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Just Bought A MAME Cabinet (Pics Added) (Question Added 2/14...And Answered)
shateredsoul:
Hmmm since you haven't picked it up yet why not ask the guy or lady if they'd show you some of the basics? Or at least, how to switch out the computer and how to switch out buttons ...if you felt like you wanted to do that.
Congrats on the cab, it looks nice. I agree with the previous post, I like the fact that it doesn't have buttons everywhere.
jtfields:
Wow, thanks for all the quick replies. I don't know much about the computer. I just figured if it wasn't adequate I'd replace it so I didn't even ask. I built computers as a hobby for a few years so I may get the itch to build something new for it anyway.
Good point about just being able to add plug in joysticks. Maybe I'll add some readily accessible USB ports somewhere.
My wife hasn't given any indication of how she'd like the marquee to look or a color that she might like. Probably nothing too flashy is my guess. A control panel overlay is a good idea.
Hopefully when I pick it up the guy will spend some time with me "showing me the ropes".
I'll definitely post details once I have the cab.
rlehm:
be glad it's a two player.
mytymaus007:
Nice find Good Luck!!
jtfields:
I got it home over the weekend. Not a bad cabinet. It has a 19" Dell CRT monitor in it. The guy swore up and down that four years ago he put the monitor in through the back without having to disassemble anything. So he insisted on trying to get it out before we moved it. He was never able to get it out and in the process he scratched up the inside of the plexiglass. Also, the front bottom of the cabinet got damaged a little bringing it into my house. The PC is an eMachine with a 2.6 GHz Celeron and 1GB RAM running Windows 2000. The speakers are just throw away computer speakers sitting next to the monitor (there is a cutout for speakers to be mounted behind the marquee but there are none there.) It's running MAME32 .118. I need to update it as using MAME32 with arcade controls is not very fun (not to mention the ROM set that came with it is very incomplete even missing some of the classics like Centipede, Asteriods, and Missle Command to name a few.)
The control panel seems to work okay although the trackball isn't as heavy as what I remember at the arcade and it doesn't glide as smoothly. The track ball also can kind of lift sometimes when you roll it which makes whatever you are controlling stop moving for a split second (not sure if I described that problem very well.) I haven't messed around with it enough to figure out if the joysticks are 8-way or 16-way. Not very good for Pacman though, I can tell you that. Each stick has 6 buttons. Additionally, there are a left and right mouse buttons, player 1 and player 2 buttons along with a credit button for each player. Best I can tell there are no hinges on the CP to easily access the back. In fact, in general the cab was not built with the idea of easy access in mind. The coin door opens up to access the PC. The lock for the coindoor is gone (I guess so you can stick your finger in the whole to open the door to get to the PC.) As I said earlier, I'd like get it running so that it takes quarters for credits.
So far my six year old has been playing it more than anyone. He's gotten hooked on Aliens vs. Predator.
I'll try and post some pics later.
Edit: Added pic.