Lunacity Arcade!

[VectorGamer]

Anyone know what's going on?

 

http://peterhirschberg.blogspot.com/

 

http://www.lunacityarcade.com/

 

Until further notice I am taking an extended leave of absence from the internet and the arcade collecting scene. I do not know when I will be back online and have taken my website offline until then.

 

In additional, I will no longer be having open Game Days.

 

I apologize for the inconvenience.

 

Peter Hirschberg

[yuppicide]

I never heard of that to begin with, but sounds cool. Are there pictures of the events? Not video? I briefly looked around and only saw video.

[VectorGamer]

I never heard of that to begin with, but sounds cool. Are there pictures of the events? Not video? I briefly looked around and only saw video.

 

All that stuff was posted at the WWW site he took down...

[Mark Wolfe]

Anyone know what's going on?

 

http://peterhirschberg.blogspot.com/

 

 

I think his blog says it all. he suffered a the loss of a dear friend and is taking a break

[Bentley Bear!]

While this is not directly related, there is still a way to visit Peter's arcade guys if you never got to see it...

 

Over at the 3D Arcade site hosted by Mameworld, a member of the forums there, Mike-80's has released his virtual arcade model of Peter's Lunacity Arcade for the FE-3D Arcade/Emulaxian frontend about a month ago! The arcade is pretty accurate to the machines, attention to detail in the arcade and even the ambient arcade sound is a literal recording of actual Lunacity arcade sounds! So if you haven't ever been to the real thing, you can at least get a taste of it.

 

(scroll to the very bottom of the page)

http://3darcade.mameworld.info/arcades/arcades.htm

 

While the frontend is pretty difficult IMHO to setup and get running, the benifits definately outweight it's drawbacks of it's setup, it's an awesome frontend for MAME or any other emulators or simulators. Besides, if a knucklehead like me can set it up, I imagine some of you guys can! I have a huge 2-story arcade setup I've worked on for a couple of years now using Scapino's Arcade model with nearly 250 arcade machines and many extra models it in tied into my MAME32 install, it's one of my most favorite virtual enviroment/frontend to use! If you need help setting it up, the regulars on the forums there and even 3D Arcade's author (another Peter hehe) is there to help you set it up if you need help. Enjoy guys!

Edited June 2, 2009 by Bentley Bear!

[yuppicide]

Wow! That is one freakin sweet front end!

 

So, how do you go about making your own arcade? Do you need some kind of 3D modeling software to draw the rooms and insert the models you download?

 

I've always had an idea that if I won the lottery I'd open an arcade museum that has rooms grouped by year with the games from that year in them.

[Bentley Bear!]

Wow! That is one freakin sweet front end!

 

So, how do you go about making your own arcade? Do you need some kind of 3D modeling software to draw the rooms and insert the models you download?

 

I've always had an idea that if I won the lottery I'd open an arcade museum that has rooms grouped by year with the games from that year in them.

 

Hey Yuppicide! Yes, it's by far the most impressive looking front end I've ever seen, very interactive and very customizable. The 3D Arcade front end is just screaming for some VR helments and gloves!

 

As far as making your own arcade, yes, the abilities and software you need to do so to create your own arcades is quite steep to learn I imagine. FWIW my day job is running a CADD station in AutoCAD and even I'm pretty intimidated to try to learn that stuff. I could probably learn it eventually,(I'm a pretty fast learner thankfully) thanks to my education with CADD programs like AutoCAD and Microstation, but for anyone else not well versed in such software or something simular to a solid modeling program, I suspect the learning curve is steep. I've also learned over the years some people just can't visualize 3D well mentally and that's a huge stumbling block in working in a 3D program. However, you might be a exception! I never underestimate the power of a driven individual to accomplish something they desire. As the old saying goes, there ain't nothing to it but to do it!

 

As far as modifing the existing arcades (like added or deleting machines, props, etc, etc.) thats fairly easy after a crash course on how to modify the support/config/setup files for the particular arcade.

 

Oh yea, about the arcade museum, they sorta have a project like that on the forums, it's the 3D Arcade DVD project I believe, where supposedly almost all the arcades made to date are somehow "linked" from one arcade to another in a virtual enviroment. You should check that out too if you're interested.

 

Oh yes, one last thing about the frontend, as far as I know, it's capabilities are ONLY limited by what your machine can render, i.e. how much horsepower is under the hood so to speak. I'm already pushing the boundary with my meek and rather dated computer running the Scapino Arcade. With that arcade enviroment and nearly 250 machines, I'm pushing it. I'm currently running a Athlon 64 2.2 Ghz w/ 2 gigs of DDR 400 and a Sapphire Radeon 3850HD and after a few games, it can start getting into a slideshow.

[ericwierson]

WOW!!! Probably the nicest home arcade I have ever seen.

[mos6507]

Wow, this is the way emulators should be done!