When looking for a way to implement a certain feature, sometimes your answer is in unfamiliar grounds. Most often, it works without a hiccup and is an excellent solution; sometimes it blows up in your face when you least expect it.
So, pop got me thinking about having a arcade cabinet with multiple games. At first glance, it seemed straightforward, grab a PC and throw an emulator on it. But it’s really much more complicated than that.
For starters, to be authentic(ish), it really needs to be a CRT monitor rather than LCD. Those aren’t really common anymore, so we might have to scrounge around to find one, or settle for an LCD. Also, what about the style? Standup? Sit down? How many players? Arcade games are traditionally known because the controls scheme fits with the particular game in the cabinet. Further complicating this is whether or not I’ll have different emulators or just one. Also, there needs to be a launcher of some sort, because I don’t really want to use a mouse and keyboard. Maybe wireless tucked away for emergencies, but overall, I would like everything to be joystick controlled.
So with all of this in mind and much more, I started googling. Apparently, there are many people who’ve already done this! I’m going to research it a bit more, but it looks intriguing.
So, wifey asked “where’s a picture of Mark?” and that’s when I realized he was dodging the camera all day. Just so happens I caught him dodging and you’ll never guess what I found…
Running with a Knife
I was playing with camera settings and snapped a couple of Ana and Tatyana while they were fishing with a low aperture. Can’t wait to play with some lenses because I love the effect of a shallow depth of field. I had Mark grab one on the way home when we stopped at the Continental Divide.
Here’s Ana early in the day scoping out the waters.
Ana Fishing
Later in the day, after she was all chilly, I grabbed a photo of Tatyana when she hopped up on a rock. Her hair is all messy cause I made her take off her hat. :-)
Tatyana Fishing
On the way home Sunday, I had Mark snap this one in front of some snowy mountains at the divide. This was at some 11,000 ft or so elevation.
Travis and Tatyana at the Continental Divide
We drove up to Copper Mountain this weekend. After a little fishing in the hail storms on Saturday, we decided to head back Sunday with a scenic drive through Loveland Pass and stopped at the Continental Divide. I grabbed a couple panoramas at Turqoise Lake and one at the Continental Divide. From these photos, you can see how much I need a DSLR with a higher dynamic range. (hint hint honey)
This sequence was snapped with my sister fishing on the left side in the distance and Tatyana fishing on the right side up close. Unfortunately, I was being very sloppy with the picture taking this weekend — sis was overexposed and wifey was blurry because I had my aperture too low. C’est la vie.
Turqoise Lake Scenery
Everyone wandered about that day trying to find a good spot to fish. I ended up helping the kids with a fire while Taty was out on this peak of land. I snapped this panorama while standing in the cove.
Fishing at Turqoise Lake
On the way home we stopped at the Continental Divide when we took Loveland Pass. This is a very large panorama that extended 360 degrees, but I pulled out a few photos because Autostitch was getting a bit confused. Tatyana was sporting a tomboy look while we did this little hike.
Tatyana at the Continental Divide