My lovely wife and 5-year old son will be flying to San Diego the first week of June. They will be gone for 14 days total enjoying all the sun and fun that San Diego has to offer while I stay back, stuck here in Idaho, having to work. I will miss them terribly, especially ..
My nickname, or handle, or whatever people want to call it now is FrizzleFried… my real first name being Jon… and I am an arcade game addict. I grew up with arcade games, they were everywhere. At the liquor stores. At the gas stations. At the local grocery store. I remember Denny's restaurant had a mini ..
I have been trying like HELL to get my multi-shooter PCB's all to play nicely with each other and I have failed miserably thus far and it's getting to me. I've probably spent a good 20 hours trying every which way to get all 6 game (now 5, more on that later) to work right ..
Are you more of an arcade enthusiast and less of a "computer guy"? Have you wanted to add a M.A.M.E. cabinet to your collection but dread the thought of putting together a personal computer, getting all the necessary software installed and configured to work properly? Is "tinkering with a PC" not something that you relish ..
Originally posted on the Arcade Crusade Website 03/03/10: This is my 2nd Asteroids Deluxe. I sold the first one and have regretted it since. I was on the lookout for a nice AD and one popped up on the local Craigslist. The first two pix were taken as the machine looked when I brought it ..
Games Produced by Atari (c)1979, 1980 Multigame Produced by Braze Technologies Condition When Purchased: C Current Condition: B+ In early 2007, toward the start of when I joined in on this hobby, I happed to acquire the first of many Asteroids arcade games. Overall it was in decent shape with some side art help needed and ..
Originally posted on the Arcade Crusade Website 10/16/08: I picked up Paperboy for a decent price, though i was told the monitor worked. Of course, it didn't. The PCB's, however, did work somewhat (was told they didn't!)…video and controls were fine, but I only got a "click…click…" loop in the sound with an occasional "bong" ..
SPHERE: A pretty cool looking low resolution horizontal layout. It’s a spiritual sibling to the “Vertical Sphere” layout I made for vertically oriented monitors. I actually had this one finished before I finished the vertical version but I’d not put any finishing touches on it. I sort of dig the “broken glass” effect in the gameslist ..
Here is a collection of Attract-Mode front end layouts I’ve created or tweaked. Attract-Mode is a front end program used to launch MAME, FBA, Daphne, and other emulators. All these front ends were designed with lower resolution arcade monitors in mind. All these layout files have all modules included and implemented in the layouts themselves ..
DATA EAST v1.1: I will take no credit for the skin art on this one as I essentially lifted it off the net and modified it to fit a 4:3 aspect ratio*. This layout has all the usual layout list options… standard text, smooth scrolling text, logo, etc… The difference between v1.1 and the original ..
Diamondplate was the first layout I did on my own last year. Diamondplate 2 brought a few more features to the mix and this version, Diamondplate III again brings more features to the layout. If you’re a fan of the last two versions of Diamondplate, you will likely be quite happy with Diamondplate III. If you’re not familiar with this layout, I encourage you to give it a try. It was originally created to use in my Capcom Anthology arcade machine and has a decidedly Capcom-esque theme, though it can be used for just about any system considering how many skins are included. This is a horizontal oriented theme.
DISPLAYVIEW is a layout made specifically for Attract-Mode’s “Display Menu”. There may be some of you who are familiar with Attract-Mode, maybe even some who have been using it for a long time even, who may be wondering what, exactly, I am talking about. I know that I, personally, used attract-mode with my ARpiCADE arcade ..
GAME MONITOR: If large unimpeded video snaps are your thing, this is your theme! It features a large preview section and scrolling games list to the right. All modules necessary to run this game have been included and are implemented in the layout so it should be plug n’ play. This layout was designed to ..
IREM v1.1: Another in the “arcade manufacturer” themed series… with this Irem layout you can select between the standard text, smooth scrolling text, or smooth scrolling logo games list. You can choose game list backgrounds, adjust the speed of the scroll, etc. The difference between v1.1 and the original theme I’ve already released is that ..
KONAMI v1.1: This Konami themed layout includes a number of options including the ability to choose between logos or a text game list, scroll speed options for the logo and text game list, etc. The only difference between v1.1 and the original version released on other websites is the fact that I’ve moved the conveyor_helper ..