Jeff's Arcade

Post by **Jeff-20** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 3:03 pm

I've been having some success putting my games in galleries recently. Thanks to 6502dude and nbla000's advice, I now have a running game exhibit that the curators can activate themselves.

I'm having so much fun distributing these games in the art community that I'm way behind on posting my latest games online! But I thought this one would be familiar to most of you.

Vic20-Ian · Post by **Vic20-Ian** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 3:12 pm

Jeff,

this is great. To me growing up in the 70s and 80s the sounds and graphics of 8bit are art to me rather than cows cut in half and unmade beds

Galaxian thrum of the wave moving, Galaxian peeshoo missile sound, Pacman startup sound, Jeff Minter's awesome Sonix!

Tempest and Starwars vector graphics.

Your games especially Ten-Ten have that quality of gameplay that is simple to pickup and hard to master, another artform in gameplay design and balance.

Nice to see you get some recognition.

If anyone is interested to relive the sound effect and colour and noise of the 80s arcades, try 3darcade and wander around virtually, pick a machine and launch it in Mame. There were also some models of Vic-20 and C64, Atari, Nes etc.

Post by **Jeff-20** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 3:27 pm

Thanks for the kind words! I think I've earned a reputation as a bit of an odd ball for making them, but I enjoy being an anachronism if it gives me motivation to keep making games. I'm in two galleries this week, and it's been a blast!

ravenxau · Post by **ravenxau** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:06 pm

Jeff, what was involved in getting the game 'mounted' in an upright arcade cabinet (emulator, controls,..etc..)?

Post by **Jeff-20** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:03 pm

Materially, I did it myself. Arcade cabinet parts wired to an atari-style 9-pin. I designed and printed the sign for the marquee and just adhered it to some cut glass. Same for the bazel. All photoshop and backlit with a florescent tube light. The monitor is just a CRT with an AV in. A VIC board inside with the megacart to autostart the uIEC with a custom version of the games on SD card. It overheated many times during the opening reception, so I had to restart it a lot. Monday, I'll make updates that give better ventilation.

MicroPet · Post by **MicroPet** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:38 am

That is super cool. I'd love to see some video and better photos. Do you think that's possible? I really want to see the marquee properly.

Also, do you intend to keep the cab once the exhibit has ended? It would look lovely in any living room...

You, sir, are a proper genius. Your games are works of art, your forum is the nexus for all Vic activity and now you've made a public-play Vic arcade machine! *Applauds...*

ravenxau · Post by **ravenxau** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:17 pm

Jeff-20 wrote:Materially, I did it myself. Arcade cabinet parts wired to an atari-style 9-pin. I designed and printed the sign for the marquee and just adhered it to some cut glass. Same for the bazel. All photoshop and backlit with a florescent tube light. The monitor is just a CRT with an AV in. A VIC board inside with the megacart to autostart the uIEC with a custom version of the games on SD card. It overheated many times during the opening reception, so I had to restart it a lot. Monday, I'll make updates that give better ventilation.

One word - Amazing!!!!

ravenxau · Post by **ravenxau** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:19 pm

Jeff-20 wrote:Materially, I did it myself. Arcade cabinet parts wired to an atari-style 9-pin. I designed and printed the sign for the marquee and just adhered it to some cut glass. Same for the bazel. All photoshop and backlit with a florescent tube light. The monitor is just a CRT with an AV in. A VIC board inside with the megacart to autostart the uIEC with a custom version of the games on SD card. It overheated many times during the opening reception, so I had to restart it a lot. Monday, I'll make updates that give better ventilation.

Great Stuff!!!

Post by **Jeff-20** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:01 pm

Vic20-Ian · Post by **Vic20-Ian** » Tue May 01, 2012 1:27 am

Hmmm ponder:

Is it modern art or is circa 1982 an old master?

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Tue May 01, 2012 8:50 am

Cracking stuff

Now we know why you wanted the autoboot stuff via Megacart...

Kananga · Post by **Kananga** » Tue May 01, 2012 10:43 am

Nice!

I want one ...

Post by **joshuadenmark** » Tue May 01, 2012 11:43 am

Love this, good work Jeff. Thumbs up

Post by **Jeff-20** » Tue May 01, 2012 8:56 pm

Vic20-Ian wrote:Is it modern art or is circa 1982 an old master?

I guess it's an extension of Pop Art or something... It's of 3k version of an old game with a lot of other junk thrown in. Autoboot really really helps here!

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Wed May 02, 2012 2:09 am

Jeff-20 wrote:I've been having some success putting my games in galleries recently. Thanks to 6502dude and nbla000's advice, I now have a running game exhibit that the curators can activate themselves.

...

Jeff-20 wrote:A VIC board inside with the megacart to autostart the uIEC with a custom version of the games on SD card.

I'm honored for my little contribute to this fantastic project !

I'm releasing a new generic "MC-BOOT" program to autostart from VIC+Mega-Cart+Drive everything that anyone wants to "expose" in case somebody else wants to release another Vic-Cabinet.