Chewlix Worth It? My Taito Vewlix/Chewlix Journey (How I Setup My Candy Cab)

[@TheLivingArcade]

Check out my detailed streamdeck tutorial to see how that's set up. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqPQYXVngpJpj9U

[@ArcadeAdam]

Dude! Excellent video, you definitely know what's up and deserve more subs!

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thank you so much! That means the world to me! I Just got to keep being genuine and bring value and I'll hopefully earn those subs!

[@Namhasto]

I’ve had 2 chewlix, and think they’re the best. I really appreciate your efforts and the production value in this video. Well done buddy boy!

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thanks so much! I put a lot of passion into this one!

[@Gh0stFlipper]

Uncle Tonys videos and his twitch stream are always top notch.

[@TheLivingArcade]

You're too kind thank you so much!

[@vaitarianderson5096]

Love this guy! Super talented!

[@cachanilla1375]

Where i can find a "chewlix arcade cabinet"???

[@jo_aut2090]

Holy! What a Video - can’t believe your sub count - the quality of your content deserves minimum 100k++ subs. And the idea with the steam deck is fabulous. I have a steamdeck on my pc but never thought on it for my Arcade 🤣😱

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thank you so much! Sorry for the late reply. I gotta earn those subs! I wish I had thought of the stream deck on an arcade. Got the idea from photos on other posts but I haven't seen anyone break it down.

[@jo_aut2090]

Rewatched your Video - still amazing! I have seen you didn’t upload regularly - keep on going you will make it here with your skills! Maybe other topics you are interested in. But it will happen if you are improving and keeping your quality up!

[@AllAboutTKK]

Hey brother, TKK signing in, I have one of these coming to my home this Friday. First impressions of mine video, I’ll be sure to speak on yours. I gave this full watch time, thanks. I’ll be coming back to you for some talking points. Max Luv!

[@TheLivingArcade]

Right on! Thank you for checking it out. You're fortunate to find one! I look forward to seeing how you like it! There's just something about playing games on these things. Take care!

[@tomrwills]

Fantastic all around. I want the same thing but probably will just go with a PS5 eventually due to having a lot of digital games and my siblings play fighters on there too. The vinyl graphics on the panel look great! top notch on everything here, especially for a budget build.

[@CyberScott86]

absolutely amazing video! Thank you! Subscribed!

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thank you! that means a lot! I hope I can keep creating

[@cabbusses]

I actually saw some Vewlix arcades for the first time at an arcade place I can hop the train to. They put the current trendy arcade fighting games on them but there's also one with some older-era games in a multigame setup of sorts (definitely was not a Pandora's Box, though). All Japanese. Pretty neat to see a video with one in action.

[@TheLivingArcade]

I love seeing that! I've only seen them in the wild at a place called "Round1" which was surprising since they're a bowling toy crane amusement center. I hope to see more "modern" arcade releases on commercial cabs like that. One can hope. Thanks so much for checking out the video! I hope it helped. If there's anything else I can make videos about please let me know. I'll try and deliver as long as it's something I have access to and knowledge of.

[@cabbusses]

@@TheLivingArcade I don't really know what I'd suggest to arcade enthusiasts. I have no DIY skill myself so I wouldn't dare suggest something in that field. The best I've done so far is going into some specifics regarding which games run like junk on a Pandora's Box setup and the likely reasons why, and I don't have any of the new "3D/Saga" models or the Pandory Tools. Maybe sometime I'll think about making a multigame dedicated to unfinished game protos. Yeah, that's a weird idea, isn't it? Hahaha.

[@DarrenOConnor3]

Damn it's criminal that your videos are so professionally produced but you have so few subscribers. Hope it doesn't deter you from making a follow up video about your cabinet. I'd love to see more from you about how the frontend(s) you're using, and how you're using the stream deck mini. I just picked one up to put into my Chewlix control panel

[@TheLivingArcade]

THANK YOU so much! It is a bit frustrating but I am seeing some growth. Comments like these is what keeps me going! I will make a stream deck arcade setup vid as soon as I can with some info on the front end. I am using www.launchbox-app.com/ it's the easiest to setup and very customizable. I highly recommend the lifetime subscription. Constant updates and new features. They even have a voting page where the community votes on the next features they want and they always deliver on what their community votes for.

[@1979benmitchell]

I was thinking the same thing! I'm just starting my "Home Arcade" journey and came across this channel and was like how the hades does this only have a few hundred subs.

[@DrNoBrazil]

Making a video about this crap is the real crime.

[@DarrenOConnor3]

@@DrNoBrazil powerful loser energy radiating from your basement

[@osamaroum]

I found myself watching the whole video , great build.

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thank you so much! I put a lot of passion into the build and the video.

