the video previews, recolored the frames so they look golden, changed the arcade classics logo for greengold, replaced background to show green and blue tints and replaced the font to be more readable...

One of those classics I never played nor knew it existed... not sure if I like it though...

Congrats to Yung-Jedi! certainly it was a though score to beat For all of you trying to get higher scores, just one tip: if you manage to kill all enemies with a single snowball kick (you can kick one so it hit other snowballs in chain) you get... well, something like bank notes that are worth 10.000 points each. And just another tip so you can see what I mean. On the first screen, stay where you appear, on the lowest part, and place enemies inside snowballs. Push them to the right if you need more space. Eventually, all of them will be down there. kick a snowball and you'll get the bonus ;D

The speakers are cheap car speakers, yet they sound way better than my computer ones On most spanish cabinets there were ashtrays, although I never saw any being used with cigarrettes.

Awesome score that is, jedi powers you must have! I'll try to beat that, but it's gonna be VERY difficult to beat that highscore! congrats

Update: The new buttons arrived! And if they look great on that picture, when the cabinet is turned on... This was a couple days ago... today I bought the dark glass for the front bezel... To do list: Replace the noisy back fan. (that gets warm so just in case, I unplugged it). Add both control panel locks, back panel lock, coin slot lock and coin box lock. Paint the coin slot door. On the distant future (as I have no money to do it now), finish the recreation of the original bezel, print and apply it to the front glass.

I's always a pleasure to share my efforts with people that appreciate them

Now I'm moving my arcade computer inside a new cabinet, so my gameex theme now won't fit with the cabinet colors and art. So I though about creating a new low res theme for it (640x400) but... what if new gameex just won't use the same themes? what if my theme although working, would miss many interesting features that gameex will have? I think I'll wait

Fresh picture! Yesterday I built the frame around the screen. I had a bigger one that didn't fit and was made for a 28 inches screen. As mine is 22 inches, it was useless.... but it was great as skeleton for my own frame, as it would hold it in place. I bought a pair of black cardboard pieces, used one for the bordes and the other one for the empty spaces around the screen. Glued them to the frame I had, then reinforced them adding duct tape on the back. Today I was able to get the chair screws I needed, and my old joysticks are now on their place. I couldn't resist to add some spare buttons I had lying around just to see how it would look About locks and fans. I need to replace all 5 locks, but here only found security locks, only 19mm long (and I need 4 of them, and one 28mm long) and they cost 27 euros EACH ($36,70) so... NO WAY! I found some on ebay, and I can get all 5 for the price of 1 here. Ok, they're not "high security locks", but it's for my own home! I also found a nice 220v 12cm industrial fan in ebay for 9.90 euros ($13,45). Both locks and fan will come from china, so it'll take a while for them to arrive (about 1 month usually). Anyway, I'm really happy

Fresh picture for today! I had to rewire some parts as my cats found a way to go inside the cabinet and thought it was a great place to play. or whatever they decided to do inside. Anyway, I added everything inside. Sound's working fine, tested my computer screen to make sure it runs at 640x480 as it's the max resolution of the arcade screen I'll use later, and wired the coin slot. Now I just need to wait for the buttons to arrive to wire them all and it'll be working. Then I need the frame around the screen, the glass, and... It has no pinball buttons. As I made the cocktail have all that many buttons, finally I thought I wasn't playing pinballs, so no need to make new holes for that. There's also just 1 service button on the middle of the control panel. I think I'll use it as switch with xpadder to run other commands with it. Screenshots, mame menu, global exit...

More pictures of it as it arrived: It had jamma wiring, which is useless for my setup, so I removed all wiring. There was a small 90W power supply inside. As I'll be using my computer's own power supply I don't need it either. The marquee was broken. Fortunately, this model has a double marquee, and the inner one was ok. I would need to build something to hold it in place though. There's no frame around the screen. Nor screen either, but I got a 22 inches photoplay touch arcade screen. Originally, this cabinet featured a 28 inches screen. There's no glass, no marquee, the joysticks were rusty and useless and the buttons... although originals, they only have the button faces. No light bulb holder, no switchs... useless. Time to clean it a bit While cleaning it, some old coins appeared. Both are 25 pesetas coins. We used them back in the 80s-90s. The bigger ones are possibly of early 80s... The screen was too bright, and a friend of me told me about possible humidity problem on the high voltage suction cup, so I cleaned it and adjusted the screen... Looks great but as it's too small for the frame inside the machine, time to create a frame so it could fit... Here's the frame Now the marquee. It's like starting the house building the roof, but as I had no marquee on my cocktail table, I knew I had to do it first. A cheap fluorescent tube, two car speakers and a couple stair's edge covers, and... SOOOO BEAUTIFUL! With the ligh on it's even better... My work so far... Now it's time to place the computer, fix all wiring, design where it all will be and connect everything. I still need to buy some chair screws to hold the joysticks in place (hint: I kept the joysticks from my first arcade controller just in case ;D ) and wait for the replacement buttons to arrive... More pictures soon!