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Okie dokie. For a while now I've wanted to have my own arcade machine. But I could never find a good deal on a used one in my area. So I'm going to go the route of building my own.

Ive done this once before, but it ended up being all scrap wood thanks to mother nature. Tragic story....I wont tell it.

Anyway. Being a designer....I'm never pleased with my own work. But I've managed to narrow it down to 2 basic designs. Both are fundamentally the same, but one has larger white side panels, the other does not.

So I'm getting the opinion of my blog readers.

This is an all Sanwa part joystick, wired to an Xbox 360 controller. Fully tested and working 100%. Tested it on my mame PC on 3rd Strike and on my Xbox 360 with Soul Calibur IV. Works like butter.

Manco will be pleased.

Here are the photos: (click for larger view)

This is an all Sanwa part joystick, wired to an Xbox 360 controller. Fully tested and working 100%. Tested it on my mame PC on 3rd Strike and on my Xbox 360 with Soul Calibur IV. Works like butter.

Manco will be pleased.

Here are the photos: (click for larger view)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_7rmGlo-1U[/youtube]

If Mega Man 2's intro music had lyrics.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_7rmGlo-1U[/youtube]

If Mega Man 2's intro music had lyrics.

I've loved Daft Punk since Homework came out back in the day. Anytime I hear them it puts a smile on my face.

So while I was doing some net surfing....I stumbled upon another retro/techno duo that sounds crazily like Daft Punk. They are called Justice. And I really fucking dig them.

Here's a few tracks from their album Cross.

Enjoy.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQWuWfxMXA0[/youtube]
Phantom

I've loved Daft Punk since Homework came out back in the day. Anytime I hear them it puts a smile on my face.

So while I was doing some net surfing....I stumbled upon another retro/techno duo that sounds crazily like Daft Punk. They are called Justice. And I really fucking dig them.

Here's a few tracks from their album Cross.

Enjoy.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQWuWfxMXA0[/youtube]
Phantom

Ok....so as I grew up....my grandfather (who is like a father to me) took care of me alot alongside my grandmother while my then single mother was at work. He introduced me to Star Wars, Indiana Jones....all those classic greats. But he especially LOVED Indiana Jones.

So every few months I've been saving up and buying him a full sized original movie poster for the 4 movies and getting them framed. He's gotten 2 so far and I had ordered the Last Crusade poster for him for X-mas.

This is where the bullshit hits.

Ok....so as I grew up....my grandfather (who is like a father to me) took care of me alot alongside my grandmother while my then single mother was at work. He introduced me to Star Wars, Indiana Jones....all those classic greats. But he especially LOVED Indiana Jones.

So every few months I've been saving up and buying him a full sized original movie poster for the 4 movies and getting them framed. He's gotten 2 so far and I had ordered the Last Crusade poster for him for X-mas.

This is where the bullshit hits.

Here's some WIP picks of the latest stick order for MancoTheGr8. This stick has had a very unique set of challenges, but even though I've hit a few snags its coming together nicely.

Just need some final sanding, filler, sanding, then I can paint, wire and assemble the stick and ship it. (after testing of course). Enjoy.