[@jonathangerman671]

I really like the sit down style, as at my age, I would never want to stand up at an arcade anymore. I’ve been thinking about getting one of these for a while but curious about adding a trackball and or spinner for other games. It doesn’t look like there’s much room for those on the control panel.

[@TheLivingArcade]

Yeah the sit down style is def. the way to go! Be aware that not all of them have the control panel that comes out far enough in a way that allows your legs to fit comfortably in there and not hunch over. That's why I like the chewlix style so much the control panel sticks out way further. It doesn't have enough room for trackballs and such but I'm going to make a separate trackball and spinner controller that can fit on my lap and I can plug it in to that USB panel mount quickly. Check out www.arcadeworlduk.com/products/2-player-sit-down-arcade-cabinet-flat-pack-kit-black.html?setCurrencyId=3 For another idea. I don't know how legit that supplier is though it's just for reference. Also check out pedestal arcade form factors too.

[@pepincuatro2865]

Such a cool hobby, and great video!

[@AlbertoBallestin]

I rarely ever comment, but this is excellent content and gotta help you game the algorithm 🤙

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! That algorithm is a tough nut to crack!

[@cryptolord9826]

This is what I need 🤙

[@Lastjustice]

Very cool set up as you do quality work. It all looks clean and professional. Nothing worse than someone slapping a super busy million characters/games plastered all over the side of their machines. So Gaudy. Arcade machines have an identity and a certain theme for a reason. These ae super cool style of Arcade machine. I don't have the space for it currently in my life, but I could see myself tinkering with one in the future.

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thank you! It actually took a lot of restraint to embrace the minimal Japanese style of design. I love this cab form factor. I wish they were more accessible. Check out the quanba 2009 desk amzn.to/3xt6fq5 also check out the unico nova blast. Those may be options. Thank you so much for watching and for commenting.

[@Lastjustice]

@@TheLivingArcade Very cool. I'm new to the modding scene, so I watch alot of videos for ideas and to learn the tricks of the trade.

[@realmchat6665]

This is awesome, my dream cab, except maybe with a vert screen, love the shmups.

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thanks for watching! Just so you know. These particular models can come apart and the screen can be rotated for vertical tate mode! The panels on the top and bottom get re-installed on the sides. I love the shmups too! I'm just terrible at them. I'll build a vert one if I can ever hunt another one down.

[@johnlund8157]

Awesome video. Great to see the lsq lever aswell. Thought I was the only one using it lol

[@TheLivingArcade]

We might be the only ones using it haha! It's really sweet though! I'm starting to like it more then the JLF. It's Double the cost as a JLF so I imagine that is a tough sell for a lot of people.

[@VAMPIREMACHIINE]

Haha, liked and subbed as soon as I saw Chewy. Great video! :D

[@TheLivingArcade]

ha! No reason it can't be informative AND entertaining. Thank you so much!

[@dorfus]

This is fantastic! Nice work!

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thank you! Been working on this vid for months and I was really inspired by your video.

[@dorfus]

@@TheLivingArcade that’s so awesome- it’s super exciting to see people put their own spin on this kind of thing. You did a WAY better job of showing the internal functions than me!

[@dorfus]

Oh yeah and total side note, I had to remove a door and also nearly totally take apart my Candy Cab when I actually got one into the same room. You are 100% spot on.

[@TheLivingArcade]

@@dorfus Totally! That's why I mentioned it. It's one of those things you don't think about until it's too late.

[@MrClockw3rk]

If you’re into more modern cabinet design, I do a nice wall mounted build for Umbrella Arcades.

[@TheLivingArcade]

I have seen those! Super slick modern design! 16 guage steel! That's some serious work! I can't get enough of the creativity in our retro passions. I love seeing stuff like that!

[@pedroperes02]

Amazing work man, looks amazing !!!!

[@yjmechanic]

Good work looks good 👍

[@vabearcub]

Epic Beard!! looking great!

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thanks so much! I owe a lot to "Can you handlebar" beard oil. Getting sponsored by them is one of my life goals.

[@ryulanda9399]

Amazing build man. Subbed.

[@TheLivingArcade]

thank you so much! I aim to create more vids as soon as time allows.

[@RUOK2000]

Oooooh everyday I am more tempted xxxxx

[@mechamania]

So, the friend still gets the relatively crappy joystick. Awesome!!!

[@TheLivingArcade]

hahaha those seimitsu silent sticks are expensive! Installing only one shaved $20 off the cost at the time. Now I've got two JLX's in there actually.

[@chrisgrossnickle1479]

This video just blew my mind

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thank you so much! I hope it inspires and gives you ideas

[@WeebWeeabo69]

jeesus, super high quality content! like and sub!!

