Andy's Boredom

Friday, February 7, 2014

Hyperpin Virtual Pinball 3/3

This is the last part of my Hyperpin Pinball Cab. Here's the final picture and some video's. Hope you guy's like it.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Hyperpin Virtual Pinball Part 2/3

Here's the second installment of my Hyperpin Virtual Pinball project. Now it's time for painting and electrical. I decided to paint it semi-gloss black for the outside and flat black in the inside. I used Bosny spray paint in cans. I used Polituff for my filler. It's usually used in cars because it's stronger and more durable. I didn't imagine this to be this heavy it's because of the mdf wood that i used. The good side in using mdf wood is that i doesnt needs too much sanding because it's already smooth but the bad part is it's so heavy. I drilled all the holes for the button and the fans and smooth the edges before painting. I think I used up 10 spray cans in all of this. I didn't paint primer I just directly sprayed layers of paint until its pitch black.

Grills for the exhaust fan.

This are aluminum lock guide for the acrylic bezel.

I tried fitting the backglass LCD monitor and it fits like a charm. I also put 3 X 10 watts flourescent bulbs to backlight my customized bezel.

Looking good!

This is my keyboard encoder called the ipac. The I-PAC (Interface for Pc to Arcade Controls) is a board which allows connection of arcade controls such as buttons and joysticks to a keyboard port or USB port on a PC motherboard. It was designed around the MAME emulator which supports over 1000 arcade games and can be used with other emulators. Here's the link for the website ULTIMARC

I decided to put led lights in the top and at the back so it will look beautiful in the dark and to have that authentic arcade feel.

Back View

LED Lights

I mounted the switch for the fans, LED lights and the backlight for the bezel on top of the back box.

This what the top looks like in the dark.

I also installed a sound controller for the led lights so it will react to the sound of the pinball game.

The view from inside.

I labeled it for easy troubleshooting in the furture.

12 volts supply with the fuse.

Power supply for the fans, led and the PC.

Service buttons for the pinball games.

Front view of the playfield. I'm planning to put led lit fans and coinslot mounted in acrylic glass.

LED buttons bought from HK.

Please wait for the last part of my project. Feel free to ask if you have some questions. I will post videos of the pinball in action. Thanks for viewing!

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Hyperpin Virtual Pinball Part 1/3

I decided to build a virtual pinball cabinet running on Hyperpin Frontend with Visual Pinball and Future Pinball tables. I'm not really a pinball fanatic but I got these surplus LCD monitors from a friend and I have no use for it since it doesnt have a tuner and only works in PC. So I decided to make use of it and build a Hyperpin Cabinet. I will be using a 2 monitor setup. 30 inch for the backglass and 37 inch for the playfield. I will be using a Dual core Athlon procie, Palit GTX 240 video card and 2 gb ram of memory. This project is not for newbies. You must have technical skills and have lots of patience. Here is the links of the software. All of them are free and feel free to ask me for questions on how to set it up.

Hyperpin - This is a software that allows you to choose from a variety of pinball games. This is the only pinball frontend I know and probable youré best choice. It has stunning graphics and fully customizable.

Visual Pinball -It's a freeware video game engine for running pinball games. What's good about this software is it's realistic simulation of ball physics and it's integration of roms from original tables. The only downside I know is that it's graphics is not yet 3D.

Future Pinball - It's also a freeware game engine for running pinball games. What's good about this software is the stunning realistic 3D graphics. The downside to this is the non realistic ball physics and lack of rom integration.