- #THE PINBALL ARCADE CABINET SUPPORT MOVIE#
- #THE PINBALL ARCADE CABINET SUPPORT SOFTWARE#
- #THE PINBALL ARCADE CABINET SUPPORT PC#
- #THE PINBALL ARCADE CABINET SUPPORT TV#
I was able to get the materials I needed and get the following built while she was gone. I waited until my wife went on her monthly day trip to Ottawa, so I could get to work without distractions. The Canadian dollar is horrible right now, so getting anything from the States can be expensive. I had found a place here in Canada that had Pinball legs and bolts for a decent price.
#THE PINBALL ARCADE CABINET SUPPORT TV#
42 inch TV for playfield, 27 inch monitor for backglass, 19 inch 4:3 monitor for DMD / extended backglass. I then adjusted to sizes to work with my 3 screens. I just taped the PCB on the bottom of the TV where it won't be seen.įor the size of the cabinet itself, I used the standard Williams Widebody plans that you can find all over the Internet. I cut off the plastic for the IR / Power LED, and control PCB. (This is because this TV is not an edge-lit LED TV, its a back-lit LED TV) So I had to keep the TV housing fastened together. I began with de-bezeling one of my 42 inch TVs, only to find that the main support for the framing of the TV came for the plastic housing itself. I also wanted to make use of my 5.1 speakers in the cabinet.
#THE PINBALL ARCADE CABINET SUPPORT PC#
I could also play almost any PC action game on the backglass as well. So with the extra space left over on the 3rd screen, I can put nice animated logos or whatever I want there using Pinball X as a frontend, as well as having animated videos for the backglass.īy having arcade controls on the cabinet this would also allow me to play MAME vertical games on the playfield, and MAME horizontal games on the backglass. This would allow me to make use of that space in a good way!īoth Pinball FX2 and The Pinball Arcade can now support DMD / displays on the third screen (TPA uses a mod, PBFX2 has native support now). I HATE trying to "squish" a square backglass into a wide rectangular screen.
#THE PINBALL ARCADE CABINET SUPPORT MOVIE#
Not just for the DMD like everyone else, but also to extend the backglass (only possible with Future Pinball) to make use of the excellent movie clips / colour DMDs / gadgets and other things you could see in Future Pinball. What I found was that I wanted to have a 3 screen setup, and I wanted to make use of the ENTIRE 3rd screen. but it really helped me tinker with different ideas instead of rushing into things. boy my wife just "LOVED" seeing this in my mancave for weeks on end. So I came up with this mock-up to tide me over and help me figure exactly what I wanted. anything really costly that I didn't already have. DOF, LED controlled lighting, feedback, etc Things that will come later on down the line and were not a priority:
it had to be made as cheaply as possible to keep me from becoming single (my wife is not a big gamer) it had to be made using many of the components I already had (I already had most of the electronics needed) I wanted two player controls with actual (PC / Xbox 360 / One) hardware for maximum compatibility and ease for all games I wanted something that would play Future Pinball, Pinball FX2, The Pinball Arcade, MAME Arcade games, and PC games (ie fighting and action games) So I decided to ditch the 3 screens setup and use them to make a combination Pinball and Arcade cabinet that would also play PC games! (I can move the simpit in front of my UHD TV's new location easily when I want to use it).Ĭommence the start of the creation of PinKadia!Īfter reading ALOT of posts of other projects, here is where my priorities were, and what I wanted: Also, with VR headsets coming out, I wouldn't be using those screens as much when I (someday) get one. I would get 2/3 of the same visible screen field of view that I had with 3 screens using a custom 21:9 resolution of 3840x1640, with much nicer colour and resolution. So when I got myself a 55 inch UHD 4K curved TV, for my normal PC gaming, I found I loved playing my racing games on it much better.
That being said, I always thought the 3 screens (that spanned almost 10 feet!) were a bit much. The dash has two tablets that act as tachometer / speedometer, and a button box / control panel. The console on the right rotates around to switch between a shifter and flightstick.
#THE PINBALL ARCADE CABINET SUPPORT SOFTWARE#
It had three 42 inch TVs for surround view, as well as 12 transducers combined with SimVibe software to give vibrational feeback from telemetry data from the racing games I played. It housed my custom simpit that I made for racing and flight sim games. I've also been an electronics technician for 20 years. I love arcade games and pinball, and video games in general. I'm a 42 year old guy who grew up in arcades in the 80's and 90's. All newer posts by me for this build are at this post / link:
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