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thanks so much! That really means a lot to me! I put a lot of passion into this stuff.

[@uriva0707]

Thanks

[@shingetta81]

Wow 👌 your amazing bro. I just want to ask you about the Chewlix compatibility with the classic jamma pcb, you see .... my father used to own a small restaurant with some arcade machines. Most of the old wooden arcade cabinet are either corroded or rusted, but i managed to salvage the pcb boards ( MJ moonwalk, TMNT and konami's X-MEN), and i was planning to use Chewlix if its can read the jamma boards.

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thanks so much! I hope it gave you some ideas. Good on you for saving those boards! I had to think about this one for a min. The biggest issue is the chewlix uses a "modern" HDMI LCD display. Those boards are designed to output 15kHz RGB or VGA to a CRT display. Mine also has VGA inputs but everything is in Chinese. I have no way to look up the model number to see if the display can handle the output from those boards. They output at a lower res then most "modern" displays can accept. Additionally the menu system is in chinese so I have no way of making any adjustments in the settings menu. Chewlixes aren't standardized either, there's no telling exactly what display yours will come with when you source one. There are boards out there that can convert jamma to hdmi. Here's a link to give you some ideas. www.arcadexpress.com/en/60-video-converters After converting the video you may want to consider a scanline generator. The raw pixel output doesn't look like what you remember seeing on a true CRT with scanlines. (That's why I use the CRT Shaders in retroarch to give it that look) Look into the "OSSC Scart upscaler" and the "framemeister" as well. A BIG THING TO be aware of is that technically the chewlixes use a chinese "jamma" harness known as a "chamma" it looks the same but wired differently see this article here. www.arcaderepairtips.com/2021/03/16/getting-familiar-with-the-chamma-standard/ Mine was wired incorrectly from the "factory" punch and kick buttons were all mixed up hence why I just ripped it all out of there! There are chamma to jamma adapters available assuming yours is wired correctly. If you go that rout, make sure you follow the wires to insure it is wired correctly to the "chamma" standard. Plenty of people have had great success with them. Personally, I haven't used any of these methods because I can't afford the costs. So please research and don't take what I've said as gospel, this is just to point you in the right direction. If you could get your hands on an "astro city" or "egret" candy cab you wouldn't need such things since those do have CRT's and I believe are already wired to the jamma standard but they're way heavier and in very high demand! Or you may find a non working jamma arcade machine with a good CRT on the used market to put those boards in. There's also jamma switchers out there. They allow for multiple jamma boards to be in the same cab and you can switch between them with a knob. It's a lot! Don't let it discourage you. It's a fun journey with lots of learning. To me that's where the fun really is in all this. Also look into the MISTER FPGA or consider what I did with a gaming PC and emulation. I hope this helps and good luck!

[@mauriceelliott9027]

Dude, I love your cab. I would to love to get a print out of your artwork from your cabinet since I have the same color.

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you like it and hopefully got some ideas from it. What artwork are you interested in? I got all the artwork and panel template file from the Chewlix FB group if that helps.

[@MrWrightWay]

Love this

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thank you so much! Love your channel BTW

[@MrWrightWay]

@@TheLivingArcade thank you so much

[@yackyyam]

Great build!

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thank you so much! I hope it inspires!

[@ArcadeObsessed]

Brilliant man WOW 🤩

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thank you so much! That means a lot to me! I put a lot of passion into this one. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@BigWillTheMill]

Living on the EC has made getting a Chewlix feel impossible or too expensive. On top of that, as a tall guy, I want them like 2" taller - so I'm just going to try making my own. Currently using an Amazon desk to mimic the shape, and I'll figure out the rest when I get time to make it look good heh.

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thank you for sharing. They're tough to find! Took me a few years because I wasn't going to deal with shipping one. There are a few really good vids on YT of people building them totally from scratch! Try digging in some forums for any CNC files people have shared of chewlix style builds. I'm pretty sure I've seen one or two but it was a while ago.

[@patrickbvick]

Give this man his subs.

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thank you! That really means a lot! It's comments like these that keep me going! I really appreciate it.

[@eleveninth]

Damn, subbed. Can u do a video on how u bypassed the dodgy china ground and used your own power strip?

