[CABINET] ARCADEGATE AG-1

**Zallax** · September 13, 2013

ARCADEGATE AG-1

This is a bar top arcade that I started years ago, but took a long break from building because I was wanting to integrate a Traxsys 38mm trackball into the control panel. I never could design a track ball plate that was good enough to hold it. Also, the design was not as portable as I had hoped. It was heavy and difficult to throw into the back seat of a car. In my frustration, I let it sit. About a year later, my wife asked if I could finish it for her child care. So, I did but this time without the trackball.

I am a huge fan of Stargate <Anything> and thought it would be fun to make an arcade build based off of that theme, just arcade sprites versus "chevrons". I found a wonderful 3D model of a Stargate on the internet and went to work replacing the chevrons with 31 arcade sprites as the new symbols on the gate. I rendered the gate from a couple of angles and that made up the majority of the artwork pieces for the cab. For the background of the cab, I downloaded different high resolution space images from NASA, thanks to the Hubble telescope. I blended a few of those pictures together as well as alter the hue slightly to somewhat match the colors I was shooting for.

The theme I am using is a modified version Blue Neon LCD. I found a great picture of a Atlantis Stargate room with some HUD type overlays on it. I update the image to include the ArcadeGate I rendered and started moving pieces of the theme around to fit within the HUD locations. Lastly, I hue shift many images of the theme from the blue neon to more of the bluish-green that the ArcadeGate room had.

This project took me years to complete, but in actually about 6 weeks worth of total time. The majority of that time was spent on the artwork and configuring the software.

Hardware

Asrock A330ION Atom processor/motherboard combo

4GB RAM

500GB Hard drive

picoPSU-120 power supply

Smart Strip

3.5" speakers off E-bay.

Mini audio amplifier pcb off E-bay

Paradise Arcade IL Pushbuttons

Paradise Arcade Sanwa JLW-TM-8 joysticks with Octagonal restrictor.

GroovyGameGear 4NovaGemCDR Coin Drop Replacement Pushbuttons

Ultimarc i-Pac 4