ARCADE MACHINE

Jordan Terry Eastern Kentucky University

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OUTLINE Motivation Introduction Assumptions Proposed Solution Parts Results Conclusion Future Work References

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MOTIVATION Wanted to

create a fun and interesting project.

Something that would challenge me.

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INTRODUCTION Did not have much money to

spend so wanted to keep it simple. One player. Wanted to play it off my TV. Had to have Galaga and Mortal

Kombat.

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ASSUMPTIONS Some games will not be

compatible with my system. I will be running everything off

of a Windows OS (XP).

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PROPOSED SOLUTION Design my box. Build it. Install computer components. Setup Buttons & Joystick. Load software. Configure software.

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PROPOSED SOLUTION Emulator – MAME32

Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator One of the most popular ones.

Joy2key as my keyboard emulator. Converts button inputs into keyboard

inputs.

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PARTS UltraStik 360 joystick (1) Goldleaf buttons (8) UltraStik Button / Encoder Harness Old PC

Gateway e4300 4’ x 8’ sheet of finished wood

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RESULTS I was able to complete my

project over the course of two weeks.

Joystick and buttons worked.

All the games loaded properly.

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RESULTS

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RESULTS

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RESULTS

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RESULTS

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RESULTS

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CONCLUSIONS Overall, my project functioned

correctly. Had a few problems

First motherboard went bad. Installed joystick upside down. Had

to remount.

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FUTURE WORK Add more games

Setup a frontend WahCade

Add controls for second player.

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REFERENCES Alex Caste, “How to build a kick-ass MAME arcade cabinet

from an old PC”, 9/9/09, MaximumPC, http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/how_build_kickass_mame_arcade_rig_old_pc_pics

Mike Trello, “Barcade”, Arcadecab, 2003-2012, http://www.arcadecab.com/Projects/BarCade.htm

Todd Moore, “How to build your own Arcade System”, TMSOFT, http://www.tmsoft.com/article-arcade.htm

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=111865.0 http://www.zophar.net/frontends/mame.html

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QUESTIONS?