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thanks so much! I'll see if I can make a quick short covering that part more in detail. I'm not sure if I can totally re-create it because I already tossed the Chinese plug that was attached to the DC power supply. But in the meantime if you go to 01:44 in the video you can see a square shaped hole just beneath my hand as I'm plugging stuff in. There's a little slide cover held in with 4 screws on the right rear of the cab. I removed that plate and there is an access hole big enough to feed the power cable from the power strip through. I just bought a power strip with a really long cord and feed it out through the hole and plugged everything into the power strip and I left all the factory wiring in there unused including that little Chinese duplex. It was faster then tracing it all down and rewiring. The power strip is just sitting inside towards the back. I did take a leap of faith on the monitor though! Everything was in chinese and I couldn't verify the model number to confirm if it would accept U.S. 120v. Granted most do these days but I did risk frying it so be aware. The DC power supply has screw terminals for everything. I just cut the end off a us cord and stripped the ends and screwed them down on to the correct terminals. It's just powering the coin mech and the amplifier. They could both be powered with "wall wart" DC plugs plugged in to the power strip. But it was already there so I used it. I hope this makes sense. If not let me know.

[@Kyle12vr]

Definitely not the only one but will also hit other strange hotkeys especially when 2player mashing begins Definitely a buzz kill sometimes

[@TheLivingArcade]

Haha thanks for making me feel better! Yeah it especially happens with two players going at it. I've had a few times during a mashing session change a setting somewhere and it broke retroarch! I had to dump the config files and start over.

[@cybermindarcade5172]

cool video I want one but the only one for sale near me is a grand and its the bang pow graphic one so not so nice looking.

[@TheLivingArcade]

I'm not familiar with the bang pow graphic one. I have seen people remove all the plastic trim pieces and vinyl wrap them in different colors. It does take some skill with a heat gun to get the vinyl to conform to all the corners though. There are some private sales that pop up in the chewlix FB group. And they do bulk group buys (filling up an entire shipping container) once or twice a year to save on shipping. But the shipping is still expensive. A grand is a pretty good price but tough if you don't like the look. You might spend more trying to make it look the way you want. Keep an eye out on the FB group. Really smart and nice people there. facebook.com/groups/637286370348714

[@vpinhub]

Nice work :)

[@Falcon5ive]

Which theme are you running on BigBox?

[@TheLivingArcade]

I'm using a combination of unified redux and unified refried. Redux for the main platform menu and refried for the actual platforms. I believe I swapped out some of the background videos but only a couple.

[@TheLivingArcade]

If I remember correctly those themes also have a couple different view options as well to get them to look like that. I feel it's the most arcade cab friendly look

[@raisedinDasouth]

fire

[@ginzuemulation9265]

Awesome good video 👍🤩

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thank you so much! 🙏 for your kind words. It means the world to me! KZbin is so hard

[@thelegendcollector8538]

Great video

[@Odwalla_YT]

Hey Boss! Consider me inspired, I just signed the order papers today on two Chewies! I seriously appreciate this video, your budget upgrades and the beautiful personal style you achieved are both fantastic. One thing I'm curious about though is Equalizer APO, how do you have yours set up to improve the audio output of your cab?

[@TheLivingArcade]

Congrats on finding two of them! And thanks for watching! As for EQ APO on the surface it's just an equalizer and somehow it writes the changes to the sound driver so once it's set you don't need to open it unless you want to make changes. The speakers mine came with aren't that great so I just put on some different music and adjusted the EQ until it sounded good to me. But there's some groups online that do a lot more with it especially with surround sound. Lots of plugins too! You can really deep dive with it. Some people tune it so they can hear footsteps easier on FPS games online and what not. A lot of people have reported just installing it and not touching it still made things sound better. I don't think a lot of people know about it hence why I brought it up.

[@Odwalla_YT]

@@TheLivingArcade Oh man! That's way simpler sounding than I was expecting. I'll definitely be giving that a go! Thanks so much for the feedback, looking forward to future content my guy! 😘

[@saulramirez4639]

can you make a video inside of your cabinet, how did you connected the smart plug for Alexa, do you have a link where did you get it?

[@TheLivingArcade]

if you jump to 01:45 in the video you can see me plugging in a power strip. There's an access hole on the bottom right of the cab under my right hand. You can see the power strip cord and ethernet cable feeding through it. I plugged everything into that power strip inside the cab and ran the power strip cord through the hole out the back. I left all the factory wiring alone and unused. Then that is connected to a smart plug amzn.to/3VYPvOz The smart plug is just a glorified switch that I can operate with my voice or phone. That way I don't need to reach inside to turn it on. Most computers can be configured to boot up the moment they receive power. Everything inside is left on and the smart plug behaves like the on off switch. Let me know if this answers your question.

[@vholf]

You inspired me t work on my Chewlix! I got me a stream deck mini and I'm loving it, I'm using pretty much all your ideas. I am now hunting an old card swipe mech case like yours because it looks too damn cool! Also, is it the lighting or did you manage to make the neon icons blue? Mine are purple.

