Game Room Solutions 43" Arcade Cabinet Full Assembly: A Noob's Adventure - Wiring (Part 3) Trackball

[@cbaxter6527]

0:39 GRS is grounding the Trackball (static discharge) to a joystick plate which is screwed to a MDF sheet. Last time I looked that is called not grounding. Correct - do not connect it to your negative terminals (Gnd) as you don't want a few thousand volts going through your electronics. If the case has a real case ground, wired to the ground plug then that is where it should go. Arcade machines were zapped by ingenious snot-head teens trying to get a free play by forcing a reboot of a machine. It is the same as rubbing amber on cat fur, spinning a plastic ball could steal electrons from you and build a static charge. Remember as a kid wearing a large polyester winter coat and you touched a light switch with a scratched screw on the face-plate and got shocked, that is called grounding.

[@MrMikey73]

What kind of trackball are you using? Great set up

[@cbaxter6527]

Yo, the washers go under the nuts to spread the load and not crack the TB case. The bolts are carriage bolts and are tamper proof from the top and must have a square locking pattern pulled into the wood.

[@arthurm7029]

Well done on the project! I had fun watching the full assembly because I had a similar experience. What game did you first play on it?

[@jml60831]

Been playing all kinds of games but I like also how the trackball acts as my mouse. It works great.

[@TheCompton2010]

What front end are you going to use? I’m building a big box computer now

[@jmlvideos5336]

see the video description. I'm using the 16 TB Arcade-One PC. don't bother doing your own emulation. Just save up your money and buy this ready made PC. Nothing you make will ever come close to the gaming glory of the Arcade-One PC.

[@100Bucks]

Invest in a Titan 1 if you wanna use real game consoles with it. This method will only let you use one Joystick 🕹️ but it's still cool. When you figure out how to switch between dinput and xinput. Convert the Joysticks into dinput. Stick the Titan 1 dongle inside the game console you wanna use. Stick the program cord that came with the Titan 1 inside the PC. Open the Gtuner software for the Titan 1 after you switched the joystick into dinput mode. Go to tools inside Gtuner. Look for "output devices" pick the game console you're trying to connect the arcade to. When you picked your output method. Go to "Max Aim DI". This will detect your IPAC. Go to Direct Input to look for your IPAC that transformed into a game controller. When you find the correct controller. Map the buttons with the layout. When you map each button make sure you pick "direct input catch" all buttons 1 by 1 like this. When you mapped every button you can now use your arcade system on the game console. Only one player will work but it's still cool.

[@jml60831]

Actually this system uses the software "keyboard2xinput" and the 4 player games work great. Everything runs just right.

[@100Bucks]

@@jml60831 I know this method. What I'm explaining is gaming on actual game consoles like PS5 or Xbox series S. It's possible with with a Titan device. This is option if you have game consoles and would like use arcade with it. Titan devices emulates any controller board and works on the real thing.

[@jml60831]

@@100Bucks I see but purchasing a ready made pc with all the games already setup will save a lot of time and effort than trying to emulate everything on a game console.

[@TheRealJPhillips]

👍🏾💯

[@100Bucks]

Here's a demonstration with a Brooks emulator adapter. I suggest Titan 1 tho because it works on everything out there. You have IPAC so only one player will work. If you had 4 zero delay encoders paired with 4 emulator devices. You can play on anything. I have IPAC as well so I'm stuck using one player on real game consoles. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2KQmWOYnNKFbtk

[@jml60831]

With the software keyboard2xinput you can play 4 player games on an ipac. All my 4 player games run fine. If you purchase the same arcade-one system I have keyboard2xinput is preinstalled so you can play all 4 player games.

[@jml60831]

Game console games and pc games all work with keyboard2xinput on this system.

[@100Bucks]

@@jml60831 xoutput is good too. But what I'm saying is . Titan 1device will only take 1 board at a time . It's not gonna use all 4 players if you stick the Titan 1 inside real game console. You're using 1 arcade board so the Titan 1 will register the controller board as 1 controller not 4 controllers. Just an option I'm putting out there if you wanna switch back and forth on real game console or arcade cabinet gaming.