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. I used swivel casters in the rear. Notice the side panels extend below the bottom piece. I rested the side pieces on MDF scaps, which makes them 3/4 off the floor, while I screwed the panels into the 2x2s on the bottom panel.'))
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. Player 3 & 4 only need 4 buttons as no games (that I know of) need more than that. All holes should be 1 1/8 inch'))
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Finished
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 above the coin door for fan exhaust. I painted the fan intake grill black also. Its on the left side far bottom corner, but its not noticable.'))
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Version 2.0
| I decided the 4 player panel was too big. So I replaced the panel with a new 2 player panel. This panel includes 2 joysticks for each player. One stick is a 12 way rotary stick. The second is a 4/8 way switchable stick. Now I can play 2 stick games (Smash TV, Karate Champ), rotary stick games (Ikari Warriors, Heavy Barrel) and games with 4-way sticks. I also added a trackball. The other big improvement was the addition of a switch on the side of the panel to enable admin keys. The last thing I did was replace the TV with a 21" monitor and speakers and replace the bezel. | |||||
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Bar-Fly Bartop Arcade
| I had a lot of stuff around; old computer, 14" monitor, lexan, and assorted pieces of wood. So with my much improved carpentry skills and tools. I decided to try building a bartop machine on a budget. I spent an additional $130 and came up with the Bar-Fly Bartop Arcade. It really only plays older games. The machine is an AMD 1Ghz, with 384 RAM, 8G HDD, and Win 2K Pro. I installed Atomic FE, and an older version of MAME, but I haven't really got all the software configured yet. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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