Vancouver Hack Space

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Contents

1. How To
2. History
3. Resources
4. To Do
5. Parts Wanted/Needed

How To Feb 21, 2012 - The MAME cabinet is getting ready for SHHH20. Here are some of the ways you can interact with it.

MPD Audio Server - MPD is a client/server MP3 player. The server is on the MAME machine. The client is used to create playlists, pause/play the tracks. You can load the client onto your Android phone, your iPhone, your Mac, or interact with it through the web portal (not yet released.. it'd be great to poke this developer to see if we can beta his MPD web client).

Arcade Frontend - WahCade is the frontend software for the MAME emulator on the arcade. Here are the controls of the arcade:

If WahCade is not running, you should start it from the icon on the MAME machine's desktop, or from the menu.

• Use the player 1 joystick to toggle up and down in the game menu
• Press the Player 1 start button to start the selected game
• Press the ??? button to return to the game selection menu.

When you are in a game:

• Press 5 to simulate a coin drop into the Player 1 coin slot. Press this as many times as you want to drop virtual quarters into the machine! Muhahahaha!!
• (Optional) Press 6 to simulate a coin drop into the Player 2 coin slot. 7 for Player 3 and you guessed it - 8 for Player 4.
• Press the Player 1 and/or Payer 2 start buttons to start the game.
• Press ???? to quit the game and go back to the menu.

Here are some links to interact with the machine:

• http://mame.hackspace.ca - apache server running on the mame machine
• http://mame.hackspace.ca/uploads/ - upload your MP3s through a web portal
• smb:vhs:hackspace@mame.hackspace.ca/Music - connect to this Windows share to upload your MP3s * scp:vhs:hackspace@mame.hackspace.ca/home/vhs/Music - upload your MP3s via SSH (hells yeah!)

In case you haven't noticed, there's a full sized four player arcade game in the corner at the hackspace. The idea is to convert this into a four player MAME system. The cabinet is Blitz 99

Check out the varied and colourful history of this project

Please modify as you see fit.

Blitz 99 Sketchup model!!

Feb 08, 2012

You got silk screen in my MAME Cabinet! No, you got MAME Cabinet in my silk screen!

The current plan is to use the available space in the bottom of the MAME cabinet as a light proof box in which we can develop silk screens. Lacking a complete knowledge of the silk screen process, I've enlisted Emily for some pointers. These are the things we need to do to make this happen:

• Wire the cabinet so all the components get power when the cabinet switch is turned on Thanks Stephen Young!! - done
• Remove the coin box from the cabinet - done
• Create a space in the upper cabinet for the computer and other electronics - done
• Move the electronics to the top - done
• Build a box suitable for storing the screens 29“ wide X 26” high X 24 3/4“ deep (they must be stored horizontally)
• Install said box in the cabinet

Next Steps

Must Haves:

• Fishboy will set up a PC running Linux, MAME, and Wahcade as the front end. It will power on as soon at the cabinet switch is turned on - done
• Add three additional buttons to all players so we can get some sweet Street Fighter action going on. Derek mentioned that he could use his CNC to cut some more plexi to replace the one on there already.
• Install 4 coin buttons. They will be mounted in Plexi (11cm x 22cm) and put in the original coin slots.
• Install some sort of skirting around the door for the back (for aesthetics) and the same skirting around the door for the silk screen boxes (to ensure it's light proof)

Nice to Haves:

• Ipac 4 to clean up the wiring and move it into the controller box
• Add the ability to use four wireless controllers?
• Add a projector in the top marquee area?
• Some sort of haptic feedback ??
• Audio out to 5.1?
• Coat of paint ??
• articulating beer holders ??

Parts List

1. Black piano hinges
2. 12 Additional buttons (which will give us a total of 6 per player)
3. killer graphics (vinyl?)
4. control panel with new plexi that would allow for better layout of controls
5. Ipac 4
6. 4 coin buttons

Other information

Build your own controllers

Good XBOX example