Mad Max Cars
Active Member
I am so glad you are doing this. Loved this film and always wanted this game in my basement since I was a kid. Keep up the beautiful work. Cant wait to see it cross the finish line.
Kaizen's The Last Starfighter Arcade Cabinet Build
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Kaizen088
Jr Member
The artwork has been finalised after a few tweaks.
I've now sorted out and tested the lights mod, I've used a CD4017 (decade counter) and a CD4026 (7 segment display driver) to turn the lights on and off at random intervals.
Both circuits built on a Vero board with pots added to adjust the speed.
The chips are only designed to power LED's so I knocked up an incandescent lamp driver PCB with parts that I had on hand.
It also serves the function of switching between having all lights lit at once or randomly flashing.
When all lights are lit at once they draw just under 10A, the ATX power supply I'm using at the moment is only rated to 10A so that'll get an upgrade.
Looks great and I'm pleased with how the random lights board works but the right side lights are mostly connected to the light chaser which switches one out of ten lights on at a time (seen in video below), I've since added an inverter to the outputs so that one light goes out at a time instead so there are always nine of them lit at one one time, looks much better.
I've now sorted out and tested the lights mod, I've used a CD4017 (decade counter) and a CD4026 (7 segment display driver) to turn the lights on and off at random intervals.
Both circuits built on a Vero board with pots added to adjust the speed.
The chips are only designed to power LED's so I knocked up an incandescent lamp driver PCB with parts that I had on hand.
It also serves the function of switching between having all lights lit at once or randomly flashing.
When all lights are lit at once they draw just under 10A, the ATX power supply I'm using at the moment is only rated to 10A so that'll get an upgrade.
Looks great and I'm pleased with how the random lights board works but the right side lights are mostly connected to the light chaser which switches one out of ten lights on at a time (seen in video below), I've since added an inverter to the outputs so that one light goes out at a time instead so there are always nine of them lit at one one time, looks much better.
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Oh my GOD I LOVE THIS BUILD!!
Kaizen088
Jr Member
That's just a sheet of paper with the artwork printed on it to make sure the line spacing matches up with the switches.
When the artwork arrives, the bottom will be trimmed to match the production still image of the cabinet used in the movie.
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Kaizen088
Jr Member
I should have this completed by the end of the weekend, one week shy of twelve months from starting the build.
The wiring needs tidying up and a few other little jobs to be completed, I replaced the motherboard with a Core2 Duo Quad/4 gig ram with an ATI HD4350 video card.
I've accrued about 170 hours on the build itself and over 100 hours of research and design.
Kaizen088
Jr Member
Ohmygod I'm having nerdgasms
Please do a video of the cabinet saying "Greetings Starfighter!"
Just for you my friend...
Freakin' Gorgeous!
gedmac66
Sr Member
And every second of your time spent on this is a Wonder to behold !
Thanks for sharing this Incredible build once again, & Congratulations
Kaizen088
Jr Member
And every second of your time spent on this is a Wonder to behold !
Thanks for sharing this Incredible build once again, & Congratulations
Cheers mate and thanks for you positive feedback along the way.
I felt 35 lights wasn't enough but there's no more room on the control panel so I fitted 4 more under the cabinet...
Blue
Red
Purple (both on)
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Absolutely incredible. This was one of my favorite movies as a kid.
