03Aug

Safety Last: A Driveable Arcade Racing Game

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This is an old SEGA Out-Run arcade game that’s been mounted to a golf cart and programmed with custom software that, using two hood-mounted webcams, turns real-world roads and obstacles into in-game roads and obstacles. Better buckle up! Jk jk, it’s a golf cart — what’s the worst that could happen? SPOILER: gruesome death. Yeah, better buckle up.

The old fiberglass and wood cabinet was hacked up and the motors, wheels, and drive train from an electric golf cart were stuffed inside. The original steering wheel and pedals were used for the controls. Although the top speed of the in-game car is about 180 mph, that was brought down to a reasonable 13 miles per hour.

The build doesn’t run on the original 68k processor. Instead, custom software is used to take real-world image data from two webcams on top of the cabinet. These images are then converted into Outrun sprites and displayed on the monitor. The software proportionally changes the speed of the in-game car, but it seems the difference between the game speed and real-life speed would be a little disconcerting.

Great job guys, I’ve always wanted to drag a jogger to their death.

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17Jul

Arcade Coffee Table

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By David Ponce

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Liberty Games. All opinions are 100% mine.

If you feel that your coffee table, which may or may not currently be right under your feet, is simply just not enough of a gadget in itself then we may have something for you right here. Crafted in stainless steel, the Platinum coffee table from UK games room specialists Liberty Games not only looks just like a modern coffee table should, it also houses a PC and 22” LCD monitor inside it, enabling this stylish table to function as a complete multimedia center. Add in an included wireless keyboard, Intel Dual-Core processor and easy connections to hi-fis’, flat screen tvs’ and the internet and you’ve got some awesome power sitting under your feet!

Designed to work with wireless joysticks and control pads this table has its origins in the cocktail-table MAME arcade market, but has since expanded to become a lot more. And it’s still totally capable of being drawn in for a close-up game of pac-man! So if you’re looking for that next piece of functional furniture for £3000 your coffee table could be doing a lot more than it’s doing right now!

[ Arcade Coffee Table ] VIA [ Liberty Games ]



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07Jul

WANT! Miniature GBA-Based Space Invaders Arcade Cabinet

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Space Invaders Mini Arcade Cabinet (Image courtesy vcoleiro1)
By Andrew Liszewski

A day doesn’t go buy when I don’t find some random gadget, device or contraption that I want. I guess it’s the nature of writing about this stuff for a living. But today’s ‘WANT’ is probably even more intense because it’s something I can’t actually buy anywhere. This impressively detailed miniature Space Invaders arcade cabinet was created by YouTube user ‘vcoleiro1‘ who posted a clip of his creation online. If you’re like me, you’ll be wishing you’d taken up soldering years ago so you could pull off a mod like this yourself.

The 7-inch tall cabinet was built with 6mm MDF, painted and then decorated with official SI arcade machine graphics which were printed on glossy decal paper. The best part of the mod however has to be the tiny joystick and arcade-like buttons which were purchased from Digikey.com and eBay, and wired onto the GBA SP’s mainboard. Providing a more authentic gaming experience than previous mods that just used the GBA’s standard button layout. The back of the cabinet also opens allowing you to easily swap in other game carts, or let’s be honest here, a supercard so you can load it up with thousands of easily accessible titles.

[ YouTube - vcoleiro1 - Worlds smallest Space Invaders arcade machine (maybe) ] VIA [ GameSetWatch ]



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20Jun

Nintendo Game Boy GBA SP Arcade Tabletop

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Nintendo Game Boy GBA SP Arcade Tabletop (Images courtesy Toy And Television Games)
By Andrew Liszewski

The good people at Toy and Television Games have just announced their flagship launch product, the Nintendo Game Boy GBA SP Arcade Tabletop, which leaves me with exactly two pressing questions:

1. There’s consumer demand for a GBA SP permanently attached to an Acacia wood and American steel dock that took 300+ hours to design and build and features an arcade joystick and buttons?
2. If consumers have demanded such a product, they’re also willing to pay $399 for it?

Given the auction for serial #001 appears to have been originally posted on June 7, I’m assuming the answer to both of those questions so far is no. Even though the seller excitedly proclaims: “We hope to build hundreds of these over the coming years…”

[ eBay - Nintendo Game Boy GBA SP Arcade Tabletop ] VIA [ GBAtemp.net ]



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06Jun

Functional Arcade Button Light Switches

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These are functional light switches made with arcade buttons (NOT belly buttons, which I would never use even if it meant stumbling around in the dark and stubbing all my toes off). Etsy seller AlephDesign is selling them for $30, but you do get to choose the colors. PINK AND BROWN. Alternatively, you could save yourself ~$20 and make your own. Granted you never will, but that’s because you’re lazy. And if you do get drunk enough to attack the project you’ll probably end up wiring it all wrong and burning your house down. “Will not! I’m a great handyman!” Yeah you are. *high-five!*
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Why are you missing fingers?

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