Arcade machine and MAME

[alexis]

Does anyone know if i could use mame on an arcade machine, i was thinking of one with the SF 2 Champion Edition board

[Gryph]

You'd have to take the board out I think and put in a PC.

[iq_132]

You'd have to take the board out I think and put in a PC.

Exactly

Here's a tutorial on doing it from scratch.

http://www.retroblast.com/reviews/ultimate_arcade.html

[Inky]

one day I am gonna do that. the only thing holding me back is cabs are so expensive.

[PLasticSlug]

dude dont buy a cab make one i just designed my own, in less than 5 min.... check it out sweet huh

 

all it takes is some wood & nails...

 

but seriously how hard could it be?

Edited February 1, 2005 by PLasticSlug

[Prican25]

i hope when i get a bigger place and get an arcade to add a pc for mame and such.

 

got my eyes on a ki1 cab thats local to me

[Inky]

dude dont buy a cab make one i just designed my own, in less than 5 min....  check it out sweet huh

 

all it takes is some wood & nails...

 

but seriously how hard could it be?

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I've thought about it. my brother in law and my father in law are carpenters so it would be pretty easy to get help and use thier saws and stuff. the main thing about a real arcade cab is I want the side graphics and inserts. from a street fighter cab.

[Gryph]

I'm waiting for The New Yankee Workshop to do a show on arcade cab building.

[Sultan]

I've thought about it. my brother in law and my father in law are carpenters so it would be pretty easy to get help and use thier saws and stuff. the main thing about a real arcade cab is I want the side graphics and inserts. from a street fighter cab.

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Ya I'm looking at building my own as well (eventually), but I want it to look real. Even if it just has mame artwork, I just want it to look professional, and am not sure how to go about that.

 

But it'll be years before I had the time and money to seriously consider building one.

[Inky]

I'm waiting for The New Yankee Workshop to do a show on arcade cab building. 

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lol that would pwn. he would make it out of oak, with all the old school tools and fancy carved scrollwork on the sides.

[Agozer]

I'm waiting for The New Yankee Workshop to do a show on arcade cab building. 

Is that a TV channel? I'm really lost when it comes to american channels, although I know the major ones.

 

Or then it's a magazine.

[Inky]

I'm waiting for The New Yankee Workshop to do a show on arcade cab building. 

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Is that a TV channel? I'm really lost when it comes to american channels, although I know the major ones.

 

Or then it's a magazine.

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it's a tv show on PBS (public television) this dude makes funiture like they used to in the 1800's

[NeuronMaster]

Lots of sites show how to make one, I actually planned to make one, but it's on hold for a while.

 

MDF is what I would use for the sides, just don't keep it in a damp invironment, HAPP controls and stuff if you want to wire it yourself.

http://www.webbpickersgill.com/mame/default.asp

 

I've always heard its good to measure twice and cut once

[PLasticSlug]

what i dont get, assuming you do it from scratch.... do they usually just stick a common pc inside loaded with the emulators & roms or do they have special boards/pc's designed for playing emulated games that they put in the cab?

 

If they just put a pc into it, i assume you coud do an auto start to play on what ever emulator you want, right?

 

And if you do it from scratch what kind of monitor do you use?

 

Edit: we should do a cost analysis of what this thing would cost, building it from scratch, since this topic has started I have not stopped thinking on building one of these.....

Edited February 3, 2005 by PLasticSlug

[Inky]

all the ones I have seen have a pc loaded up with roms in em, and they usually have a mouse stashed in em somewhere. as far as cost goes it would depend on the pc and moniter. if you already have a pc you could dedicate to this then it would be really cheap. just the price of wood and controls. last time I checked a sheet of plywood was around 8 bucks and I figure you'd need 3 sheets.

3x sheets plywood 24.00

controls 50.00 CHECK THIS OUT

extras (screws, wire, hinges) 30.00 (estimated. might be more if you want lights, a markee, t-molding ect. but that stuff could be added later.

so we are talking a bit over 100 dollars to get started if you have a pc and monitor for the project. if not then I'd say a 400 dollar pc would do the trick for mame and FBA. the main cost would come from a decent sized monitor. someone here has an xbox with emulators in his mame cab. that would bring the cost down since a 20 inch tv is alot cheaper then a 20 inch monitor.