Author Topic: Dr.Agons' Really Big Project Thread!  (Read 21490 times)

August 31, 2020, 12:30:18 PM
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Oh the Violet Vixen... memories... ;D

August 31, 2020, 12:59:47 PM
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so I finally got around to building My own PC based arcade machine over the past year or so,

I wanted a sit down machine so I bought something very similar to this off ebay;



luckily I had an old book case I could salvage for the wood, similar to this one (except in brown);



I wanted a small PC to run it so I bought an asus ROG G20BM, but could never get it to work properly so I sold it on...

eventually I built My own PC using this case;



nice and compact, perfect!

inside is an i5 3350 @3.1Ghz, 16GB DDR3 RAM and an 8GB GTX 1070, running windows 10, this is more than enough to run the games I want...

the controls are just standard arcade parts wired up to two XBox 360 USB controllers...

EDIT: supersized!

I ended buying some black vinyl to make it look a little nicer;



I also made a chair out of an old table, I don't think it's quite wide enough for 2 people, but oh well...



some action shots;





vert mode;



there are a couple of emulators on there, but it will mostly be used for Steam, GoG etc.

( @ Arseen: :P )

off to play for a bit...!
« Last Edit: August 31, 2020, 02:23:40 PM by Dr.Agon »

August 31, 2020, 01:17:34 PM
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I just checked and I still have 5 of your old topics (GBA console, The "Violet Vixen", couple of finished projects, NES/Famicom Hybrid & Dr.Agon's Next Project) from 2012 and 2013 stored in my area.

August 31, 2020, 01:17:46 PM
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Looks good..... I think.  Any chance of making the images a little bigger? ;)
Maybe, just once, someone will call me "sir" without adding, "you're making a scene."

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August 31, 2020, 02:25:47 PM
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August 31, 2020, 02:32:52 PM
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Maybe, just once, someone will call me "sir" without adding, "you're making a scene."

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September 22, 2020, 02:11:07 PM
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Wanna play some Game Boy??

October 31, 2020, 01:23:17 PM
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Bought an easy_vga a few months ago with the aim of making a gameboy console, finally finished it off today!

Pic of easy_vga (not on the kitch bent store atm);



This allows you to add a vga port to a gameboy so you could connect it to a TV/monitor, pretty cool!

Had to buy a gameboy, parts for a controller, power supply,  vga to hdmi converter and case, which is why it's taken a few months to complete

Here's a pic of the inside, quite simple really;




Front view;



Rear view;



Top;



Controller(  :P to the haterz)



Gameplay, Pokémon blue;



(Looks pretty sweet after a little modding)

November 04, 2020, 02:49:04 PM
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December 07, 2020, 07:42:27 AM
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Finally!, it's only taken a month to finish!

Anyway...

bought a McWill LCD screen for the lynx, and after a few teething troubles i got it working today!

around the case;

front showing cartridge slot, joystick connector and power switch;



rear (hot glue a-go go!)



view from above;



internals;



custom arcade stick;



gameplay;

now, at some point during the soldering I made a mistake, you can see the lines on the left hand side, is it annoying? Yes, enough to tear the whole thing apart and start over? Hell NO!



but...oh no!...



...oh yeah, fixed!



...Virtual Boy next... ;)

December 07, 2020, 09:40:31 AM
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Nice.  If you need anyone to do some testing for you, feel free to send it my way.   ;)
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December 21, 2020, 03:50:36 PM
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Coming soon, from the "because I can" lab...

December 26, 2020, 08:05:25 AM
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Gameboy colour VGA out...

January 08, 2021, 10:28:45 AM
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Finished the VB mod today, yes I'm keeping it as it is;





Gameplay;



Enjoy!

March 09, 2021, 07:45:13 AM
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Finally finished the GBC console, it's taken a while to complete because I don't have a lot of free time ATM...

Anyway,

the GB console has a twin, finished in Black in honour of the Black carts;



in action;



controller, this was hacked together from a second hand, knock-off snes controller (nothing of value was lost)



controller needs a bit more work, but otherwise good...

...as always, Enjoy!