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This is the first book to walk people through the construction of a complete video arcade cabinet - just like the ones we dropped quarter after quarter into in the 1980s, making it a must-have for hobbyists who love classic video games and want to create their own machines! Arcade-game expert John St. Clair guides readers through several projects, with a focus on building a complete arcade cabinet using a PC, custom controllers, and special emulation software. Readers begin by building classic arcade-style joysticks, buttons, and trackballs, and gradually build their own full-size arcade cabinet using the plans on the CD-ROM or by designing their own.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments.Introduction.Part I: Playing Your Games the Way They Are Meant to Be Played-with Arcade Controls.Chapter 1: Picking Your Path to Game-Playing Nirvana.Chapter 2: Building Your Arcade Cabinet.Part II: Designing and Building Your Dream Arcade Control Panel.Chapter 3: Pushing Your Buttons and the Joy of Joysticks.Chapter 4: Taking Your Game Out for a Spin-Spinners and Trackballs.Chapter 5: Arcade Controls for Power Gamers.Chapter 6: Building the Control Panel.Part III: Hooking Things Up Under the Hood-Time to Trick the Computer.Chapter 7: How It Works-Turning a Computer into the Brains of an Arcade Machine.Chapter 8: Using the Keyboard Connector for Arcade Controls.Chapter 9: Arcade Controls Using the Mouse Connector.Chapter 10: Miscellaneous Bits of Arcade Trickery.Part IV: Putting Together the Final Pieces.Chapter 11: Audio-Silence Isn't Golden.Chapter 12: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand ...Tokens?Chapter 13: Installing the Computer.Chapter 14: Choosing and Loading Software.Chapter 15: Buttoning Up the Odds and Ends.Part V: Like the Concept but Not Sure You Have It in You?Chapter 16: Stuck? Frustrated? Out of Quarters?Chapter 17: Buying Your Way to Gaming Nirvana.Chapter 18: Online Places to Go.Appendix A: Where to Find Arcade Parts for Your Project.Appendix B: The Great Debate-Preserving Versus MAMEing the Past.Appendix C: What's on the CD-ROM.Index.End-User License Agreement.

About the Author :
John St.Clair, like most children of the '80s, spent much of his childhood immersed in arcade games. Although he's now a respectable network engineer, he remains an avid gamer and serves as Webmaster for www.arcadecontrols.com, the favored site of hobbyist game builders.

Review :
."..breathtaking detail...the passion is infectious..." ("Edge", December 2005) .,."breathtaking detail...the passion is infectious..." ("Edge," December 2005) " ... breathtaking detail... the passion is infectious... " ("Edge," December 2005) ..".breathtaking detail...the passion is infectious..." (Edge, December 2005)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780764556166
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
  • Height: 236 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Build Your Own Arcade Machine
  • Width: 187 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0764556169
  • Publisher Date: 07 May 2004
  • Binding: SA
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Extremetech
  • Weight: 765 gr


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