!7: Comparison Custom Gaming Computer: December 2011

Monday, December 26, 2011

!±8± Top 7 Video Game Mods: V-LIST #6

Michael counts down his favorite 7 video game mods: GTA IV, Mass Effect 2, Myth II, Halo 3, Unreal Tournament, Mario, and more! Sims 2 Star Trek: www.youtube.com PS3 mods: ps3maven.com Homeworld 2 Star Wars: www.youtube.com Oblivion Sheep: www.youtube.com GTA IV Skateboard: www.youtube.com WoW in Starcraft2: www.youtube.com Blue vs. Grey: projectmagma.net Custom Mass Effect 2 Femshep: www.youtube.com Unreal Tournament '99 footage: www.youtube.com Halo 3 in Unreal Tournament 3: www.youtube.com Halo and Unreal Tournament 2 meets Mario: www.youtube.com First person Mario: www.youtube.com Mario Vice City: www.youtube.com Simpson's Quake Map: www.youtube.com Little Big Pen1s: www.youtube.com Computer in Minecraft: kotaku.com Enterprise in Minecraft: kotaku.com ************** www.facebook.com BestVideoGame Mods CountDown MichaelStevens vsauce SimpsonsVideoGame QuakeMap HalfLife2 Custom map modifications UnReal Footage femshep MarioBrothers Gaming MineCraft Enterprise Computer vid MassEffect2 Halo3 MasterChief weapons gadgets "video game" warfare

Project Arcade - Totally Custom MAME Cabinet

!±8± Project Arcade - Totally Custom MAME Cabinet

I thought I'd share my finished project with everyone. The cabinet is a converted Smash TV cab (I made sure all of the components went to a good home of someone restoring his own Smash TV cab, so don't bite my head off for this...) This video was made with those in mind who know little to nothing about building this type of cabinet, so I tried to avoid most of the technical jargon involved. Internals: Wells-Gardner k7100 series arcade monitor (I had two, one with horrible burn-in, the other with a bad circuit board. Long story short, I swapped circuit boards, and now I have a perfect picture.) Creative 2.1 sound system, which worked nicely as, along with the very nice speakers, had a little breakout control for the volume/bass which I mounted on top of my coin box for easy access. Athlon 64 3500+, 1gb DDR system with a special ASUS A8V-X motherboard allowing me to replace the BIOS screen. Smart Strip to power on computer, marquee, monitor, and speakers at the same time. iPac 2 and ArcadeVGA boards from Ultimarc Mag-Stik Plus joysticks, buttons from Ultimarc Fully functional coin door to complete the authentic experience. Custom marquee designed by me using artwork I created and vectorized myself. Printed at MameMarquees. Software: MameWAH running a custom layout I made myself Background audio is from the Arcade Ambience Project and plays while in the menu. Movies are silent. Preview artwork and movies were made by me. TeamViewer Host running at all times (in the ...