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OPERATION MANUAL
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Quick Start Guide
A cheat sheet for fast learners
(and customers who don’t like to read user manuals and just DIVE in!
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Turn Your Machine ON:
Uprights: Power Button is located on Top of Machine (upper left or right top
of machine) Arcade Pushbutton
Table Tops: Power Button is located on back center portion of cabinet
Arcade Pushbutton
Pedestals: Power Button is located on back of machine near the center of the
pedestal opposite the HDMI Port.
1. Load up any Arcade Game in ARCADE CLASSICS (first icon on the Main Wheel) by pressing
Player 1’s START Button (white or black man icon on button)
2. Wait for Game To Load… When Attract Screen is visible then…
3. Credit the game – Press your Credit Button or Push and HOLD Player 1’s START button
and then Push Player 1’s FIRST BUTTON (upper left closest to joystick)
4. Press 1 or 2 (or 3 or 4) Player Start Button to start a 1 or 2 Player Game (or 3 or 4 player)
NOTE: You can also credit any coin op game by pressing and holding PLAYER 2’s START Button
and then pressing Player 2’s First Button (or player 3 or player 4 for 4 player machines)
Exit Any Game and System By Pushing and HOLDING Player 1’s START BUTTON THEN push
player 2’s START BUTTON, this will return you to the main wheel…
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If HyperSpin Ever Gets Stuck and Non-Responsive just Push and
HOLD Player 1’s 2nd Button + Player 1’s START Button, Then Push
Right On Player 1’s Joystick to “Refocus” HyperSpins Main Screen
(this sends an ALT+TAB command to the system to switch focused Windows)
If this doesn’t work try moving the trackball in a circle and pushing
the upper left Trackball Button to “Refocus” the HyperSpin Screen…
Player 1 or Player 2’s joystick: Selects games and moves thru game lists
Player 1 or Player 2’s start button: Loads Game or Next Menu
Player 1 or Player 2’s 5th button will bring up the Genre filtering list, Used exclusively for Arcade Games
Only this will help narrow the game list down by different types of games (example: Fighting, Shooting,
Sports Themes, Vertical Shooters, etc)
Player 1 or Player 2’s 6th button will bring up the Favorites Menu, here you can add the selected game to
the favorites list or your own liking and switch the menu to show just your selected (and saved) favorite
games.
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Note: Favorites lists are dependent on what system you
are in:
For Example: Custom Favorites Lists and the Favorites
Menu can only be accessed in the actual Game Lists
(alphabetical lists)
Example: Arcade Classics
Separate Favorites List from NES
Separate Favorites List from SNES
Separate Favorites List from Sega Classics
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**** Customers with 4 player panels (or wider 2 player panels) may need to
remove the panels to get your machines through standard (34”) doorways.
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MAKE SURE TO HAVE SOMEONE HOLD THE PANEL WHILE YOU
REMOVE THE FINAL SCREWS THAT HOLD THE PANEL TO THE
MACHINE!
CONTROL PANELS ARE FRONT HEAVY AND COULD FALL OFF THE
MACHINE IF YOU ARE NOT HOLDING THEM UP!
TO EASILY REMOVE AND TURN THE CONTROL PANEL:
Remove the Lower Back Door on your machine.
Make sure to dis-connect all cables coming out of the back of your control panel (looking inside the back
of your machine) They are all quick dis-connect cables and you can take a picture for reference if need
be. You will plug all these cables back in when you re-install the panel back on your machine once it is in
your home.
Remove the two SILVER OR Black Phillips screws (2.5” Long) that hold your top control panel to the
box of the panel, lift panel like the hood of your car (hinged in back on pedestals) or for an upright lifting
from the part of the panel closest to the monitor glass (hinged in front). Then remove the 4 screws (2 on
bottom and 2 on back) that hold the control panel box to the main cabinet. Lower the top of the control
panel back on the control panel box and return the 2 Silver or Black Phillips screws to hold the top panel
to securely to the bottom control panel box. This way you can turn (carefully) the control panel assembly
sideways (use wrapping materials or a friend to turn and hold the panel to get the machine through your
doorway and then return the panel back to normal position making sure not to pinch any wires as you
screw the box and main panel back into normal position on the main machine body.
