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Where did you pick up the deluxe version? I debated for over a week, but finally pulled the trigger on the Pac-Man deluxe version, it's a really nice piece and I'm glad I did now. It has an amazing amount of detail and background, although at this point some of it is obviously rehashed. Quality throughout and shipped in a box made to survive rough shipping and handling. No World's Fair pics inside (perhaps mentioned in text though), which sort of surprised me given much of the "Video Expo" theme was related to Pac-Man. Oh well, guess perhaps I have some rather rare and/or more exclusive items.

Wonder what's up with the Ghost Busters nod?

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Looks cool, but if anything you best be prepared to wait, and wait, and wait some more. I think these platforms are really a cool way for small entrepreneurs to launch products, but the glaring expertise in doing so often shines through when it comes to time until delivery. This one looks awesome to me actually!

That's concerning, some stuff I haven't downloaded. I wasn't aware they pulled purchases like that.

I honestly never did myself, however that wasn't why that was picked. I used that clip due to the "I made a lot of special modifications myself" quote. Did you see the link under the video?

https://twitter.com/TheFigen_/status/1615436079254888448

I wish I had left the old thread alone when I became frustrated and decided to throw in the towel of sorts, but I'm glad I saved the pages never the less. The comments really add to things that don't translate to this "redo" thread. Oh well, hopefully I will be able to make some progress on it over the summer. It's funny, I've had to go back in and "fix" somethings and still have more fixing to do, but one thing is for sure...Rust-Oleum paint never really cures. I don't know if it has just gone down hill with all the regulations or what, but it pretty much sucks now days compared to the days of old. The stuff just flakes off, sticks to itself when parts are put together, etc.

Posted November 28, 2015 (edited) Thanks for the kind words, I'm hopeful things all go together during the final assembly stages. I'm getting a bit nervous as I start tying together this collection of parts I've amassed, especially the upright panel sections, as they will need to be accurately spaced. I figured the best way to attack this is a complete assembly prior to sanding and finishing. With any luck it will all fit, and get me out of the doghouse at the same time. The dining room has been my staging area for the last 18 months. The top of the entire cabinet will be open, with the forward most section being home to the control panel(s). The rear section will remain open until the play-field portion of the build is ready to put in place. I plan to use pull latches to join it so it is easier to move and work on. I used some 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 popular project lumber to cut support braces that I will attach with double sized corner brackets. This should make the top rigid enough to withstand gaming. For the front cross brace I did a dado style cut to recess a scrap piece of 1 1/2 x 1/4 red oak stock into so my panels will always slide into the same position when being changed out. Unfortunately I got this flipped during one of my measurements and I inadvertently cut it deep. I remedied this yesterday by ripping a levolor blind slat to fill the gap, and once it's screwed together it will function the same. Truly one of those rare instances where pack-ratting paid off These next steps probably seem trivial to most, but for me they represent a milestone. Months ago these parts were all cut and painted, so no doubt I gave them plenty of time to fully cure. Regardless, to see them assembled vs. spread out on the floor is quite rewarding for me. The machining on these relay racks isn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination. Keeping them square, and at 20 5/16 wide, was more time consuming than you may think. ....and finally here is the last of two, right as I finished it last night. The next steps will involve drilling and fastening the panels all around these, and will determine just how accurately I got the spacing on the railing assemblies. Update: Progressing, slowly (surprised ), but there's a lot of test fitting going on. There's always a bit of give and take, since no matter how hard you try, things just aren't dead on square. Anyway, out of the gate I changed gears on assembly, and I think this method will yield superior results to what I was going to try.

Posted November 22, 2015 (edited) Man, I've been so busy trying to finish painting these parts that I had no idea how long it had been since I actually fired up a game The up side is that I got it all shot before the cold temps set in, pretty much just before it appears. Finishing isn't my strong suit, and being in an uncontrolled environment just adds to that. All things considered though, I'm pretty happy thus far into it. A bit of wood grain showed on this, but not enough to bother me. If that changes after final assembly, I've been eyeing some carbon fiber wrap, and the paint will make an excellent base for it. I plan to let these cure for at least 30 days before assembly. I even brought the panel up to the man cave in hopes it wouldn't get knocked over since it's too big to hang-up like the other pieces. At about the week and a half mark, it's still quite smelly The birch plywood has beautiful grains IMO, which I hope to enhance with some wipe-on poly, but the first order of business is to veneer the edges. I took Friday off to start on this, and worded a good bit on into last night. The big boards aren't too bad, but those half Atari outriggers I cut.....they where a b!7@|-

How funny, that caught my eye as well. I had to enlarge the photo just to ensure that’s what I thought it was😁

Evo "updates" the game library at every launch from my experience. Did you relaunch the application after adding the additional zip to the directory? If you did and it doesn't show up, then I would suspect it may be a rom that doesn't match the build of MAME your running.

Ensure your video snap path is correct in the Setup Wizard under the "Assets Path (MAME)" in the setup wizard. [PATH_ASSETS]\MAME\Video_Snap Also, while in the setup wizard run "verify setup" to check for other missing paths, which is second from last in the left hand menu.

Yep that's how I have it and it works great, as Tom has already confirmed.

I have a of fond memories of these products. Back in the day it was something to have a "Soundblaster Compatible" sound card because its was nearly an industry standard for so many years with PC Gaming. I recall the anticipation for the 16, AWE32, 64 etc., but really remember the mind blowing effects in games with the launch of the last PCI based X-Fi generation, only to have Microsoft hose it all up by yanking or otherwise altering the API support with subsequent releases of Windows. I'm still sporting X-Fi's in four machines, one of them the aforementioned X-Fi Fatal1ty Pro PCI. Thank you Sim Wong!

Merry Christmas!

History is destined to repeat, a great deal of these things will almost certainly be heading to the landfills in the not to distant future.

Cheap triple monitor setup Samsung - T350 Series 24" IPS LED FHD, FreeSync (HDMI, VGA) - Dark Blue Gray $89.99

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Windows 11 looks like iOS? MS kicked all my machines to the curb with the TPM BS (although it still works regardless, or did)

I know there's not a lot of interest in these here, but this price has to make you wonder if: A: This title just isn't selling well B: Perhaps this home arcade fad is running out of steam I would think this would be a popular model for them. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/arcade1up-the-simpsons-30th-edition-arcade-with-matching-stool-and-tin/6471758.p?skuId=6471758