Project Arcade

Project Arcade - The Book!

Table of contents

• Chapter 01 - Picking your path to game playing Nirvana (sample chapter online)
  • Where to Start? Finding Your Muse
  • Choosing Your Goal
  • Plan, Plan, and Then Plan Some More

• Chapter 02 - Building Your Arcade Cabinet
  • Anatomy of a Cabinet
  • Determining the Things You Need
  • Getting Ready to Build Project Arcade
  • Beginning Construction

• Chapter 03 - Pushing Your Buttons and the Joy of Joysticks
  • Buttons, Buttons, Everywhere!
  • Joysticks

• Chapter 04 - Taking Your Game Out For a Spin -- Spinners and Trackballs
  • What Do Spinners and Trackballs Do?
  • Spinner Choices
  • Trackball Choices

• Chapter 05 - Arcade Controls for Power Gamers
  • Steering Wheels and Pedals
  • Flight Yokes
  • Light Guns
  • Dance Pads

• Chapter 06 - Building the Control Panel
  • Laying Out Your Design
  • Installing the Controls
  • Mounting the Control Panel
  • Multiple Control Panels
  • Project Arcade Control Panel Design

• Chapter 07 - How it Works -- Turning a Computer into the Brains of an Arcade Machine
  • Digital and Analog
  • Arcade Cabinet Wiring 101
  • How It All Works

• Chapter 08 - Using the Keyboard Connector for Arcade Controls
  • Hacking a Real Keyboard
  • Multiple Keyboard Connections
  • Customized Keyboard Encoders

• Chapter 09 - Arcade Controls Using the Mouse Connector
  • How Mice Work
  • Hacking a Mouse
  • Purchasing Optical Encoders
  • Multiple Mice

• Chapter 10 - Miscellaneous Bits of Arcade Trickery
  • Gaming with the Gameport
  • Using the USB Port
  • Other Miscellaneous Tricks

• Chapter 11 - Audio -- Silence Isn’t Golden
  • Speaking of Speakers
  • Arcade Jukeboxes

• Chapter 12 - A Picture is Worth a Thousand . . . Tokens?
  • Electrical Warning
  • A Basic Understanding of Monitors
  • Monitor Types
  • Mounting Monitors

• Chapter 13 - Installing The Computer
  • Configuring Your Computer for Total Arcade Immersion
  • Installing the Computer into the Cabinet

• Chapter 14 - Choosing and Loading Software
  • All About Emulators
  • Commercial Arcade Software
  • Shareware and Other Great Games

• Chapter 15 - Buttoning Up the Odds and Ends
  • Decorating the Cabinet
  • Lighting Effects
  • Protecting the Cabinet
  • Other Odds 'n' Ends

• Chapter 16 - Stuck? Frustrated? Out of Quarters?
  • Troubleshooting Tips
  • Getting Help
  • Giving Back

• Chapter 17 - Buying Your Way to Gaming Nirvana
  • Kits
  • Arcade Controllers and Cabinets
  • Game Console Controller Adapters

• Chapter 18 - Online Places to Go
  • Inspirational Projects to See
  • Great Places to Get More Information
  • The Project Arcade Finale

• Appendix A - Where to Find Arcade Parts for your Project

• Appendix B - The Great Debate -- Preserving Versus MAME’ing the Past

• Appendix C - What's On the CD-ROM