* Please, before plugging in your new Dream Machine take the time to remove the back door (upright),
open the rear door (table top), or pull out the locked sliding drawer (cocktail table) and double check all
parts are seated tightly in place. Shipping is very hard on our large machines and things do come loose
sometimes. *
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MAKE SURE you remove your MAIN VOLUME CONTROL UNDER YOUR
CONTROL PANEL!
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Main Volume Control
The Main Volume Control on all Uprights and Pedestals is located UNDER
your control panel box. Look Under you panel and you should see it glowing
BLUE when your machine is Turned ON.
The Main Volume is controlled by turning the large dial that is lit up blue.
AUX Input Jack (for Ipod and other external source to be amplified by the
internal speakers in your machine)
Headphone Jack (plug in your headphones or other external amplification and
disabled main Arcade Speaker systems)
BASS Volume Control: Controls Overall Sub Woofer Volume
ON/OFF Switch: Used to Turn the Main Speaker System ON/OFF
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First Checks!
Make Sure Your Machine is running at the CORRECT Resolution, if it is not
your machine will run sluggish and some games will not display or run
correctly!
System Utilities (Directly Above Arcade Classics)
Select “Adjust Display Properties (Select Button is Always Player 1’s START Button)
Using Trackball (like a PC Mouse) and your
UPPER LEFT Trackball Button (left click on a PC Mouse)
Select “1920 X 1080”and Click on APPLY,
If a Window Pops Up Click “OK” or “YES” to Keep This Resolution
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Customers with BONUS SPIN UPGRADES
(As of 12/01/2015 this page no longer applies, kept for past customers reference)
Because this boot screen is hidden (only visible on 32” LED monitor systems) on
MEGACADE Systems with 48” monitors.
Note:
Most Customers with Pedestal Systems and GameBox Systems WILL see the Boot Up
Selection Screen.
All Customers with Table Top Machines WILL see the Boot Up Selection Screen.
To Load the Main System (50,000+ games):
Wait till “no signal screen” shows for 5 seconds
To make loading quicker just push player 1’s Start Button Twice.
You can also wait this 15 second window to finish on its own and the system will default to
the Standard 28,000+ game system as well.
To Load the BONUS SPIN (hidden) SYSTEM:
Wait till “no signal screen” shows for 5 seconds
Then carefully push PLAYER 1’s Joystick to the RIGHT ONCE
Then Push Player 1’s Start Button Twice
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Boot Up
When You turn the machine on for the first time you will notice a few things as the Dream Machine boots up.
For about 20 seconds you will see our operating system logo followed the “Desktop” with our contact info and logo’s.
Our colorful Hyperspin intro movie begins... (Random intro video chosen from over 100+ intro videos that change each time
the machine is turned on…
You can skip this intro video to go directly to the main menu screen by pressing any joystick or button on the control panel
(note: this will bring up the menu but it may be sluggish as background drivers are still loading…)
After the into movie plays you will be presented with the main game menu screen that looks something like this:
On the right side you will the various emulation systems (MAME, Lynx, MUGEN, Nintendo, etc)
To select an emulation system just press 1 or 2 player start
On the left is a static screen shot or movie depending on system and game selected showing what the game looks like after it is
loaded.
To select the game you can press either 1 or 2 player start and it will load up, some games take longer than other but the
overall load time is between 1 second to 2 minutes (MUGEN)
To EXIT from any game you can push and hold player 1 START (button with
1 man on it) button and then push player 2’s start button (button with 2 men
on it)
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Control Panel Layout and Switch
Standard 2 Player Control Panel Layout
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AUX Button Asignement Selector Switch
This Switch is used for switching the 3 Upper AUX buttons (next to your 4-
way joystick) for either:
RIGHT:Standard Mouse Buttons (Left, Middle, Right Mouse Click)
LEFT: Standard Player 1's Buttons 1, 2, 3.
