Project Arcade -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I Playing Your Games the Way They Are Meant to Be Played - with Arcade Controls -- Chapter 1 Picking Your Path to Game-Playing Nirvana -- Where to Start? Finding Your Muse -- Choosing Your Goal -- Building a Desktop Arcade Controller -- Building an Arcade Cabinet -- Buying Your Way to Gaming Nirvana -- Thinking Point -- Plan, Plan, and Then Plan Some More -- Deciding to Build or Buy -- Planning for Controls and Interfaces -- Picking Software -- Figuring Your Budget -- Putting It on Paper -- Summary -- Chapter 2 Building Your Arcade Cabinet -- Anatomy of a Cabinet -- Determining the Things You Need -- Assessing Your Woodworking Skills -- Choosing The Wood -- Choosing a Cabinet Plan -- Getting Ready to Build Project Arcade -- Setting Up Shop -- Obtaining Tools And Supplies -- Beginning Construction -- Drawing And Cutting Out The Plans -- Summary -- Part II Designing and Building Your Dream Arcade Control Panel -- Chapter 3 Pushing Your Buttons and the Joy of Joysticks -- Buttons, Buttons, Everywhere! -- Different Types of Pushbuttons -- Joysticks -- Types of Joysticks -- A Look at Several Different Joysticks -- Summary -- Chapter 4 Taking Your Game Out for a Spin - Spinners and Trackballs -- What Do Spinners and Trackballs Do? -- Spinner Choices -- Spinner Resolution and Sensitivity -- Building Your Own Spinner From Scratch -- Purchasing An Arcade Spinner -- Trackball Choices -- Computer Trackballs -- Arcade Trackballs -- Commercially Available Arcade Trackballs -- Trackball Roundup -- Summary -- Chapter 5 Arcade Controls for Power Gamers -- Steering Wheels and Pedals -- How Steering Wheels Work -- Buying A Wheel -- Building A Wheel -- Converting An Arcade Wheel -- Putting The Pedal Down -- Shifting Gears -- Final Word About Steering Wheels -- Flight Yokes -- Buying A Flight Yoke.

Building A Flight Yoke -- The Star Wars Yoke -- Arcade Guns -- Positional Guns -- Light Guns -- LED Sensor Guns -- Dance Pads -- Buying A Dance Pad -- Building A Dance Pad -- Summary -- Chapter 6 Building the Control Panel -- Laying Out Your Design -- Choosing Your Controls -- Designing A Template -- Design Philosophy -- Putting What You've Learned Into Practice -- Installing the Controls -- Metal Versus Wooden Control Panels -- Buttons -- Joysticks -- Spinners -- Trackballs -- Guns -- Steering Wheels And Yokes -- Dance Pads -- Mounting the Control Panel -- Multiple Control Panels -- Attaching The Control Panel Box -- Standalone Control Panels -- Project Arcade Control Panel Design -- Getting Started With The Plans -- Cutting The Panel Pieces -- Assembling The Control Panel Box -- Laying Out The Controls -- Drilling Holes? Not Quite Yet! -- Definitely Time To Drill Holes! -- Summary -- Part III Hooking Things Up Under the Hood - Time to Trick the Computer -- Chapter 7 How It Works - Turning a Computer into the Brains of an Arcade Machine -- Digital and Analog -- Digital Data -- Analog Data -- Mixing Them Together -- Arcade Cabinet Wiring 101 -- Traveling the Arcade Circuit -- Shopping List -- Wiring Techniques -- Grounding -- Sharing Controls -- Tapping Into Power -- How It All Works -- Summary -- Chapter 8 Using the Keyboard Connector for Arcade Controls -- Hacking a Real Keyboard -- How Keyboards Work -- How To Hack A Keyboard -- Multiple Keyboard Connections -- Keyboard Splitters -- USB Keyboards -- Keyboard Pass-Through -- Customized Keyboard Encoders -- The ButtonBox -- Groovy Game Gear -- Hagstrom Electronics -- InterfASD -- MAMI 24/48 -- Ultimate Arcade Controls -- Encoder Wrap-Up -- Summary -- Chapter 9 Arcade Controls Using the Mouse Connector -- How Mice Work -- Mechanical Versus Optical -- Optical Encoders -- Mouse Buttons.

