It’s about time! Sorry for the lack of updates on the arcade cabinet project, but after a big delay with technical hurdles and busy schedules, Norm and Wes are back with some progress to report. Wiring and testing of the numerous control buttons continues, plus we turn our attention to the CRT monitor and setting it up to run properly on Windows.
Link to monitor input lag forum database: http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/145141/sub-1-frame-hdtv-monitor-input-lag-database
More details about input lag testing: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/input_lag.htm
Watch the previous episodes here:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIYx2Altf2k
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_xeOvdOnsQ
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVLnM9fMGdw
Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tZ0t6gArAk
Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEeNG_MP7GE
Part 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4yiHxiQ3c4
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7:00 OMG I CAN HEAR THE ANNOYING CRT FREQUENCY!!! that’s amazing.
According to my cellphone’s spectrum analyzer, it’s about 15,73khz. I
thought YouTube supported only up to 14khz audio!
Edit: yep, wikipedia confirms: 50 Hz/60 Hz CRTs used for television operate
with horizontal scanning frequencies of 15,734 Hz (for NTSC systems) or
15,625 Hz (for PAL systems).[53] These frequencies are at the upper range
of human hearing and are inaudible to many people; however, some people
(especially children) will perceive a high-pitched tone near an operating
television CRT.
Finally! Apologies for the hiatus, but here’s an update to the arcade
cabinet project!
Why not just connect a crt TV through RCA cables? That’s how I did it all
my life.
Just build the fucking thing..who cares about all the techincal bullshit
I dunno what people are talking about with the high pitched noise.
Am I the only one whose ears got pierced when they turn on the TV-Monitor?
is it just me or the screen position is absolutely not practical and not
pretty
Please guys- I feel like this started with Will. We all complained that he
was talking over others, now there’s very few camera features with him, now
it’s occurring with Norm and his guests. I’m not so sure many have a
problem with either of you as people. You guys seem genuinely nice and
you’re pretty cool but for the love of god: stop talking over people. Let
your guests finish what they’re saying and then retort. If it’s a matter of
keeping guests on track to offer content we’re interested in try and have
predetermined ques or pre-shoot meetings about topics up for discussion and
general flows of the shoot.
It just seems downright disrespectful when you want to bring another body
onto the show as a friend or expert and then frequently interrupt or talk
over them.
John’s Arcade restores old arcade machines. He document the entire
restoration. Quite entertaining and in my opinion a lot more interesting
for people who like the practical side of the restoration and build
projects.
Uhhg, the problems of having headphones that can produce high frequencies
is hearing things like at 7:15 when they turn on the monitor :(
Please make sure you use groovyMAME. It is so much easier than loading a
million custom rezs and configs and stuff for regular MAME.
Sorry for making you wait. In this video we’re just gonna talk and point
the camera at a few things, but not actually do anything.
Anyone else hear the high-pitched buzz when he turns the cabinet on at 6:56
?
Holy shit I was looking for this you guys Awesome !
I will build one this video will be my reference point.
Ow, the high-pitched sounds, it hurts.
Yeah had to take my headphones off bc of that frequency lol
Arcades,something that nowdays game consoles will never beat
Sorry to say, but what a let down.. Here i though this was an update…Just
finish the thing & then show us please…
Stuck getting a front-end & games working ?. If so.
Use hyper-spin, that front end you have isn’t great in comparison..
A heap of people use hyper-spin..
Has great support around with a tone of features & a great looking
interface…
Should be good once you figure out all the kinks & get it up & running.
I hear that signature high frequency CRT sound through the mic/my speakers.
Been a while since I heard that headache inducing sound.
All of the fad with retro arcade games is a nostalgia factor. I’ve fired up
M.A.M.E. or some other emulator several times in the past. And after a
short while I’m bored with them, they are old and I’d rather play some
Assassin Creed or any other modern game instead.
Don’t meet your childhood heroes, don’t replay childhood games or movies.
Their gonna lose their “magical” nostalgia feel.
I have been battling with MAME for years. It’s basically a complete
nightmare getting everything you want working as it should. I’ve been
wanting to build an arcade cabinet but I keep putting it off in the hopes
that a better than MAME solution, or at least a significantly improved MAME
will come out some day.
Tidy wiring makes for far easier troubleshooting.
Why wouldn’t you use a modern monitor. I don’t see any benefits except
nostalgia i guess. It would be a muck nicer setup. You could even play n64
or ps1 on there.
wow, have not heard such a high pitch since justin bieber was on youtube.
My ears are still ringing. lmao
Would it had been too horrible to use a second hand CRT monitor with
semi-modern features so you could have just plugged it in?
Why again aren’t you using XP?
so painful to watch, its so easy compared to soldering for padhack.
oh that high pitched noise
lol i dont hear the high pitch noise, because i have a EQ and hipitch
filtering :)
GroovyMame.
About time you nutbags. Glad to see that you have not given up. Built many
of these. It’s a lot of work but so worth it when you’re done :)
This was a boring tech update. After 7 months, I expected some action. But
good luck finishing it.
Cocktail cabs look cool, but I would hate too be bending over all the time
just too play a game, when I build one, it will be a mini barcade cab.
I can’t wait to see it up and fully running…