Zallax Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted 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 combo4GB RAM500GB Hard drivepicoPSU-120 power supplySmart Strip3.5" speakers off E-bay.Mini audio amplifier pcb off E-bayParadise Arcade IL PushbuttonsParadise Arcade Sanwa JLW-TM-8 joysticks with Octagonal restrictor.GroovyGameGear 4NovaGemCDR Coin Drop Replacement PushbuttonsUltimarc i-Pac 4 Software Windows XP 32-bit Home PremiumGameEx front end with a new ARCADEGATE AG-1 theme, modified from Blue Neon LCD's themeMAME 0.124 custom compiled for optimization for Atom processorFuture Pinball 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullPointer Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 That is one beautiful cab! Thanks for the share Zallax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 That is one beautiful cab! Thanks for the share Zallax.+1Looks like you did a good job with modifying one of the best themes available aswell. I'm not kissing ass.....honestly ! Overall looks very nice to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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