What happens in the arcade…

I’m a geek, you’re a geek, we’re all geeks.

And 10 years ago, geeks were talking about making arcade control panels.

While arcade has drastically decreased in popularity since the 1980s, they are still widely regarded as the summum of geek videogames. There are multi-platform machines, emulation…

Did the arcade world evolved in the last decade?

2023/08/092023/08/10 by wereallgeeks Categories: 100% Geek, Arcade Cabinet, Arcade electronics, Arcade room, Computers and technology, Control Panel Redux, Games, Geek lounge, Geekyness, Projects, Retrocomputing, RetrogamingTags: Altoids, arcade, computer, console, control panel, CPO, DIY, Game Boy, gameongrafx, games, Geek, MAME, NES, Raspberry pi, Raspberry pi 3b+, retrogaming, Retropie, trackball, video games

Did joysticks evolve in the last 10 years?

I’m a geek, you’re a geek, we’re all geeks.

And 10 years ago, the geeks were talking about evolution of the joystick, and the evolution of the console game controller.

Did joysticks evolve since then?

2023/07/162023/07/16 by wereallgeeks Categories: 100% Geek, Arcade room, Computers and technology, Games, Geek lounge, Geekyness, Modern gaming, Retrocomputing, RetrogamingTags: ar, arcade, augmented reality, controller, evolution, game pad, gamepad, games, Geek, Kinect, move, nintendo, nintendo wii, nintendo wii u, nunchuck, occulus, occulus quest, occulus rift, playstation, playstation 4, playstation 5, playstation move, ps move, quest, retrogaming, video games, virtual reality, vr, wii, wii remote, wii u, xbox, xbox one, xbox serie x

Fix-it Felix for Commodore 64 -OR- When fake retro games become real

Once upon a time, Disney made an animation movie portraying arcade game characters. To convey their story, they invented fake old-school video games.

Apparently, fans liked Fix-It Felix. There are reproduction arcade cabinets being made, and now an emulated commodore 64 game!

2023/07/062023/07/12 by wereallgeeks Categories: 100% Geek, Commodore 64, Computers and technology, Games, Geekyness, Projects, Retrocomputing, RetrogamingTags: arcade, arcades, C64, C64C, commodore, Commodore 64, disney, fake retro, fix-it felix jr, games, Geek, homebrew, movie, retro arcade, retrocomputers, retrogaming, video games, wreck-it ralph

Arcade control panel electronics

I’m a geek, you’re a geek, we’re all geeks.

And geeks have geek toys, sometimes in the shape of arcade cabinets.

And sometimes these arcade cabinet runs emulation software for so long that thay are scheduled for overhaul and reconfiguration.

In the process of updating the arcade Control Panel, there was a need to come up with a way to wire the controls to the computer at the heart of the arcade machine. Most emulation software will gladly accept mouse and keyboard and while it is technically possible to hack these into controls on the arcade cabinet, it may not be desirable to do so – the most standardized method used to interface with emulation software is to convert buttons to keypresses in one way or another.

Today’s article will reflect on such electronics to be used in arcade machine build-up.

2023/01/162023/06/08 by wereallgeeks Categories: 100% Geek, Arcade Cabinet, Arcade electronics, Arcade room, Computers and technology, Control Panel Redux, Games, Geek lounge, Geekyness, ProjectsTags: arcade, arcade controller, arduino, arduino pro micro, controller, DIY, Game controller, hid, interface, joystick, mini-pac, mouse, paddle, spinner, trackball, ultimarc

Installing overlay to arcade control panel

After planing a control panel for the arcade; after building the control panel; after designing it’s artwork and getting it printed, it is time to install the overlay on the control panel.

Today we look at the installation process of adding the control panel overlay (CPO) to the control panel.

2022/11/252023/06/29 by wereallgeeks Categories: 100% Geek, Arcade Cabinet, Arcade room, Games, Geekyness, ProjectsTags: arcade, arcade control panel, arcade control panel overlay, arcade cp, arcade cpo, artwork, control panel, control panel overlay, CP, CPO, vinyl sticker