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Mattman
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Posted: 5th Nov 2006 09:34 Edited at: 5th Nov 2006 09:37
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Anyone here have a MAME Cabinet? My Dad was looking at getting a Pac-man, Galaga, etc. style arcade machine, when I told him to stop being so foolish and go MAME. I told him about this before (he showed me MAME like 5 years ago, so I have to give him credit). We could set it up (and have the spare PC to do so), but I don't know where to get the wooden cabinet. Anybody have a credible website (preferably USA).

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The Man of Mattness

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indi
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Posted: 5th Nov 2006 09:47 Edited at: 5th Nov 2006 09:50
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in australia i used to work for timezone, i was the kid with the keys in the arcade parlor.
allied industries at the time was its parent company, i think its changed now.

anyway. in america i think place might help you.
http://www.laigames.com/

you should also look around for 2nd hand machines at auction houses.

A friend of the family converted a 3/4 standup with a pc inside.
it looked exactly like a public console but had about 100 mame games in it.

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Ron Erickson
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Posted: 5th Nov 2006 14:13
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Mattman,
Where are you from? There are 3 or 4 companies in my city that sell old cabinets in different states of repair. Look in your Yellow Pages to see if you can find something similar.

I am seriously considering building my own cabinet. There a tons of tutorials on the net. It could be a really fun project!

Good luck!
Ron

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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 5th Nov 2006 23:14
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Wha? Just build your own.

Here's a link to a guy that built his own. He has plans and shows how he did it.

http://www.russprince.com/cabinet/


It gets a little complicated with the controls but you can buy premade controls and just drop them into the cabinet.

http://sky.prohosting.com/cymaltek/
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Mattman
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Posted: 6th Nov 2006 05:17
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WOLF - Chicagoland area.

Grog- I'll take a look. I don't plan on building my own though.

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bond1
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Yeah I made my own MAME cabinet from scratch. It was a VERY fun project, took about 2 months of spare time.



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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 6th Nov 2006 19:37
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That looks cool! Makes me want to build my own too.
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Ron Erickson
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Very nice looking!

What did you use as a monitor? Is it just a television? That is what I have been investigating first.

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Quote: "What did you use as a monitor? Is it just a television? That is what I have been investigating first."


Yeah I used a TV, if you go that route make sure you use one that has an S-Video input. Using a standard composite input looks like ass. If I had to do it over I'd probably get one of those nifty arcade monitors from Happ controls that have a SVGA input.

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