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thanks! I'm glad to hear that! Inspiration is my main goal. I kind of created a monster with those card readers. It was a totally random thing that turned out perfect for this application. The neon icons are purple they were just rendering more blue on camera. But now that makes me want to covert them to blue. If you know photoshop or another image editing app they can be converted to blue. There's a ton of cool creators out there making custom icons as well.

[@vholf]

@@TheLivingArcade Oh neat! the icons are totally editable, even the animated ones. I actually went with the Shield icons, I will be making my own. Changing the color of the neon icons should be easy with a photoshop action script.

[@TheLivingArcade]

@@vholf Yup photoshop action is def. the way to go. Another cool tool is "screen2gif" if you want to add a custom icon to one of the animated buttons. Most of them include just the empty background as a gif in the set. So I use the add "watermark" to bake a custom icon into the top each frame of the generic background gif. Using "screen2gif" it's super fast. I hope that makes sense.

[@vholf]

yes, I have been creating my custom Icon using the blank one included in most packs. Photoshop can handle the animated gif, but screentogif sounds great, I will add custom sprite animations to my favorite games, having a Ryu firing hadoukens while the game is running would be cool lol

[@TheLivingArcade]

@@vholf That would be so cool. and kind of doable If you're familiar with after effects this guy has some templates. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2K6fKVqlLh2g8U

[@rul644]

I would like to make some similar! But there is not more space in my room!

[@TheLivingArcade]

Totally! Space is always a thing. I never had the space until very recently in my life. Have you seen the Qanba fight stick desk? They're teasing it's release and it's inspired by the Vewlix design. twitter.com/RASCofficial/status/1687523866422411264

[@rul644]

@@TheLivingArcade wow that's great! I have two desk in my room, one is for 2 pc and the other was for studying japanese, but from last year, It became into a repair workshop desk jajaja. I also have a diy arcade bartop, my consoles collection, and recently i' ve receibed and 90's hifi system so, i'm playing real Tetris everyday jajaja

[@Antided]

Awesome build man! I live in Brazil and the best I could do here is to built a cnc mdf cut replica of a vewlix. It is very similar to yours I use Bigbox as well, I have a second monitor as virtual mrquee above the cab, but yours is much better. If I could ask you one thing, how do you configure your arcade controls in steam? It drives me mad. It changes controls ID frequently and I cant set the buttons correctly. Thanks a lot! If you want to see it I have some videos on my chanel

[@TheLivingArcade]

Obrigado! Yes I have seen your video! Impressive and inspiring! Recreating the chewlix in CNC is an amazing achievement! Steam controls is a nightmare! What USB encoders are you using? One thing I would do differently on mine is use an iPac or a USB encoder that supports more then one player so windows wouldn't swap player 1 and 2. A single USB cable and the players are hardcoded www.ultimarc.com/control-interfaces/i-pacs/i-pac2/ Or these (looks interesting) they have a jumper that hard codes it as player 1 or 2 so windows won't swap them. polycade.com/collections/all/products/neo-arcade-controller-board Check out steam big picture mode with no games running. In "big picture mode" you can navigate to the controls and set a "base profile" I map the controls just like the layout for retroarch (button assignments like this. retropie.org.uk/forum/assets/uploads/files/1489884205888-03-button-panel-design.jpeg This gives me a "standard" profile that usually works pretty consistently when steam try's to load profiles on top of that base profile. Kind of like re-maps. Some games have limited configuration settings. For those I use Joy2key. joytokey.net/en/ I just custom remap the controls to the keys that match the game settings. So it sees the controls as keyboard inputs. So it doesnt matter what wacky controller profile steam loads.Joy2key is configured to launch on startup and I've set it to detect which steam game is running and it automatically loads the keyboard remap. It's amazing! Let me know if any of this helps.

[@Antided]

@@TheLivingArcade Thank you so much for the answer! Several people here in Brazil are building CNC cut Vewlix it is some kind of trend now. I use zero delay cheap encoders, I didn't know that more than one player encoder exists! I will try to find one ofr 3 players as my setup but I think it will be difficult. I use joy to key as well for some games, it is amazing. Thanks again for your wisdom!

[@TheLivingArcade]

@@Antided Let me know if anything else comes up. I used cheap zero delay's too. I did find a sweet spot of plugging one in the front USB and the other in the back to get them to stay consistent and not flop. the ultimarc iPac 4 supports 4 player and has a lot of customization with their software.

