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10/28/2008

USB Classic Controller
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The classic is back, fully USB equipped and ready for an emulator near you...

With 10 additional contact points inside of the controller on the PCB, you can either add some additional micro buttons to the plastic housing for extra coin, start and fire buttons, or use the board itself in your own arcade desktop control panel or in an arcade cabinet, pricing is very reasonable and this looks like a great low cost gift just in time for the holidays!

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--- Submitted by Curt on 2008-10-15, posted by saint

OMEGA RACE No Dead Zone Replacement PCB
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Over on CGCC.CA, Canadian gaming forum, a very sharp member of the coin-op forum has designed and manufactured a Spinner circuit board that replaces the original on Omega Race. This is great for restorations, but also take note!! This board was designed to get rid of a design flaw in the orignal spinner, whereby there was a small "dead zone" where your ship would do nothing, due to the way a traditional potentiometer works. This board is designed to eliminate this, thereby making gameplay like it should be!

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--- Submitted by Ray B on 2008-10-16, posted by saint

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10/09/2008

AKI 3.0 USB Interface
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A new USB encoder is now available from B-Spec Labs. The AKI 3.0 USB Interface, successor to the AKI and SJC interfaces, is a user-configurable encoder which currently supports analog, digital, and 49-way joysticks, as well as joystick to keyboard, and joystick to mouse conversion. For more details, read the product description here.

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--- Submitted by Dave Biedenbach on 2008-10-03, posted by saint

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09/13/2008

New Video Arcade Builder Site! Cronin's Custom Arcades LLC
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More of an ad than news, but check out Cronin's Custom Arcades :)

Welcome to Cronin's Custom Arcades! (formally CroninsArcade.com) -- The premier Video Arcade Machine builder this side of the web!

Browse our site to learn about the exciting products we have to offer. We have full, complete turn-key video arcade machines ready to order and ready to play!

All turn-key systems come with at least 80 games and you can even upgrade to even more pre-installed games.

Our design service can custom design ANY video arcade cabinet requirement you have. If we don't have what you like, tell us what you want!

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08/10/2008

New project - DualStik - Arcade Controller with Spinner and Trackball for two Players
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Added DualStik - Arcade Controller with Spinner and Trackball for two Players to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

The DualStik consists of two controllers linked together with a 25-pin serial cable. The master unit provides buttons, a spinner and a trackball and can be solitarily used in single player games. The slave controller looks similar, but it only works when connected to the master, because it just holds the controls for player two and doesn't contain any logic boards. This provides for a handy size of the single unit while the dual player option is still retained.

This makes 1241 projects in the new database so far!

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New project - Project MAME - Defender
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Added Project MAME - Defender to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

Here is my first MAME cabinet, based on a X-Arcade and TFT screen. The cabinet is all homemade.

This makes 1240 projects in the new database so far!

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New project - Ghost inthe Machine
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Added Ghost inthe Machine to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

4 Player Cabinet with Side lit etched acrylic Modular "doc-like" Panels affixed using a Velcro System. Luminglass and Etched Acrylic Marquee. Custom lighted spinner and lighted twisty grip. Automatic rotating monitor

This makes 1239 projects in the new database so far!

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New project - Mame Marvel Arcade
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Added Mame Marvel Arcade to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

A built from scratch all new design, with a very slim modern style and a great big 26" monitor.

This makes 1238 projects in the new database so far!

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New project - The Machine Cocktail Arcade
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Added The Machine Cocktail Arcade to the examples page.

The author had this to say about their project:

I started with a broken laptop and ended up with a game playin machine. I wanted a nice looking cocktail table where 2 players could play games side by side (for games like Berzerk, Joust, Street Fighter, etc). Cost was < $300

This makes 1237 projects in the new database so far!

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Issue # 51 of the Retrogaming Times Monthly, is now online.
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Highlights from the August 2008 issue include:

• Vic 20 Behr Bonz Multicart
• California Extreme 2008
• Apple ][ Incider - The Apple ][ today - part 1
• Who'd Win - Double Dragon vs Bad Dudes
• Old Wine in New Bottles: Midway Arcade Treasures

You can find all these and more inside the Retrogaming Times Monthly!

131 months in a row - the longest-running online free retro-gaming newsletter ever!

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