When you play a bezeled game like Missile Command you need to
put the switch in the LEFT position or your will "click" off the screen
and the game will become un-responsive until you click back on the
active game "window" again. Having this switch in the LEFT
position prevents this as it assigns these 3 AUX buttons the same as
the normal Player 1's 1,2,3 buttons.
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Menu Functions
If HyperSpin Ever Gets Stuck and Non-Responsive just Push
and HOLD player 1’s 2nd Button + Player 1’s Start Button,
Then Push Right On Player 1’s Joystick to “Refocus”
HyperSpins Main Screen (this sends an ALT+TAB command to the system to switch
focused Windows)
If this doesn’t work try moving the trackball in a circle and
pushing the upper left Trackball Button to “Refocus” the
HyperSpin Screen…
Player 1 or Player 2’s joystick: Selects games and moves thru game lists
Player 1 or Player 2’s start button: Loads Game or Next Menu
Player 1 or Player 2’s 5th button will bring up the Genre filtering list, Used exclusively for
Arcade Games Only this will help narrow the game list down by different types of games
(example: Fighting, Shooting, Sports Themes, Vertical Shooters, etc)
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Player 1 or Player 2’s 6th button will bring up the Favorites Menu, here you can add the
selected game to the favorites list or your own liking and switch the menu to show just
your selected (and saved) favorite games.
Factory Drive Registration
If your system ever comes up with “Windows Authentication Error” or “Activate Windows” especially
after receiving your hard drive back for an update follow these steps:
1. Navigate to System Utility Folder (directly above “Arcade Classics” on Main Wheel)
2. Find and Select with Player 1’s Start Button “Factory Drive Registration”
3. This Window will come up after about 5-10 seconds
4. Click on “Activation” Tab
If at anytime you get a Red X Error Window Please Click on “Continue” Button to
move Forward.
5. Click on the “ACTIVATE” Button wait for about 5-10 seconds for the Green
Confirmation Writing to come up in the bottom Black Box...
6. Close Window (upper RED X) and Shut Down and Reboot Machine
See Next Page for Pictures...
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New 6Tb + 500Gb System Kit Install Instructions
1. Install Both Hard Drives in your machine, each needs a SATA data cable and a
power supply connection. SATA numbering is not important so any open SATA
port on the system board will do, number order does not matter for large or
small drive.
2. Hook up any USB Keyboard on any Open USB port (if you have light guns you
have 2 USB Ports in the front of your machine)
3. Turn on machine and IMMEDIATELY KEEP PRESSING the DEL Key on your
Keyboard to get into the BIOS MENU.
4. Select with Arrow Keys the “Advanced” Tab by pressing right arrow key
5. Arrow DOWN to the “SATA CONFIGURATION” and set SATA MODE to
“AHCI MODE” by using the ENTER Key on your Keyboard.
6. After making this ONE change press the ESC button on your keyboard and then
arrow over to “SAVE and EXIT” and the system will reboot.
7. Unplug your USB Keyboard
8. The machine will have to reboot AT LEAST ONCE but may require another
reboot or two after the drivers load for your particular Graphics Card.
9. When your system is up and running and the main menu of Hyperspin is loaded
you can go into the Utility Folder (directly above “Arcade Classics”) and select
“Adjust Display Properties” and make sure the system resolution is set at
1024X768
10. Exit this menu by clicking (upper left trackball button and trackball) on the
upper right RED X
11. Select “Unlock Your MAME Input General Settings” This will allow you to
adjust your control panel settings to the MAME INPUT GENERAL SETTINGS
in any Arcade Classics GAME.
