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For quite some time I've been toying with the idea of building or renovating an arcade cabinet for MAME use. Anyone done it & can offer any tips? Cheers!
FWIW, I bought some arcade 2 and 3 player start buttons for PC modding purposes two years ago and got great service from [url= http://www.gremlinsolutions.co.uk/ ]Gremlin Solutions[/url]. They helped me mod the parts I ordered to fit the chassis I had and were just all around nice.
The site's perhaps not the easiest to navigate, but they do [url= http://www.gremlinsolutions.co.uk/cocktailcabkits.php ]cabinet kits[/url] and [url= http://www.gremlinsolutions.co.uk/arcadeparts.htm ]parts[/url] and allsorts.
HTH... one day one of their cocktail tables might be a nice project! 🙂
Thanks :). Will check that lot out when I get back from the kiddies halloween party...
It'd be great to hear how you get on!
I thought when I bought the buttons that a full machine would be a nice project to have - I can well remember in the late eighties going round to a friend's house where his dad had a couple of old machines... good times!
Hi, yeah I've built one. My friend wanted one so I built the MDF cabinet and screen printed the sides (I was a print student at the time so had access to the equipment) didn't know much about the pc side if it though. I added cabinet wheels and got sone vinyal offcuts from a local graphics company to add some panache to the case. I added glass but ditched it for done reflection free glass. My mate got the buttons off eBay and a joystick too, autehntic aracde looking ones. I then cut out of the top a section and printed graphics onto clear acetate using my inkjet printer at home (doubled up so the light first make them too pale) I put a kitchen cabinet light behind and it really looked smart. Makes me want to build another cabinet.
Sorry for spelling mistakes... IPhone
I converted an old JAMMA Mortal Kombat 2 cab with Linux MAME using a JPac and a custom ATX card.
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I'd love to have one still but I don't think the wife would be keen. It's a lot easier if you've got a basement or are single 😉
Friends of mine have/had cabs too. some DOS, some windows some Linux. There weren't many linux varients out there when I did mine, though that may have changed by now.
I'd quite like a cocktail MAME cab but the'r kind of limited for some games.