Thanks... the camera I used was pretty crappy, only about 2 or 3 megapixel, plus the lighting is bad. The pics in my other thread ("FLYNN'S") were taken with my iPod touch... a better camera, but lower-res and my hands shake so it's difficult to get a shot that's not blurry. I gotta get a decent camera and some lights so I can take some good pictures.
I did start a blog back when the project first started... here's a link if you'd like LOTS of details:
http://japanimame.blogspot.com/ The posts are in reverse-chronological order, so you might want read it from the bottom up. The last post does show some of the early artwork I created for the first attempt in 2000 or so.
I'll try to get some footage of its actual operation up on YouTube soon. At the moment, the menu system doesn't make any sounds, but I'm thinking I might want to change that.