The Saloon ArcadeHeya folks! I haven't been active here in ages, as I've had way too much work to do at home and .. at work.
My fiance and I moved into a new house this summer, which opened up the opportunity for me to finally get my own man-cave in the basement, which I have dreamed of for quite a while.
So, I got my hands on an empty, generic upright cabinet that was intended for a 1-player jamma setup and this was just a perfect cabinet for my liking, so I figured I'd give it a complete make-over and turn it into a 2-player upright cabinet with a 3" trackball. Custom artwork and all.
My basement will have a western saloon-ish theme, so I figured I'd do the same with the cabinet, hence why it is called "The Saloon".
The cabinet is using the following hardware:
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Computer----------
- MSI G41M-P25, Socket-775, mATX motherboard
- Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3GHz
- 4GB Crucial DDR3 1066MHz RAM
- Chieftec Nitro 550W PSU
- ArcadeVGA 3000 PCI-Ex graphics card
- Windows XP Pro (nlite'd/minimalistic version, will boot directly into front-end and all OS elements will be hidden)
Monitor
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- 29" (27" visible) MakVision tri-mode arcade monitor (15-31khz)
Arcade hardware
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- iPac2 controller interface
- 3" U-TRAK trackball from Ultimarc
- Sanwa JLW-TM-8 joysticks
- Happ pushbuttons
As usual I have ordered all the arcade hardware from Andy @ Ultimarc. I bought the monitor from xgaming.com (they gave me the lowest shipping rate to Norway) and, as always, I get my artwork printed by GameonGrafix (mamemarquees.com).
Read on for the worklog pictures ..