MichaelThurston's MAME Cabinet Work log

[Thursty]

Inspired by This Video,
I've decided to build a MAME cabinet, I will post the Worklog Here.

I bought everything I needed, Which includes:

2 Sheets of 3/4" Plywood
2 Sheets of thin Plexi-Glass
4 Red Buttons
4 Yellow Buttons
4 Green Buttons
4 Blue Buttons
2 White Buttons
2 Black Buttons
2 Player buttons(1, 2)
2 Happ 8-way Comp. Joysticks, Black
Red NEO-GEO paint
Marque tube light

I will be using an old Dell, runs the games great, on a 19" CRT monitor

Joystick, and 8 button layout, NEO-GEO Style.

Yes, this is going to be a NEO-GRO Replica, if you haven't noticed by the Parallelism.

Anyways, After about 6 hours, I've done this:

Updates as they Come!

 

[samjc3]

YES. ABSOLUTELY YES!! CANT......WAIT........FOR........MOAR more

 

[J.D]

That video is epic.

 

[J.D]

You should use AtomicFE for the interface. There's an option that makes it boot at Windows startup, so no need to go through flax. Themes too!

 

[βeta]

Aw, Happ? BUY SEIMITSU HAMBURGER.

 

[Thursty]

Updates, Closed it in a bit, and added Monitor Supports.

 

[samjc3]

well Dang. when you decide to do something, you do it!

 

[zeturi]

I likes this.

 

[Thursty]

I thought I took a picture of it working 10 minutes ago but apparently my camera lied.

All that is left to do now is wait for the Buttons and keywiz to arrive, then I can get the controls up and finish this sucker.

Paint tomorrow.

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

you gonna add some sweet decals?

 

[Thursty]

http://cgi.ebay.com/SNK-NEO-GEO-ARCADE- ... 500wt_1182

 

[Kyo]

I opened this thread, and then another tab and got distracted. I went back to this thread and saw a list and a picture of lemonade. For a minute, I assumed this was a recipe for lemonade.

That is all. Good luck on your project.

 

[XCVG]

Good luck! After I move to the new house, me and my dad are going to build an arcade machine. The design is a bit odd, I can post a bad paintshop if you want.

Also, there's one funny thing about homebuilt arcade/MAME cabs. They either are specifically tailored to one or a few games, or have every possible control imaginable for every situation. There is very little in the middle.

 

[Thursty]

Mine is leaning towards Every possible control situation, Except for Track ball, or spinner knobs.

I have a 10 button layout.

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O oooo
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I wanted 10 buttons mainly for n64 emulation

Theres start, select, a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h

for NES: Start, Select, A+B
SNES: Start, Select, ABXY, LR
Genny: Start, Mode, ABCXYZ
N64: start, Z, AB, C, L+R

I could even do Playstation if I really wanted to.

The big "O" is the joystick

 

[Thursty]

Yay Paint! I'm still in the process of painting, it isn't done yet.

 

[XCVG]

Is that just a TV or a computer monitor or a real arcade tube?

 

[Thursty]

 

[XCVG]

Oh, it's right in the first post. I feel kinda dumb now.

 

[Thursty]

PRetty much done, waiting on buttons and joysticks.

Sorry these pics are dirty, I'm tired.

 

[samjc3]

you sir, are amazing.