Orders have been coming in for Pop’n Music DASCs, and I am currently working on purchasing more buttons from my supplier, since we are near the end of our current stock of Pop’n Music domed buttons.  They should arrive in the next couple of weeks, and I will be able to ship the newest orders pending the delivery of parts.  New orders will continue to be completed as quickly as possible and will ship upon my receiving the buttons in a first ordered, first completed fashion, so now is the perfect time to order!

When the new buttons come in, I will also begin taking orders for sets of Pop’n Music buttons for those who want to build their own controllers.  Button sets will be $70 plus shipping with 14 microswitches, a bunch of incandescent bulbs for the buttons, and the lampholders of course.

As always, if you’re interested in ordering and have any questions before paying, feel free to email me, Steve@desktoparcade.com .  Those of you who have ordered recently, boxes have been worked on and completed, we have board wired, and you can email me individually for order updates if you’d like.

As always, thanks everyone!

Greetings, all!  Desktop Arcade is still in the Pop’n Music controller business, and I’m still doing joysticks and IIDX controllers on request.  I owe 4 IIDX controllers that are horribly overdue, and this current batch of Pop’n controllers everyone’s waiting on has been dribbling out the door, and I’ve got 8 of them just about ready to head out the door, pending me putting their bottoms on and testing them.  I want to thank everyone who has been patient, as when my buttons finally arrived, I became ultra busy with school and some family-life stuff, which took more of my time away from Desktop Arcade.  I’ve got a bunch of people emailing me interested in ordering, and if I haven’t replied to you yet, you will hear from me in the next couple of days.

For those of you who haven’t already, I suggest keeping an eye on my public Twitter account, www.twitter.com/dumpsterkeeper .  There, current customers will be able to catch updates on shipments, especially now that I have to drive to a Fed-Ex location to ship, whereas with DHL they used to do pick-ups right from my doorstep.  I post a lot of nonsense and banter to it, but with the weather getting better, I will be giving everybody a look inside the inner-workings of Desktop Arcade, including shots from inside of my work shop (once I do some spring cleaning in there, it’s a mess!) So, for those interested in keeping an eye on things, or getting a peek at what a day is like around here, I definitely suggest following it.

I’ll be posting on here a lot more, as I plan to change the website and add a lot of new features to it.  I plan on starting a new section of the website, probably entitled “D.I.Y. Desktop Arcade” which will sell parts (buttons and microswitches for now… in the near future, IIDX turntable assemblies and possibly plexiglass key panels will follow) and I will also be posting tutorials you can use to help build your own joysticks, Pop’n Music controllers, and some other projects I’ve built or planned on building over the years.

I sure hope you’ll all join me over the next few months, as I rebuild Desktop Arcade, and try to build a helpful community for people like myself who love video games and love building stuff, and decide to put those two passions together.  Five years ago, I decided to bring affordable Pop’n Music controllers to Bemani fans all over the world, and now I want to bring those same high quality buttons and components I’ve used in my products to anyone who wants them.  I’ll have pricing and other information available soon.

Your friendly, neighborhood Bob Vila of Bemani,

Steve Handelman

Hey all,

I’ll have some good Desktop Arcade news in the coming weeks, but more importantly, I cannot contact a current customer I have in France right now.  I’ve tried to reply to your emails for the past few weeks but I keep getting bouncebacks that your mailbox is full.  I currently only have one open order in France, VINCENT C., so if you’re waiting for your controller and you’re in France, I’m talking about you!  .  Please email me from your current, unreplyable-to email address and let me know an alternate address I can contact you at so I can ship your order.

I hope you read this, I’ve got no way to contact you.

Hey all,

Very few old IIDASC orders which are owed to customers are being finished, then I will begin working on new ones to sell, to be shipped much quicker than they have been.  If you are curious about your order, send me an email and I can give you an ETA.  Also, due to DHL ceasing domestic operations, Desktop Arcade will now ship domestic U.S. orders through Fedex.

Thank you to all my current customers for their patience on their orders as I finish up my semester at college.  If you are interested in making a new Pop’n Music V4 or IIDASC order, send an email to me at steve@desktoparcade.com and I will be able to give you details, and shipping estimates.

Check out the brand new V4 Pop’n Music Controller page! Complete with Paypal shopping cart not only for the controller, but also for the most common options for your controller.

Now is also a great time to order, we have very few controllers in the order queue, and can begin getting controllers out even quicker in the coming weeks.

Hey everyone,

After a database crash, the Desktop Arcade homepage is back in action. I am still recovering from the flu, but I should be able to return to working full-speed in the coming days. That means I’ll be able to get the last of the IIDASC queue done, and finish up the recent Pop’n orders.

The product pages will return soon.  *if you are interested in ordering a Pop’n Music controller, either V4 or Classic, please email me at Steve@desktoparcade.com .  The store had to be removed due to a database problem, but we’ll have the store back up and running as soon as possible.