mattjam3000

@diz: Thanks for the replies everyone! I have a few questions for Diz.

The reason I say CRT is that I dont think the lightgun for the playstation works with an LED tv as I cannot get it to work on any TV in my house. I understand that voltages are a danger, but I was going to leave the screen as a full TV unit and not mess around with it, just leave it as a TV and build the cabinet around it.

@thephantomnaut : I would love to get the peddles and that, but I dont think they would work with a standard PS1 would they?

Hi everyone

Today I could do with your help. I have finally found a stable career with a decent salary and I am looking to do something fun with my evenings. I have always loved Time Crisis 1, it was all me and my brother played on our PlayStation with the official Konami light gun. I would love to have that nostalgia back and thought I would do it in the best way possible, by owning the arcade cabinet! Much to my dismay, they are like 2 grand here in the UK and finding a Time Crisis 1 machine seems pretty hard.

So I decided I will make one myself as a fun project! I have done 0 woodwork since I was 14, and could really use your help guys! I will pretty much be making a playstation arcade cabinet, as it will just be a big ol CRT in a home made arcade case with a playstation inside it. I still have my original PS1 and Time Crisis + gun, but I might buy another gun or 2 if they are cheap as mine is probably on its last legs.

So this is where I need help please!

• I know 0 about CRT's, what is good, what is bad, what size should I be making this thing, will it work with the lightgun, I guess it needs to be 4:3 etc. Any help here would be massively appreciated.
• Designing the cabinet itself once a suitable screen has been found. Should I do it on graph paper, should I find some free basic software, or should I find someone online willing to draw up some plans.
• What wood would I need to use, what tools would I need etc.
• Budget. Can I realistically do this for around 200 pounds?

Thanks for any help guys. If I get the project off the ground I will do a recurring blog post to let you know how many fingers I have lost.

Matt

Progress:

Lightgun - So thanks to some info from Phanto I have found a few decent lightguns with pedals on ebay. I am not decided on which to get as they all look a bit lame. I own the namco branded grey gun and love it, the ones with pedals all seem a bit cheap looking.

TV- I have found a 51inch CRT on ebay for 50 quid that I can collect from near(ish) me. I am waiting to hear back from the seller on the refresh rate of the TV as I have read that rear projection CRTs only work with 50Hz, not 100Hz.

Materials - Thanks to diz I have some idea of the material provided, I have not looked into the cost of materials yet as this will likely be the stumbling block that will at least slow down production!

Any help is always appreciated. Thanks guys

Please dont have me down as a definate. I cannot afford train tickets and hotel so unless there is somewhere I can crash I cant afford the trip

Any chance of getting a Divekick station set up?

Edit: Shit the train id have to get back is at 11pm, not very late. Anyone got a hotel room I can crash in?

Also if you can confirm X amount of people, and inform Meltdown im sure they would do something special, like setup divekick machines etc.

I will definitely be down for this. I am only an hour or so away in Hampshire, pretty easy train ride.

CSgo Surf

Sadly non twitch live streams dont work at all on my Google Nexus 7 tablet. I find this especially stupid as google own youtube. Youd think theyd be able to play their own live streamer in their own damn tablet but no, thanks google.

Well I followed this step by step and it did not work. This should not be so complex... Seems like something that should be supported properly!

Well its half working.. cant go fullscreen or move the chat smaller so I guess I can watch in a tiny box!

@ben_h: I have a google nexus 7 2012.