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Hey everyone! I've been asked by many members to stop by the forums. The HyperSpin community is currently the largest consumer of our adapters, accounting for over 20% of the market. From the bottom of my heart, thank you! To help give the best experience and support we can, this will be the official Bliss-Box thread for any and all discussions or questions regarding our products or adapters in general. There are a number of HyperSpinners who are well informed on the inner workings of Bliss-Box who can help but in this thread I'll do my best to respond to all Bliss-Box related questions, so you can hear it straight from the horse's mouth. Bliss-Box…
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So I thought I would give back to the community and offer my services with the printing of graphics and decals for your projects. I own a sign company in Connecticut and have a 54" digital printer. I have printed some artwork for Mameman and a couple of others on the forum and have been asked by a few about printing their work. You can see the quality of the printer and material on my build http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13088. So I am starting this thread to offer my services at a fair price which I hope will be less than what it would normally cost you around your area. Here is what you get and how much. Material: -Arlon 3165RA (Rapid Air Rele…
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Hello spinners & pinners, My name is Josh White and I've been making some custom Pinball cab designs for members. I started with Dazz's Twilight Tribute HyperPin 2125 at the Texas Pinball Convention in March this year. Since then I've done a few more designs and wanted to offer my services. I'm a broadcast senior graphic designer with 18 years’ experience in design for tv, print & web. I've got my BFA in Art at the University of Rhode Island and started working for NBC out of college. We moved around the country a few times and now our family lives in Texas. I love making design work for people. This venture is a true calling back to my roots as an artist learn…
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Hello, Looking for a good wall mount bracket that also rotates TV (between Landscape & Portrait) or for vertical and horizontal games. My TV is the Samsung S90 OLED 55". I found this one by Samsung? but it has auto rotate with remote...just looking for manually turning TV, and the ratings for the one below weren't that good: https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Rotating-Televisions-Compatible-VGARAB43WMTZA/dp/B0B7NTPRCT?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=A2K7RN1DSQCI9O&gQT=2&th=1 Any suggestions much appreciated! T
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Hi, reaching out to the artists and content creators... I have an Centuri cabinet (Phoenix type) in which there is a game called Kiki KaiKai (Knight Boy (Bootleg)). I want do add some custom artwork on my cabinet. I have a Marquee, but it needs a control panel overlay and eventually, a decent bezel artwork as well. I've worked on a file and I'd like to know if you guys have any artistic direction to give me. At some point, it was too crowded with all the bosses (Preview 2) and ended up removing some graphics. The temporary green horizontal lines are where the control panel bends. Even the preview 1 is busy overall... I don't know if the black background is sui…
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Here is my arcade machine showing new marquee artwork. Using Adobe AI to resize all the images to fit the LCD marquee panel. If you are interested, I can upload the marquees if I get enough requests. All the artwork is created by the community and the collection is around 2000 images.
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I have got to stop collecting cabinets. That said, I think I'm done for now, as I'm out of space in my game room. My wife is pleased. Haha. So, about a month ago, while scrolling through Facebook Marketplace, I stumbled into a fairly ugly MAME conversion (photo 1). I didn't give it a second glance at first, especially with its $800 price tag. Just... ew. Fast-forward a week, and I happened upon it again. It had been reduced to $500. OK, that got my attention. I took a closer look at the photos and spied... a Midway cabinet, and it appeared to be in pretty good condition! The red T-molding tipped me off that a Mortal Kombat of some sort was probably lurking under the …
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Hello HyperSpin Community Friends! We are UNICO, and we're thrilled to share some exciting news with you—our latest product, the SNK MVSX HOME ARCADE, has officially launched! Designed specifically for retro gaming enthusiasts, the SNK MVSX will take you back to the glorious moments of classic games. About SNK MVSX HOME ARCADE: Built-in Classic Games: The SNK MVSX comes with 50 pre-installed classic NEOGEO games, including "The King of Fighters," "Samurai Shodown," "Metal Slug," and more, allowing you to fully enjoy the fun of the arcade's golden era. High-Quality Design: We focus on every detail, using high-quality materials to ensure durability and a sm…
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Some of you might've noticed I mentioned my sit-down racing cabinet project in my Pure (4:3) universal theme announcement back in October. Well, the project has evolved a bit since then, so I thought I probably ought to start a dedicated thread chronicling the project... Rewind a bit to a couple of months ago, and I was fortunate enough to acquire a Cruis'n World cabinet from the wonderful folks at Pinball PA in great condition (although absolutely filthy, as it had been in their warehouse's basement for a bit). Side note: You really must visit Pinball PA if you're in the area - it is incredible. A 2-hour trip to Pittsburgh with the utility trailer in tow and 2 …
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Hello, Wondering if anyone here uses or has suggestions for a stereo power amplifier like ones found in automobiles but instead of 12VDC input voltage would be your typical household mains voltage of 110VAC. I don't have room for the home receiver amplifier ones. It could be 2 channel x100watts or total of 200-300watt.