[@Antided]

@@TheLivingArcade I manage to fix the controls in mame using their ID and the othe emulator I use is MEDNAFEN. it stays stable. The problem only appears with Steam. The Ultimark Board seems amazing. The only thing I Didn't find is rapid fire. I use it a lot with zero delay. Thanks again

[@saab3805]

Bonjour, Super travail... 😍 Mais où trouver la boîte blanche pour le strean box ? Merci 👍

[@TheLivingArcade]

Hello I used google translate to answer your question. I hope I'm understanding correctly. The box around the streamdeck was a credit card reader that I modified to fit it. It's in video at 09:02 in the timestamp. My arcade came with the credit card reader and I had no other use for it. So I cut it into a shell for the streamdeck. You can try searching on eBay for "3D printed case for streamdeck" sometimes they call them "button box" for race simulators. There are a lot of creative people making 3D printed cases and mounts for them on eBay that may work for you. I hope this helps.

[@Kaido_928]

Nice Vectrex shirt

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thank you! My wife got it for me. I miss my vectrex so much!

[@ArcadeBroke]

does the unit come with preinstalled kick harness for say CPS2 boards(6buttons) if I wanted to just plug & play before doing mods?

[@TheLivingArcade]

I have seen some variations of what they come with pre installed looking at what others have shared in the groups. But I don’t recall ever seeing the actual CPS kick harness included on any of them. I really doubt it. Also be aware that they have a “chamma” harness not a true jamma. A couple of pins are flopped around. I have seen chamma to jamma adapters being sold but I would double and triple check everything before dropping in a real board I cared about. Lastly I have no idea if the included 16:9 screen will work with a stock CPS board. Mine does have VGA but everything is in Chinese I couldn’t figure out the model number to find specs. Fortunately I got lucky that it accepted US 120v ac. I took a chance and just plugged it in.

[@ArcadeBroke]

@@TheLivingArcade thank you for this I really appreciate it.

[@TheLivingArcade]

@@ArcadeBroke your welcome. And the more I think about it. You may want to treat it similar to consolizing your CPS board like a supergun in order to drop it in there.

[@PharoahsKingdom]

What's the name of the mic with led display you're using?

[@TheLivingArcade]

It’s the “Razer seiren emote” it looks great on paper but it’s really hard to customize the animations. It took me hours to get that scrolling text to work. After some time with EQ and a combination of VSTs I have been able to get good sound out of it. It’s hard to recommend it unless your ready to spend a lot of time dialing in EQS and filters in addition to the animations

[@TheLivingArcade]

It’s the “Razer seiren emote” it looks great on paper but it’s really hard to customize the animations. It took me hours to get that scrolling text to work. After some time with EQ and a combination of VSTs I have been able to get good sound out of it. It’s hard to recommend it unless your ready to spend a lot of time dialing in EQS and filters in addition to the animations

[@joeybeaulieu8123]

Hahaha i saw your avatar!

[@TheLivingArcade]

Haha thanks! It looks so good on there!

[@TheNickybocker]

I can't figure out how to get the monitor out of my Chewlix there are no screws on the outside to release the vertical side cowling bars, I see screws on the inside, but not sure if those are the screws or not. Do you have any ideas that might help me out? Thanks!

[@TheLivingArcade]

This video does a good job but there's no close ups. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3uwiYCgZaunprc Basically there's a metal "collar" up where the curved marquee meets the colored plastic sides that go along the full length of the monitor. kind of adjacent to the top speaker. The metal collar that covers where those two pieces meet should have one screw. You remove that and the metal collar comes off it will reveal the screws that hold down the plastic side rails. There's another one next to the bottom speaker. Same thing and that should give you enough to remove the two side rails and you should see the rest. The whole monitor is attached to the metal frame around it and the whole thing should be able to slide out towards you from the front. It sits wedged on top the square speakers. This is assuming you have the same design as shown in my video and the one I linked. There has been a re-design recently where the whole front frame is one solid piece including the speakers and everything all surrounding the monitor. If you have that updated design then I don't know. Please let me know if this helps

[@TheNickybocker]

@@TheLivingArcade thanks I will give that a try

[@TheNickybocker]

@@TheLivingArcade I watched the video. It helped me figure it out. This one had studs welded to it and nuts screwed on behind the monitor so it wouldn't pop out. I had to take the monitor out to get to the nuts (the monitor barley comes out from behind, but it does). I am trying to put in gun for IR infared sensors in on both sides. There is barely enough room along side the monitor to put them there so I might have to put them in these colored bars I have been trying to remove. I will be drilling three holes right next to each other. Thanks for your help. I was stuck :)

[@ryanmichalski7420]

Looks good what size is the monitor

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thank you! The monitor is 32" I do hope to one day swap it out with a better one. But the one it came with works good enough for now.

[@neocvera]

Awesome video man! How do I get in touch, there’s something I could use your help on.

[@TheLivingArcade]

Sorry it took so long to respond work has been nuts! What do you need help on? You can DM me on IG if need be. Hey that rhymes. :)

[@neocvera]

@@TheLivingArcade I don’t use IG, thanks for responding! Hasn’t been that long. Maybe email?

