wraggster
April 27th, 2012, 00:07
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No, it’s not just another MAME cabinet build. [Le Chuck] over on the arcadecontrols.com forum built a fully functioning 1/6 scale replica (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=2d952e06a2eab10701882357069368 ee&topic=117874.0;all) of the classic 1983 Atari arcade game Star Wars.
The hardware is a CAANOO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAANOO) Linux-based portable media player running an emulation of the classing 1983 Star Wars video game. When [Le Chuck] turns his cabinet on, MAME4All boots up and goes directly into the game.
Because there are no 1/6 scale arcade parts, [Le Chuck] needed to fabricate most of his build from scratch. The case is basswood, along with the very-accurate light up coin slot doors. The joystick for the game was a bit tricky; the Star Wars game used an X Z joystick modeled after the yoke in the cockpit of an X-wing. To build this joysitck, [Le Chuck] took apart a few pots and crafted the joystick out of thin sheet metal. The controls operate exactly like the original, only in 1/6 scale.
After the break you can see the video of this incredible build in action.
http://hackaday.com/2012/04/26/micro-star-wars-arcade-game-is-a-work-of-art/
No, it’s not just another MAME cabinet build. [Le Chuck] over on the arcadecontrols.com forum built a fully functioning 1/6 scale replica (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=2d952e06a2eab10701882357069368 ee&topic=117874.0;all) of the classic 1983 Atari arcade game Star Wars.
The hardware is a CAANOO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAANOO) Linux-based portable media player running an emulation of the classing 1983 Star Wars video game. When [Le Chuck] turns his cabinet on, MAME4All boots up and goes directly into the game.
Because there are no 1/6 scale arcade parts, [Le Chuck] needed to fabricate most of his build from scratch. The case is basswood, along with the very-accurate light up coin slot doors. The joystick for the game was a bit tricky; the Star Wars game used an X Z joystick modeled after the yoke in the cockpit of an X-wing. To build this joysitck, [Le Chuck] took apart a few pots and crafted the joystick out of thin sheet metal. The controls operate exactly like the original, only in 1/6 scale.
After the break you can see the video of this incredible build in action.
http://hackaday.com/2012/04/26/micro-star-wars-arcade-game-is-a-work-of-art/