Galaga, Asteroids, Pac-Man, Robotron, Space Invaders, Missile Command, Defender, Tron, Tempest, Donkey Kong, Centipede, Galaxian, Frogger!  Console games -- Emulators are available for all your favorite consoles.  Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, Intellivision, ColecoVision, Odyssey2, Vectrex, Nintendo NES, Super Nintendo, Nintendo64, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, Playstation.  Play all your PC games.

     As I was designing this system I noted a few things that had changed since the arcade days -- we have wives or girlfriends, kids, bills, limited space, and when we get home, we want to sit down!

     This system is made for the living room.  The computer is built-in and therefore, with the computer’s own video and audio capability, the system can be plugged into any television or PC monitor. With the lower cabinet’s wheels, you can easily move or place it in any room, on any TV.  The trackball works as the mouse. The spinner doubles as a steering wheel. Built with MDF fiberboard, joysticks, buttons, trackball, and spinner from the same companies that supply the arcades. Versatile, portable, and unique.

     Photo viewer, jukebox, wireless web surfing from the couch. It has a steering wheel with paddle shifters, a regular hi-lo shifter, and accelerator and brake pedals. The steering wheel attaches to the front of the system. It also comes with playstation-style USB controllers to play console games, PC, or any other game.

     ascar9@netscape.net

THE COMPUTER:

Motherboard: Soyo Dragon KT600
CPU: AMD 2400/266 Athlon XP Thoroughbred
Video: ATI Radeon9600se 128meg 8x AGP
Memory: 512m PC-3200 Viking
Hard Drive: Western Digital 250 Gigabytes
Lite-on DVD Player
USB wireless
Power: Antec Blue light 350
Keyboard: Lighted Mini Slim EL-610
Mouse: The trackball!
Lighted intake and exhaust fans

THE ARCADE CONTROLS:

Keyboard encoder: I-PAC2 with USB cable
Optical encoder: Opti-PAC with USB cable
Joysticks: Two(2) T-Stik Plus 8/4 way top adjustable, One 8-way with top fire button
Trackball: red with mounting plate by Ultimarc
Spinner by Oscar Controls with spinner knob from SlikStik
Buttons: 28 including 1-player and 2-player by Happ Controls and side mounted Pinball

THE CABINET:

All MDF Fiberboard, custom cut, shaped, angled and mounted.
Self closing front dual-hinged doors
Control Panel hinged on back for easy access
Interior carpeting in lower cabinet.

ACCESSORIES:

Front mounted USB with extensions for PC accessories
Power cord for Power Supply
S-Video cable for video card out to S-Video TV hookup
Wheels under lower cabinet for easy mobility
The entire upper-section lifts out for portability without the lower cabinet
Logitech MOMO racing wheel with hi-lo shifter, paddle shifters, accelerator and brake pedal
Two (2) Playstation style universal USB controllers

         A. Carnine at
         ascar9@netscape.net

  See www.carnine.net/arcade for the upright cabinet project

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