Revision as of 21:57, 26 February 2011

Beginnings

Sandb acquired some kiosk stands discarded by his employer. They look ideally suited to make Arcade Machine.

Some pictures:

Small linux box with MAME can easily fit into the bottom cabinet with room to spare.

We need measurements for fitting an LCD in the opening. A custom bezel may be needed.

We need some brainstorming on what kind of controls we want on the panel.

Controller options:

Low-quality speakers for playing 8-bit music are needed. We should hide them somewhere (bottom of the controls panel?).

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+= Beginnings =
+[[Sandb]] acquired some kiosk stands discarded by his employer. They look ideally suited to make Arcade Machine.
+Some pictures:
+[[File:arcade1.jpg]]
+[[File:arcade2.jpg]]
+[[File:arcade3.jpg]]
+[[File:arcade4.jpg]]
+[[File:arcade5.jpg]]
+= Brains =
+Small linux box with [http://mamedev.org/ MAME] can easily fit into the bottom cabinet with room to spare.
+= Screen =
+We need measurements for fitting an LCD in the opening. A custom bezel may be needed.
+= Controls =
+We need some brainstorming on what kind of controls we want on the panel.
+Controller options:
+* Buy one
+* Hack a keyboard
+* Build a keyboard emulating thingamajad (arduino?)
+= Speakers =
+Low-quality speakers for playing 8-bit music are needed. We should hide them somewhere (bottom of the controls panel?).