Project Unity - finished - presentation the system

[bacteria]

To keep this away from the very long build thread on this site, I thought it made sense to start a new topic, to present the final product; otherwise the post would get lost.


Here is the video link, enabling viewing the video in larger screen mode. The screen adjusts to your screen monitor, "F11" to full-screen if you prefer.

http://www.made-by-bacteria.com/unity.html

The presentation covers the system in a fair bit of detail and also provides a demonstration of the system working.

I hope you enjoy the video!


Summary:

* The most comprehensive retro video gaming console system made
* 15 unique original gaming consoles, playing 18 formats in total
* No emulation or clone hardware, all original boards
* One power supply for all systems
* One SCART cable for all systems for audio and visual
* One Master Controller to work all the proprietary console systems
* 3 years to make
* Approximately 3,500 hours to build
* Approximately 300 metres of cabling
* Approximately 20 kg
* Costed around £700 in parts, boards, controllers, wiring, etc


Build thread : http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 25&t=22031

[dsheinem]

*bows down before greatness*

It has been fun watching this come together, but even then I had no idea how awesome the final project would actually be in action. The NES cart controller interface is a stroke of genius and the ease of switching between systems is just spectacular. I am thoroughly impressed and insanely jealous. The final thing looks very clean and professional, IMO.

I may have missed it, but is there a player 2 controller?

So you are doing these on comission now, right? Let me know!

[bacteria]

I am so pleased that you liked the presentation, it's the best one I have ever made.

No, system is 1 player only, to have made it 2 player would have meant 3 sets of 9 contacts per system, and that would have been unreliable on the switching unit.

This is a one-off system, i'll not be doing another of these units again, I think my wife would leave me if I did! lol

[dsheinem]

I am so pleased that you liked the presentation, it's the best one I have ever made.

No, system is 1 player only, to have made it 2 player would have meant 3 sets of 9 contacts per system, and that would have been unreliable on the switching unit.

This is a one-off system, i'll not be doing another of these units again, I think my wife would leave me if I did! lol

I figured as much on both counts!

And nice choice of Psycho Pinball!

[bacteria]

Psycho Pinball is one of my favourite games.

[Ivo]

Congratulations!
Looks rather impressive. Certainly were a lot of hours poured into that project

[BoneSnapDeez]

This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Well done!

[SpoonyBard]

I have a hard enough time putting 35 hours into a video game anymore, let alone 3500 into building a system. This is an amazing unit. I can only imagine how it feels to finally have this finished.

I may have missed it in an earlier video, but i'm just curious - Where did you put the memory cards?

[bacteria]

Some memory cards are included in the controller unit (DreamCast, N64), and others are hard-wired to the console's memory card ports (Playstation 2 (one memory card PS1, other PS2), GameCube. Saturn has card inserted onto the motherboard as had space for it. So all covered.

[Luke]

Incredible.