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Common Cents - First Build
corndwg01:
I remember dabbling with MAME a little bit back in college about 6ish years ago. I didn't do much with it, but I remember installing it and playing a few games for a couple of days. I hadn't ever thought about it again until a few months ago I ran across some little snippet about it somewhere on the net. Somehow, I managed to come across this site and see all you guys building cabinets from scratch. I WAS HOOKED!
I did a bunch of reading and started planning out my cabinet. I told a buddy at work about new discovery and he was instantly hooked to. Before I ever got out of the planning stages, he had a functioning cabinet built!
I took my time, researching and planning. Here's a quick pictorial guide that's led me to where I am today. (I'm 90% done)
I used the plans from arcadecab.com, but modified them a little here and there to suit me and my needs.
MATERIAL CUTOUT AND PREPARATION:
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CONSTRUCTION:
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CONTROL PANEL:
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PAINT AND MISC. DETAILS:
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ALMOST FINISHED:
That's where it sits as of right now. The specs are as follows:
PC: - Dell Pentium 4 with a gig of RAM running Windows XP
Emulators: - MAME, NES, SNES, N64, SEGA Systems, 3DO (kinda), Dreamcast, maybe a few others
Frontend: Hyperspin
Control Interface: Keywiz
Controls: Happ competition sticks and happ buttons
Future plans include:
Finish my electrical panel - volume knob, toggle switches
Refinish my Coin Controls over/under coin door and install it
Trackball (ordered it yesterday off eBay)
AimTrak's in some PS1 Guncon's - they're under the Christmas tree! ;D
Graphics and a marquee
Dedicated fourway?