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Dec 5 2011
Folding panel assembly
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view of panel brackets front door attached
Panel folded and door closed Inside view of the front door
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Dec 5 2011
Its been a while
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Ill be updating with as much steps as I can remember and borrowing my posts from the forum at
arcadecontrols.com: Defender MAME Project
Since my last post, I completed 95% of the Defender cab. So what happened? Once I got it to a place where it
was up and running, I brought it to work and let my co-workers beat on it. Ive had to reset the PC after power
outages and remap the controls a bunch of times after someone(s) accidentally remapped the controls a bunch oftimes, but luckily, nothing major has failed. This winter, I plan to take it home & fix everything. The next steps are
going to be:
Definitely need to do:
add stiffer joystick springs
add external power button
add external USB ports
move internal sound board controls to external
replace the wing latches
replace front door wire stop clean up the wiring
add the final paint and decals
Wish list
get a faster PC
install Maximus Arcade
add pinball plunger
add motion sensor
replace marquees with lcd dipslay
install Visual Pinball/PinMAME
devise method for push button transformation from 1 to 4 player
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Jan 30 2010
Cab Takes Shape
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Defender Cab Bottom View
Detail of the cab wheels A perplexing predicament of preliminary panel
placement
prototype vs final placement of hinges
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Jan 30 2010
Installing the SOSS hidden hinges into the panel
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routing test piece first cut is the deepest
marking secondary cut secondary cut marked
eased on side view
side view clamping the piece
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pre-drilling the holes placement of hinges
hinge detail testing fit
the plans 3/4 plywood for the sides
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Jan 30 2010
Cutting the Sides of the Cab
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ensuring straight cuts level as a straight edge
taken shape finished sides
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Sep 9 2009
How Does It All Fit Together?
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This is a quick visualization designed to get a sense of the dimensions for the unit. A lot of the geometry profiles
are built full size in Illustrator then imported to Strata, extruded then positioned. It ensures everything fits the way
its supposed to and that Ill also have a full parts list when complete.
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Sep 5 2009
Prototype Panel Wired
With the prototype panel wired and assembled, Ive begun testing configuration and layout of the controls. Thistest run is performed on the iMac running MAME Library and MAME OS X plugged in through the USB
port. With all of the controls wired up, there are a total of 8 USB connectors coming of the top deck. Currently,
I only have a 4-port USB dock, so a full test wont be possible until I can pick up another 4-port at the local
electronics store. This test run was performed using the main control deck, player two and three sticks and the
trackball.
The main control deck is the top the defender layout. It contains Ultimarcs Mag-Stik Plus with 10 buttons
manually wired to the I-PAC 2 board. The I-PAC was custom encoded using John Keoni Morriss
MacIPAC.app The first thing noticed is how high the sticks feel from the deck. The original Defender cabinets
have the stick riding closer to the deck which which gave easy access to the reverse button. These sticks screwin from the bottom and the remaining stick just up through the hole. Ill be glad to play them once theyre sitting
deeper on the final 1/2 plywood rather than this 1/4 test plywood. I may even toy with adding an additional
spacer to sit it even lower. I like the feel of the Ultimarc control. Its a 4-way/8-way stick with 4 switches that sit
horizontal at the bottom of the shaft. They that make a satisfying click when they make contact.
This is the first time I found an emulated version of defender to be playable. That includes home console versions
as well as MAME where I find extremely difficult to play defender using a keyboard or any of the console
controllers. Having an actual deck to play from makes the game fun again. The spacing of the buttons feel great
and instinctive and even though the original defender joystick was limited to up an down, the 4/8-way stick does
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a fine job.
Players one through four all use the Ultimark UltraStik 360. Although a bit pricey, these are the easiest to wire
up. These controllers come with a harness to allow 7 buttons to be connected directly to the joystick and from
the joystick to the computer is just one usb cable. This stick acts like a giant analog controller. I used it to play
the fighting game and although it does have quite a long throw, I found it to be quite responsive. This test hadPlayers 2 and 3 connected. I wanted to make sure two people can play comfortably. I did a test run with Mrs.
Martoon where, not only did I discovered that her cat-like reflexes are a valuable asset to kicking my ass but the
controllers also have plenty of space for two people to sit side by side with adequate room to play.
The final game test was Robotron. Unfortunately, the MAME setup on my MAC does not allow for individual
mapping of controls for separate games. As a result, I could not control the character using the two analog
sticks. I was forced to use one stick to move and the buttons to shoot. Less than ideal. Im hoping this will be
different once I move my tests over the PC.
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Mar 10 2009
Building the test Control Panel
This post is kind a of a big deal. It represents the first real step towards building this crazy thing.
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Click the image for a giant desktop-sized render
Earlier in the week I brought home some 3/4 plywood, but realized that it would be too thick and cumbersome
for this control panel. I returned it & bought two replacement sheets , one 1/2 inch and the other 1/4 inch.
Quarter inch is way too thin for a good solid control panel, but perfect for a test board. I didnt want to spend a
lot of much time cutting and drilling into something that was thicker than it needed to be, especially for just a test.
Cutting Plywood
I used my plans from Illustrator to measure and lay out the marks onto the plywood for where the cuts were
going to be.
Need to modify
Doing this test build gives me the opportunity to see what tools Im going to need. Also to get a feel for the panel
to see where I need to tweak or make any changes.
The trackball needs to be moved over to the left. I originally laid it out so it sat dead-center on the control panel.
Aesthetically, I liked the position, even though it slightly overlapped the joystick casing directly to its right. I
thought I might be able to counter sink one or the other to make it work. Once I cut out the hole and mountedthe trackball onto the board, it became apparent that no amount of counter-sinking would make it work, not to
mention that quickly spinning the ball to the top-right would probably result in me snagging my hand on the
joystick, bending the stick or bruising my hand. Either way, It was too close and the trackball had to be moved
to the left.
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Test Panel from below
With the sample panel laid out, my next plan is to pick up some quick connectors and do a practice-wire-it-up.
Test Panel from right
That be it for now. The next step is to wrap up the plan measurements on the computer. Finalize the graphics for
the overlays, bezels and stuff, do a bit more research, then begin a final build.
1 Player Button
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Feb 26 2009
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1st delivery of product Yes!! free water bottle!
the buttons plus trackball unpacked Happ 3 Trackball
Controllers and spinners from ULTIMARC Close up of the Analog/Digital Joysticks
The first batch of controls have arrived
What a glorious day! The first shipment of supply arrived this evening. A box of buttons with an arcade style
trackball. (UPDATE: the second shipment appeared today. Now with all of the controls accounted for, minus
some shipment damage on one of the joysticks, I should be able to get started on testing the board layout soon.)
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