tthurman

Posted March 7, 2016 (edited) Believe it or not, it's finished Well I do have to get some #4 screws to mount the usb interface board inside the control panel, but all things considered..... Since starting this project way back when, I've realized this yoke was really not that old, small tweaks along the way improved theses with time. All things considered, I got a deal on it compared to what I've seen them going for these days. The handle covers had dug in groves, that appear to be a result of rings. I intentionally didn't repair them to add a sort of nostalgic authenticity. I topped off my yoke cover with some thumb screws. I used some 1/4- 20 brass knurled screws in combination with aluminum wing bolts to lock access panel into place while playing. Here's what it all looks like installed on my enclosure project. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, and yes, I played about ten games immediately after firing it up. After all these years I'm very rusty, but reliving the days of old is an amazing feeling! Phase 1: Complete

Posted March 3, 2016 (edited) I knew this would be a fairly involved process when I disassembled the controller, it hasn't disappointed! Although I had cleaned and painted the main body parts, everything else ended up sorted in plastic containers. As you can imagine at 30 years plus, some of this stuff was pretty dirty and worn. Never Dull; available under many brand names, is some amazing metal polish that cleans everything to near new appearance. I used it to remove tarnish and rust on the lock nuts, retaining rings, washers, etc. to a nice shiny smooth finish. I'd hate to know how much I've invested in this restoration, but thankfully most of the parts are readily available. I've got to give props to ArcadeFixIt for having a large selection of hard to find parts, and excellent customer service. The retaining rings and springs were especially tough removing, but over time I discovered techniques that made reassembly relatively easy. A little twisting goes a long way Tonight I got the potentiometers installed and greased. Next up, wiring harness installation

https://docs.mamedev.org/usingmame/defaultkeys.html

Mechwarrior - Living Legends https://www.moddb.com/mods/mechwarrior-living-legends/features/players-choice-mod-of-the-year-2009 Followed this long ago during early development, looks to be a winner!

Thanks! it appears I missed some of these releases, especially the MW series. I recall back in the Crysis days hearing of the Living Legends mod, but I stopped following it for some reason. Looks like it went on to be pretty decent. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechWarrior:_Living_Legends

How are you playing some of these old titles, MW2 and Tie Fighter series, on Steam/GOG/etc?

Sweet. Funny you say that, I noticed my 1TB games drive in the red last night.

New rig pics soon!

Good deal You can back up your gameex.ini as you add emulators and always fall back a version if something goes less than ideal.

It easiest if you just configure this in the GameEx setup wizard and let it log in and pull them down for you. One of the great features of GameEx is that Tom created it so that it does all this work for you and makes adding emumovies content a snap. If you want specific content for a theme, then that's more of an individualized setup, the auto downloader will grab wheel art and snaps and static images of the titles. You can combine this with the MAME EXTRAS content for a more complete experience that includes pcb's, manuals and other associated content. This is project maintained by Antonio over at progetto snaps.

I honestly never spent much time looking at pre-built gaming rigs, as I never actually considered them being available. Having recently met people who bought them along with this thread certainly opened my eyes. Looks like a nice setup you got on the way!

Wow, I somehow missed this one! https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=17896 https://archive.org/details/hl2survivor

I have never really understood the appeal of collecting these, but it seems Atari was doing these long long ago.......... See the whole story over on Tony's blog.

I’ve been digging a bit deeper on this one, going to have to pick up XWA.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26424569/

Remember Star Wars: 1313? Well this looks to be another that got axed that shouldn't have! Star Wars Battlefront 3 was 'legit incredible' and LucasArts cancelling it was 'an absolute crime'

Nintendo 64 is COMING TO MiSTer...We THINK!

Manuals are now available over at their github if you want to take a peak at what's involved. This project really peaks my interest, it'll be interesting to see how this continues to roll out. Project Stellar Update 5

Haha, I didn’t word my post well and will stop there, but seems the end result was a positive one.😀

I noticed the switch from .net 7 back to .net 6 was mentioned in the announcement thread due to lesser performance in .net 7. Anyway, probably unrelated, but still an interesting move......if I'm reading it correctly.

There is no shame if this makes you drool uncontrollably https://arcadeblogger.com/2023/04/15/arcade-raid-huge-arkansas-barn-find/

Yep, I really wish they would start mixing up some of these titles with releases within the last decade or so. It'd be really cool if they released a complete "Knights II", allowing the fan restoration team to participate in the official release, sort of like "Empire at Ware Gold Pack".