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Astrofra · 20 November 2013, 22:37

Hi all,

a few years ago, I made a so-called 'Mame conversion' with an old out-of-order arcade machine (detailled here, in French, alas).

I wanted to start a new project and build a cabinet from scratch, and I found out that the Amiga 600 is the perfect (almost) hardware to power a small table top cabinet.

Here is a quick draft of the initial concept I've been able to doodle in 3D (heavily inspired by Koenigs' Nanocade) :

Technical Specs :
- On the side view, the trapezoidal shape is the Amiga 600.
- LCD screen. I haven't settled yet on Pal TV vs VGA. VGA would require an upscaler, as far as I know.
- The CPU is an A600, 68k, 3.1, 2 Megs Chip, 4 Megs Fast, CF 4Gig
- 2 Seimitsu arcade sticks (the same I used on my Mame cabinet)
- 2 or 3 buttons per player. Button 1 & 2 mapped to the usual Amiga buttons. Button 3 mapped to "Joy Up" (is this technically possible ?)
- The games are installed using WHDLoad
- The machine boots directly to TinyLauncher.
- The cabinet will be partly build using the services of formulor.de

At the moment the Amiga boots on TinyLauncher, and about 200 games are installed (and working).
The hardest part is yet to come : build the cabinet.

Any comment or suggestion is welcome

20 November 2013, 22:37	#1
Astrofra Amos Basic Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Orleans \| France Age: 49 Posts: 85	An Amiga-based Arcade Cabinet Project Hi all, a few years ago, I made a so-called 'Mame conversion' with an old out-of-order arcade machine (detailled here, in French, alas). I wanted to start a new project and build a cabinet from scratch, and I found out that the Amiga 600 is the perfect (almost) hardware to power a small table top cabinet. Here is a quick draft of the initial concept I've been able to doodle in 3D (heavily inspired by Koenigs' Nanocade) : Technical Specs : - On the side view, the trapezoidal shape is the Amiga 600. - LCD screen. I haven't settled yet on Pal TV vs VGA. VGA would require an upscaler, as far as I know. - The CPU is an A600, 68k, 3.1, 2 Megs Chip, 4 Megs Fast, CF 4Gig - 2 Seimitsu arcade sticks (the same I used on my Mame cabinet) - 2 or 3 buttons per player. Button 1 & 2 mapped to the usual Amiga buttons. Button 3 mapped to "Joy Up" (is this technically possible ?) - The games are installed using WHDLoad - The machine boots directly to TinyLauncher. - The cabinet will be partly build using the services of formulor.de At the moment the Amiga boots on TinyLauncher, and about 200 games are installed (and working). The hardest part is yet to come : build the cabinet. Any comment or suggestion is welcome Last edited by Astrofra; 20 November 2013 at 23:14.