All Change!

Well, Hello!

Long time, no blog? - Well, there's a reason for that, loads of things getting in the way of finishing the project.

Mainly, problems with the screen and arcade PCBs.

I got the CGA > VGA converter and it worked quite well, but getting the Arkanoid board to display was a no go. To cut a long story short, I've decided to go the easy route (for now, anyway) and make the machine into Space Invaders (rather like the one at the top of this blog.) I've always wanted a Spacies and I'm $hit at Arkanoid! I thought it would be an easier, more fun game to play with a spinner - but, it ISN'T.

I have my old laptop in it at the moment (temporary) and using another (old) ipac. I Do have an original Space Invaders Part II, which I may pop in there in the future. I just want to finish the project off.

The last parts to do are the artwork for the Control Panel Overlay and the front marquee.

These aren't too difficult to get hold of, but I'll need a specialist printer to print them on the correct materials.

In addition to changing the internals entirely, I have acquire a nice original coin door, courtesy of THE ARCADE BARN, EXMOUTH (cheers, guys) and I machined a nice coin box door myself at work, in my (ahem) spare time...

I'll get some close up pictures done soon - but I need to stop playing Space Invaders.

Aside - It really niggles me that my version of Mame doesn't use the correct samples anymore. The firing sound is completely off...