Sunday, July 8, 2012

Day 469

My first summer with the cabinet and I'm finding out a few issues.

1. We've gotten two new kittens and they've taken to crawling inside and messing with the wires, particularly the 3 buttons for controlling the volume and exiting the games. Now I've got to reattach them and put the controller high up, as well as closing up the two holes with mesh so they can't get in again.

2. With the old-style CRT monitor it's getting quite roasty-toasty in there. Since I can't afford a new flat panel monitor yet, I'll have to install some small fan to blow the air to the upper vents in the cabinet itself.

3. I'm going to keep my eyes open for an analog steering wheel game controller for some of the driving games, especially for Spy Hunter. Driving with a digital joystick doesn't quite work the same. Which brings me to where would I set the controller if I had one. I'm going to have to work that out, perhaps a stackable shelf over the joystick. I'm also toying with the idea of using the Bluetooth dongle to communicate with a Nintendo Wii stick, that also might do the trick.