12. Run the “Factory Drive Registration” program (see previous page)
13. Exit the Utility Folder and select “Arcade Classics”
14. Select Any Arcade Game and go into the “In Game Menu” (Player 1’s START
button held down and RIGHT on Player 1’s Joystick)
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16. Select “Player 1’s Controls” by pressing Player 1’s START Button
17. Set all Functions to your SPECIFIC Control Panel Controls, clear each
function listed below and set to your controls (player 1’s START button to clear
each highlighted function below:
Set Trackball X Analog to your Trackball (left or right)
Set Trackball Y Analog to your Trackball (Up or Down)
Player 1’s Button 1, 2, and 3 Clearing each and pushing FIRST your player 1’s first button,
clearing again WITHOUT moving up or down off this control and then pushing the UPPER
LEFT TRACKBALL BUTTON, clearing again WITHOUT moving up or down off this control
and then pulling the trigger (DO NOT AIM AT SCREEN) on your Player 1’s Light Gun.
Do the same for Button 2 BUT pushing the Player 1’s 2nd Button, clear, then Middle Trackball
Button, clear, then pushing the upper front AUX button on the gun (DO NOT AIM AT
SCREEN) or the “Hammer” button on your Player 1’s Light Gun
Do the Same for Button 3 (above instructions)
18. Set your “Dial Analog” to your Spinner (or Trackball left and right if you do
not have a spinner)
19. Set your “Ad Stick Analog X” to your left or right on your Tron Joystick (or
trackball if you do not have a Tron Joystick)
20. Set your “Ad Stick Analog Y” to your UP or Down on your Tron Joystick (or
Trackball up or down if you do not have a Tron Joystick)
21. Set your “Mouse Analog X” to your Trackball Left or Right
22. Set your “Mouse Analog Y” to your Trackball Up or Down’
Once all settings are correct you can exit that particular menu and game back to
Hyperspin by pressing and holding Player 1’s START FIRST and then Player 2’s
START Second (just like you would normally exit a game, sends ESC command to
system)
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IMPORTANT
23. To Save Everything as a backup (good idea in case you have a MAME Crash or
mess up anything in the future with “INPUT GENERAL” you can save your
settings as a “Backup” by immediately going into the Utility Folder above
“Arcade Classics” and CAREFULLY Selecting “SAVE YOUR INPUT
GENERAL SETTINGS”, this will save all your Input General Settings to all the
MAME Systems.
24. You MUST then select “LOCK YOUR MAME INPUT GENERAL
SETTINGS” to protect them from overwriting.
In the event of anything getting “messed up” in Input General
you can always then select “RESTORE YOUR MAME INPUT
GENERAL SETTINGS” (NOT FACTORY SETTINGS) from
the Utility Folder to restore your saved settings that you saved
above which is much easier and less time consuming than having
to reprogram everything in Input General Again…
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New for 8Tb Customers (Bezel System)
Our Latest Systems will have the new Bezel system running with Most Emulation.
Normally this Bezel system works great and is enabled by Default.
Sometimes with certain Trackball or Light Gun Games (these devices are seen as a PC Mouse)
you will want to turn this Bezel OFF to stop possible interference with your screen and aiming or
moving the cursor off screen will cause a “Beep” and stop inputs from going to certain emulation
systems (Mainly MAME – Arcade Classsics) until you re-click on the MAIN SCREEN (windowed
screen in the middle)
You can “show” the cursor by Pushing Player 2’s START BUTTON, you can move the cursor back to
the MAIN SCREEN and LEFT CLICK (UPPER LEFT TRACKBALL BUTTON)
You can Turn the Bezel OFF and switch your main emulation window
to FULLSCREEN by Pushing and Holding Player 1’s START
BUTTON and then pushing Player 1’s Joystick UP.
You can also change the bezel shown by Holding Player 1’s CREDIT BUTTON or
Holding Player 2’s CREDIT BUTTON for 5 SECONDS
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