{"id":1834,"date":"2009-08-19T17:03:49","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T09:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/?p=1834"},"modified":"2009-08-19T17:03:49","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T09:03:49","slug":"farewell-mr-arcade-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/2009\/08\/19\/farewell-mr-arcade-99\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell Mr. Arcade ’99"},"content":{"rendered":"

Way back in 1999, a friend and I built an arcade cabinet as a summer project.<\/p>\n

I ordered the joysticks and buttons from Happ Controls<\/a> and used the circuit boards from a couple of cheap Playstation controllers. It used to sit in the corner of my room behind two bar stools. It housed all my consoles and had a slot in the front so that I could run controller cables to play Dance Dance Revolution<\/a>, Guitar Freaks<\/a>, and Sega Bass Fishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was awesome… but heavy… and difficult to move.<\/p>\n

When I moved to Leederville (and later Sydney) it stayed at my parents’ house. My sister used it for a while, but it eventually fell into the category of simply “taking up space”. She asked it she could get rid of it and I said that was fine, but I wanted to keep the control panel (she also pulled out the light and speakers, seemed a shame to throw them out).<\/p>\n

So now it’s gone… and I’m thinking of building a smaller tabletop cabinet<\/a> or standalone arcade<\/a> stick<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s the last photo of it all in one piece:<\/p>\n

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Sigh<\/em>. I never did get a real arcade panel. It only ever lit up with the word “Arcade” (quickly printed out on paper as a placeholder title).<\/p>\n

Rest In Pieces: Mr. Arcade ’99!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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