M.A.M.E. