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Anyone convert their MAME Cabinet to JAMMA?

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amendonz:

Good call with going original hardware, I had a bazillion in 1 cab, did nothing for me. I cherish my pcbs though. Plus when you change pcb's you can pretend to be an arcade operator (oh to dream)

opt2not:


--- Quote from: amendonz on February 21, 2012, 06:25:08 pm ---Plus when you change pcb's you can pretend to be an arcade operator (oh to dream)

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Haha, I do this! Especially on my New Astro City.  I time myself to see how fast I can change the board, as well as the control panel (since I have 2 for my NAC - 1 for fighters, 1 for shooters).


DaveMMR:

Thanks for the advice. I'm debating going out and finding a cheap JAMMA cab or reworking my current cab. The latter may be a bit more involved because I wanted to actually "shrink" it down a bit (closer to the size of the actual Centipede) but it already has 8 Ohm speakers, 25" arcade monitor, coin door, etc.

opt2not, thanks for the links - didn't see those the first time around and it all looks relatively simple

paigeoliver, that was my concern too. But if it turns out to be an issue, I'd probably keep MAME strictly for bartops and keep the cabinet running only a handful of games. 

Cheffo, you mentioned the MultiJamma. Is it feasible to have a PC with JPac connected to a slot in a MultiJamma rig and then a regular board in the second slot(s)?   

Jack Burton:

I feel like I'm pretty burnt out on emulation in general. 

If I ever get around to setting up another cab it's going to be based on consoles.  With those there is not nearly as much configuration involved, no input delay, and you have a large amount of "officialness" to the ports.



Well Fed Games:

Does durability/longevity of the older hardware factor in to your decisions? I'm at a point where I successfully (IMHO) made a MAME cab with a PC and TV, and am now looking to build/buy a cab for a functioning JAMMA board and arcade monitor... but I find myself anxious about the old (possibly irreplaceable) tech failing (even though I know a PC has more moving parts and is probably more likely to fail). How have you resolved this in your minds, or is it just part of the hobby?

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