[@Ken-zg3ze]

Great work! Did I miss the part where you said how much the cab itself cost?

[@TheLivingArcade]

Thanks so much! No you didn't miss it. I omitted that detail because I don't want to give the wrong impression on the pricing you will see in the wild. Lately, on average, I've been seeing $1200 to $1800 depending on the configuration. I did get really lucky finding mine. There are no full time US distributers for these. The shipping from China drives the cost up. If you ever find one locally for $1500 or less......Grab it! Just look closely because they've changed the design recently. Some like the new design some hate it. If I can get my hands on of those I'll do a comparison video.

[@ngiants2230]

Just curious but you mentioned several times about keeping the cost down, I'm wondering what was the cost of the cabinet before personalizing it? What was your budget you set to personalize it? And ultimately, did you stay within your budget or go over? What was the final total, cab included?

[@TheLivingArcade]

Great question. I didn’t want to give a false impression about the initial price on the cab. I found a once in a lifetime deal for $950 locally. Normally they are 12-15 plus shipping. That’s why I didn’t say In The video. I didn’t really set a limit other then spending as little as possible without compromising the gameplay. Some of the parts I already had but factoring in those costs too I’m at 17 hundred for everything. Most people in the chewlix groups also change out the monitor, get custom control panels made, change out speakers, install a DAC, and put in brook UFBs which are $100 each! It’s an expensive hobby! Please let me know if this answers all your questions.

[@christopherdoyle8081]

Does it still get stereo if you put the monitor in 'TATE' orientation?

[@TheLivingArcade]

I have not put it in TATE myself to say for sure but I see no reason it wouldn't the speakers stay in the same spot and you only flip the screen and the top and bottom panels get swapped to the sides.

[@xk4l1br3]

im so jealous... right now the best price i can find where I live is $2600 :(

[@TheLivingArcade]

Shipping is a nightmare right now! It took me two years of searching until I found one listed locally. Keep looking in the chewlix facebook group and in arcade forums. Hopefully one pops up in your area.

[@RandomStuffByMe]

Hi. Do you have a link for the ashtray? I'm in the same boat. 😉

[@TheLivingArcade]

So it was one of those amazon random "one-offs" It shows as no longer available. I'm not sure if I mentioned in the video but it's also made of silicon which turned out surprisingly nice. But here's some ones that I found this time. amzn.to/3Qc2LeB amzn.to/3RopLsw amzn.to/3Rd0elM This one is metal! Kind of cool amzn.to/3AINIDA Below is the one I got in the video for reference but it's no longer available amzn.to/3RCIqjW I hope this helps you. These are affiliate links BTW

[@RandomStuffByMe]

@@TheLivingArcade Hi again. Thanks for the info. I messaged you via Instagram; please get back to me. Thank you.

[@TheLivingArcade]

@@RandomStuffByMe Sorry I missed it. I replied with a little more insight on IG. Here's a link to the cricut I used to make the graphics. You can see at 6:30 and 8:30 in the video how it cuts both vinyl adhesive and paper. I highly recommend one I use it all the time! amzn.to/3Db92nX I still use the older vs 2 model amzn.to/3eD9MIf these are affiliate links BTW but you can get them at craft stores and even target.

[@RandomStuffByMe]

@@TheLivingArcade thanks for all the info. Just read your messages on IG and responded. 👍🏻

[@tuando8033]

hello i have a brook universal board how do you keep player 1 as default sometimes after reboots player 1 becomes player 2. im on PC win 11.

[@TheLivingArcade]

I'm using two USB encoders (not brooks) and I experienced that as well. Windows seems to randomly assign player 1 and 2 on boot. What worked for me was I experimented with plugging one into the front USB and one into the back USB of the PC hoping they were on different USB host controllers at the motherboard level and I found a combination that worked. You can also try booting with only one connected then connect the other after and sometimes it will "remember" Some people install a inline USB (on/off) switch in between the player two USB and leave it off so that only player one is "connected." When windows boots it insures it's mapped to player one then they flip the switch for player 2 to be assigned by windows after it boots. See link blow for example but there's many variations but here's the idea amzn.to/3UGRxC0 There's also a really advanced way of finding which USB port is player two and setting a "delay" in windows that doesn't activate that port until after it's fully booted insuring it maps to player 2 but It looked pretty elaborate. I'd have to do some digging to find it if the above doesn't work. You can also switch to an encoder that has both players on one board mapped at the chip level but that's a tough one after spending the money on two brooks. But they will never have that issue since it's one USB connection. amzn.to/3GgZKIE www.arcaderenovations.com/ipac2-with-usb-cable.html Please let me know if this helps you. Thanks for watching!

