Outrun Mini Standup Repro (sorry noob questions)

[J1mbo]

Hello

I've wanted an Outrun Mini stand-up for many years, but I just discovered the 'Cannonball' open-source re-implementation so got me thinking.

The idea is to build a 10p-play mini, possibly not quite so deep, with a 20" TFT, Linux SBC & Cannonball powering it. Problems is I need the dash/controls, screen & top glass, and foot pedals!

Cab wise I'll probably go with varnished ply like eBay item 331049855408 (it will be cited between a JPM Impact fruit machine and some shelving, so side graphics aren't a big deal to me).

Hence... sorry I'm complete noob in this respect but any pointers on where to source the parts mentioned and how to hooks them up would be very much appreciated! I have the manual scans of course but if anyone has the plan views annotated with dimensions that would be very ideal too

Thanks!

 

[IDCHAPPY]

First of all, welcome aboard mate. Sounds like and interesting project

, there's a few guys that should be able to help with the graphics and stuff, finding parts may be slightly harder to do

 

[ZedEx48K]

I just tried Cannonball out after reading this thread, Outrun just feels a little weird in 60fps

 

[J1mbo]

Thanks, finding good-res artwork would be great (so it could be made into transfers). That would just leave the dashboard and controls...

Yes 60fps and LCD do make it feel different... but it can be set to the original 30/60fps hybrid and synthetic scan-lines added too: https://github.com/djyt/cannonball/wiki/Cannonball-Manual

 

[minwah]

I wanted to try Cannonball on my XP Mame cabinet, but couldn't get it to work. Some problem related to the Visual C runtimes I believe. What OS are you using?

Sounds like a good project. I would keep an eye out on ebay for steering wheel and pedals, you will probably find some rusty old bits that you could buy and restore.

My only criticism is that it will look terrible on an LCD screen. I would make it deeper and use a CRT!

 

[ZedEx48K]

It looks fine on an LCD, afterall the widescreen fixes etc are all done with this in mind, and I ran this on a 40" TV.

 

[minwah]

It looks fine on an LCD, afterall the widescreen fixes etc are all done with this in mind, and I ran this on a 40" TV.

I just don't like the look of low res arcade games blown up for display at LCD modes. It looks OK with fake scanlines but without just looks terribly blocky.

 

[J1mbo]

LCD certainly looks different. Maybe it's possible to overlay some kind of noise or low-pass-filter to get closer to the CRT look and take away the sharp edges?

Personally I'm targeting this project with Ubuntu. Maybe a Raspberry Pie if it has enough oomph.

 

[OTTOTHEMADANDEVIL]

Respect for the opensource, I used to love the old Ubuntu I had on my laptop but never went back after it went bang. Will be great if you can get it running
OTTOTHEMADANDEVIL2013-10-28 17:23:03

 

[devtty0]

that looks really good: and an outrun mini is very high up my wanted list - along with a lot of people, but when you add up all the components:

- monitor/lcd - £100

- cab shell - ~£100?

- low spec pc £~50

force feeback wheel ~£50 - £100

+ all the time and effort to set it up and configure it .. is it better just to hold out for an original?

 

[ZedEx48K]

FFB wheel can be had for 20 quid off ebay, same for an LCD of 19", P4 3ghz 25/30 quid, then just the woodwork (old cab or MDF) and some orig controls at about £30'ish for those.

 

[J1mbo]

It's a fair point definitely!

I'm hoping to come up with something a bit special and use original controls. The mini cost $2000 in 1988, according to a flyer I found... I reckon I can do something for a *lot* less than that, anyway

Processing will come from an old Dell Netbook motherboard hooked up to a 20" eBay LCD, as suggested. Restoring the old controls and getting the graphics made up will be the bulk of the cost I expect.
J1mbo2013-11-04 22:21:25

 

[ZedEx48K]

Yup, the vinyl artwork printing is never cheap, ties with the cab for the most expensive part.