Hacking a Mouse -- Physical Hacks -- Electrical Hacks -- Hacking Buttons -- Purchasing Optical/Mouse Encoders -- Groovy Game Gear OptiWiz -- Happ Controls USB Trackball Interface Kit -- Hagstrom Electronics -- Ultimarc Opti-Pac -- Optical Encoder Wrap-Up -- Multiple Mice -- Multiple Ports -- Mice Splitters -- Switchable Mice -- Recommendation -- Summary -- Chapter 10 Miscellaneous Bits of Arcade Trickery -- Gaming With the Gameport -- How the Gameport Works -- Game Pad Hacks -- Wrapping Up The Gameport -- Using the USB Port -- USB Features -- Connecting to the USB Port -- Other Miscellaneous Tricks -- Dual Strike V2 Interface -- Ultimarc Rotary Joystick Interface -- Game Console Controllers And Adapters -- Summary -- Part IV Putting Together the Final Pieces -- Chapter 11 Audio - Silence Isn't Golden -- Speaking of Speakers . . . -- Choosing PC Speakers -- Other Speaker Choices -- Speaker Recommendations -- Mounting Speakers -- Volume Control -- Arcade Jukeboxes -- Building An Arcade Jukebox -- Jukebox Software -- Summary -- Chapter 12 A Picture Is Worth a Thousand . . . Tokens? -- Cathode Ray Tubes - The CRT -- Electrical Warning -- A Basic Understanding of CRT Monitors -- Anatomy of a Monitor -- How To Handle A CRT Monitor Safely -- Proper Care And Feeding Of A CRT Monitor -- CRT Monitor Types -- CRT Televisions -- Computer Monitors -- LCD Monitors -- How Do LCD Monitors Work? -- LCD Monitors And Your Arcade Cabinet -- Choosing A Monitor -- Monitor Mounting -- Bezels -- Monitor Orientation -- The Project Arcade Monitor -- Summary -- Chapter 13 Installing the Computer -- Configuring Your Computer for Total Arcade Immersion -- Picking A Computer -- Setting Up Your Computer -- Sights, Sounds, And Themes -- Launching Your Games -- Installing The Computer In The Cabinet -- Reasons To Take Your PC Apart -- How To Mount A Disassembled PC.

How To Mount A Complete PC -- Special Consideration - Mounting USB Ports -- Summary -- Chapter 14 Choosing and Loading Software -- All About Emulators -- How Does An Emulator Work? -- Emulators You Should Try -- Are Emulators Legal? The Ethics And Laws Behind Obtaining ROMs -- Commercial Arcade Software -- Microsoft's Arcade Series -- Atari's Arcade Titles -- Digital Leisure's Laser Disc Arcade Games -- Street Fighter IV -- Shareware and Other Great Games -- Summary -- Chapter 15 Buttoning Up the Odds and Ends -- Decorating the Cabinet -- Artwork Philosophies -- Finding Artwork -- The Marquee -- Side Art -- Control Panel Artwork -- Bezels -- Instruction Cards -- Lighting Effects -- Protecting the Cabinet -- Other Odds 'n' Ends -- The Coin Door -- Powering The Cabinet -- Summary -- Part V Like the Concept but Not Sure You Have It in You? -- Chapter 16 Stuck? Frustrated? Out of Quarters? -- Troubleshooting Tips -- Cabinet-Building Conundrums -- Software Snafus -- Getting Help -- How To Get Help, And How Not To -- Helpful Web Sites -- Newsgroups -- Giving Back -- Build A Web Site -- Join The BYOAC Community -- Summary -- Chapter 17 Buying Your Way to Gaming Nirvana -- Kits -- Arcade Depot Cocktail Kit -- HanaHo ArcadeWerX -- North Coast Custom Arcades Bartop Kit -- North Coast Custom Arcades Ultimate Arcade II Kit -- Other Arcade And Jukebox Kits -- Arcade Controllers And Cabinets -- Desktop Arcade Controllers -- Complete Arcade Cabinets -- Using An Arcade Machine -- Game Console Controller Adapters -- Summary -- Chapter 18 Online Places to Go -- Inspirational Projects to See -- Great Places to Get More Information -- The Project Arcade 2 Finale -- Summary -- Appendix A Where to Find Arcade Parts for Your Project -- Buying Direct -- Buying from Secondary Vendors -- Buying from Used Markets.

Appendix B The Great Debate - Preserving Versus MAMEing the Past -- Appendix C What's on the CD? -- System Requirements -- Using the CD with Windows -- What's on the CD -- Troubleshooting -- Customer Care -- Index.