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gryhnd:



--- Quote from: mwong168 on March 25, 2010, 04:36:40 pm ---Just to clears thing up, I don't speak from hate but from what I have observed in previous threads when there is an X-arcade involved.

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I wasn't casting disparaging remarks your way mwong (in fact you and I were posting at the same time so I hadn't even seen your reply), or to any one person. Just a general vibe about X-Arcade stuff I picked up here.

Anyway, I'm a happy camper with their stuff. YMMV

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mwong168:

No worries, if you think X-arcade gets a lot of flak here go make a thread on SRK  :laugh2:  You know wiring of control panels has now become a favorite part of all my builds and I look forward to it each time.  I am even tempted to go back and redo my existing showcase and bartop but my friend said I am  :banghead:

LeedsFan:

If it's your first project then you could always go the easier route of using an X-Arcade but with the option to upgrade the CP later on. Hell... you could even open the X-Arcade up and swap out the sticks and buttons for different kinds if you wanted to.

But I would echo what other people have said. It really isn't difficult to make your own. And that fact that you are on these very boards means you have all the info at your finger tips if you research.

I won't knock the X-Arcade though. I provides a door to enter the hobby with. When I first discovered Mame I bought one of their products just to get into playing the games. Then later on I found these boards, and the rest as they say... is history.

ark_ader:


--- Quote from: MameMaster! on March 25, 2010, 04:30:51 pm ---My original cab featured an XArcade as I was afraid of the wiring issues. I was happy just to have gotten the machine working. But they are a good way to start.

If you do get one, then go to the next step and mod it. Replace the buttons, the joystick, perhaps decorate etc. This will make you more comfortable with how it all works.

You should then learn basic soldering skills.

At that point-- you should be ready to tackle a full blown panel on your own.

Now of course, many of the guys here went straight to creating their own and learned along the way. It all comes do to what you're comfortable with trying.

Even if you do go straight to a custom panel-- no one here will let you down if you get stuck.

Good luck!  :cheers:


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+1

That is some fine advice there!

DashRendar:

Yep, some people carry on a crusade against X-Arcade without having ever tried any of their products.  It gets crazy.   :dizzy:

X-Arcade is one option for you- it's NOT a bad way to go.  A lot of people are purists and prefer a DIY approach that is closer to what you would find on an actual arcade cabinet, rather than a pre-packaged control panel. 

Either way, it's YOUR arcade cab.  It doesn't have to satisfy the purists.

 :afro:

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