[@TheLivingArcade]

I found this more complicated walkthrough and it's written for windows 10 so I'm not sure if it will work on 11 but wanted to let you know just in case my previous reply didn't help. forum.arcadeotaku.com/viewtopic.php?t=39240&fbclid=IwAR3x3ebe81J81Roz2Cq4tR0cCd5hF3jimZWG64ytXjKa5bqx4NsAFXZZKsI

[@tuando8033]

@@TheLivingArcade thank you for all the tips i ended up going with the switch to turn off/on method. i have tried the method from arcadeotaku but could not get it to work automatically as i could not figure out a way to give those .bat files administration rights so they can run by themself on boot ups. if i manually run the .bat when i power off/on they work as im able to right click and run as admin. i have rebooted the pc a hundreds of times and spent many days trying to figure out to to get it to work but gave up. really wanted to make it work via software/commands so its more of a permanent fix

[@tuando8033]

@@TheLivingArcade i found someone made something to combine the 2 brooks board onto 1 board not sure where to get something similar from kzbin.info/www/bejne/faCVf5x9i7GChqc

[@TheLivingArcade]

@@tuando8033 Woa that is a cool idea! It's like a daughter board that combines them! I'd imagine there would be a lot of people interested in that. I also just found these other boards that were custom made by brook as a commission for this polycade company. They can be "addressed" with a jumper at the hardware level! Distinguishing P1 and P2 polycade.com/collections/all/products/neo-arcade-controller-board

[@neccros007]

What BigBox theme did you use???

[@TheLivingArcade]

I had to look it up. It's called "unified redux" I think I had to actually download it through the BigBox forums forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/1295-unified-redux/ I like it a lot. full screen simple.

[@neccros007]

@@TheLivingArcade Cool... I was trying to wrap my head around Hyperspin for years and recently said screw it and bought a lifetime license for Bigbox. I am looking for more minimal themes

[@TheLivingArcade]

@@neccros007 Same here! It's just not worth the effort these days. Big Box is amazing! The lifetime license is an incredible value. And the videos can make it look like hyperspin animations with things sliding in and out. I've been wanting to dig into learning how to make themes for it.

[@neccros007]

@@TheLivingArcade Personally I like clean and simple... sometimes too much animation can make a theme too busy. But if its done right.... I like one theme called Scala and Liquid I think the name is from the same dev...

[@TheLivingArcade]

@@neccros007 Thanks for the suggestion on those I'm going to check them out when I can. I still haven't really looked into any other themes. I do like have the wheel for platforms on one side and the game wheel on the other side so I always know where I am in the UI. In unified redux if you push right on the joystick while browsing games it pops up with a letter sub menu so you can jump to any letter which is super handy!

[@alejandroaguilar9038]

Did he say what image he used for the build ?

[@TheLivingArcade]

No image. It's a launchbox bigbox build. Running mostly retroarch. Just tossed some roms on there and I'm using a theme created by the launchbox community. Launchbox is so easy to setup now it's unbelievable.

[@darkaheart]

What wireless? (End of the video)

[@TheLivingArcade]

The wireless pad? I got really lucky and found a used Xbox elite VS2 and I already had that xbox wireless dongle for windows. I also highly recommend the Logitech F710 amzn.to/3ZKCcDu It takes regular aa batts and comes with a dongle so you don't need to pair it. It also has a switch on the back for X-input or direct input and it has force feedback. Battery life is really good! It's very under rated.

[@ARCADER_RAPPER]

Bro What is processor?

[@TheLivingArcade]

It’s an old core i3 like 2.3 ghz nothing special. With a GT 1030 not GTX Or anything recent for the GPU. Works great for emulation and low spec “modern” titles at 720p

[@daveho35]

How much you bought the chewlix?

[@TheLivingArcade]

I got really really lucky!!!!! I didn't want to say in the video and give people false hope. I paid $950. !2-1500 is more common. I really wish there was a US distributor but they may be too niche.

[@HumbleDude46995]

how much?

[@TheLivingArcade]

I got really lucky. I paid $950. I didn't put that in the video because I didn't want to give the impression that a price that low was common. They're normally $1,500 ish depending. Official Vewlix's are way more.

[@SuperUltraDevin]

I don't consider a Vewlix a Candy.

[@LanceHayabusa]

short answer is no, not worth it considering you can buy a real one for the same price.

[@ElmoWatchesWrestling]

r u pdubs?

[@TheLivingArcade]

No I am not pdubs I do like his channel though. Thanks for watching

[@epicon6]

Never worth supporting knockoffs

[@DrNoBrazil]

"crt shaders in RA are awesome" -> Will never come back or subscribe. You have no clue what you are talking about.