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Hello, Thought I'd share My recent updates to my arcade cabinet which I first built in 2002. *Below I have my new Hardware I just got and specs. This was How it looked for a good while: Recently decided to cut off the Monitor/marquee section. So basically have now the Control panel and the base of the CP that still has coin mech etc... Not sure what it's called like this CP with stand or base?.. Here is the New Hardware that I recently bought: -Asus Z790 Plus with BT and Wifi (up to gen 14 cpu) -Noctua CPU heatsink with dual 120mm fans (really love this cooler!) -Corsair DDR5 32Gb dual channel -CPU is I…
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Hello, Was thinking of adding removable "wings" on either side of my 2 player control panel. This is for a 3rd and 4th player. Was wondering: -How many buttons do I need for 4 player games total? -How many buttons would I need for rotary games like Ike Ikari Warriors. (3rd and 4th player joysticks will be rotary ones). T
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After all these years, I still think HyperSpin is the ultimate in an arcade cabinet. Here's my latest project. I managed to find this gem for a mere $250 - working even! Don't worry, preservationists - my conversion is 100% reversible back to stock. I've even stashed the original CRT monitor away somewhere safe and dry for safekeeping. A few fun parts of the project to note: The CRT in it is actually a 27" Toshiba TV I got for free off Craigslist. Fun fact: the tube and mounting points are identical to the arcade original monitor. It slotted right into the frame and slid right into the cabinet. Also, the Toshiba has power-on sensing, so when I turn the cabine…
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Hey all, I thought I would share my arcade project here, its built out of m.d.f., all the parts fit together tightly in dado's, as I had the sides cnc cut. I also designed this cabinet myself, it fits a 27" dell monitor, behind a bronzed glass screen. My main thoughts when building this one was to have something that wouldn't look too out of place in the home, aswell as looking as true to form as a vintage arcade would actually look.
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Hello, Was wondering some suggestions on TVs around 55" that are great for using with my arcade...brands models, etc... Also would like to get a good wall mount that extends out and that allows TV to rotate for horizontal games and vertical games. Thanks. T
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Good morning Hyper Spinners, Thank you for liking my custom artwork designs the past dozen years I've been doing professional artwork projects for almost three decades. I love designing and really enjoy all aspects of the creative arts. I still have my Custom Artwork sticky in this forum so please send me any inquiries for your amazing arcade projects. I have been so appreciative of this community and I wanted to share I finally have my first website. Please check it out: JWGFX – Creative Services Digital Art Director Thank you for the many years of creativity and for all the incredible projects and ideas this community has with retro …
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Can someone validate if this company on ebay is legit? I purchased this TV and it stated that it would take several months to recieve, then shortly after i purchased it i received a message stating that the shipment was being delayed in shanghai due to Covid....fair enough...but it does make me uncomfortable having paid for this item already and not receiving it, god knows when. ...just looking for some piece of mind here that i did not get scammed... https://www.ebay.com/itm/294817825656?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649
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Big, bright, colorful, loud, and in your face. I don't own an arcade cabinet, but I dedicated an entire wall to my retro arcade setup. 2x 43" monitors (sides), 1x 65" monitor (center) and a Samsung SH37F stretched 37" on top (doubles are my arcade marquee and live sports ticker). I will post up pics of entire build at a later date, but for now, enjoy!
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I've decided to finally buy my dream 4 player pedestal. Thus far I've reached out to Keith at Monster Arcades 4 times and Dream Home Arcades twice but I'll be damned if I can actually get any company to respond to my emails. Has COVID made everyone rich and they don't need several thousand dollars or what? Seriously frustrating. Who else would you recommend? I've been out of the scene for several years - below is what I was thinking about using. All comments and opinions absolutely welcome good or bad. The primary purpose is mainly for Mame and Teknoparrot with some new"er" PC fighting games as well. IPAC Ultimate IO (4) Sanwa 8 way JLF RGB standard…
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Finally working on a build after messing with arcade and emulation over 20 years quick question or any feedback appreciated. I'm doing a 4 player pedestal build. How should player's 3 & 4 joysticks be oriented ?? Is the graphic below accurate?? Right or wrong ?? does it matter that much? Does anyone who has done builds have some feedback on this. Thanks in advance. Will post a picture of the prototype from cardboard I cut out of the control panel shape and size I'm going to use. The following picture is a graphic depicting the "right" or "wrong" angles that I've seen floating around arcade forums for many years. Thoughts? Advice ? Gamer's who have done previous build…
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Ive been building an arcade machine (proper noob) getting there learning all the time, worked out how to go straight to hyper spin on start up but i need to open Rocket launcher and joy to key _Default for mame to recognise controls. tried pining Joy to key to start and open at start but every time i have to come out and select before it work. Can anybody give me some ideas to check or procedure to correct to get working. Will continue my search for the answer Many Thanks 😍
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Hey everyone. I am an old lurker/new member here and I wanted to ask if anyone has building plans/template for an arcade like Nu-Gen. I want to build one because it looks so nice but I cannot find plans. I would be forever grateful if you could share with me. Thank you in advance :)
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Hey everyone, I'm trying to source hi-res versions of the side art (and other artwork) from Universal's Cosmic Alien. It's a beautiful cab, I'm tempted to track down the real thing rather than hack it onto a home arcade cab project. That is just what I plan to do though. Best image of the sideart I could find was via google image search. I don't know if it's out there, but I thought I would ask here. Thanks!
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When playing 2 player and during a match, example killer instinct or other fighting games. All the keys are mapped correct, but seems to happen when pressing constantly during a match. The retroarch game pops out and rocket launcher is open but the game is still playing in the background. Il close/exit hyperspin and the game is still on retroarch. But it's not working properly and I have to use task manager to close retroarch to close it. How do I track down the cause?
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Hi all, I just decided to add light guns to my setup as part of a refresh (needed to do something during this COVD rubbish). I'm looking for some suggestions on how people route the cables for their guns? I don't want to restrict the movement or length to much but don't want them just hanging on the floor... Thanks in advance for any suggestions/help.
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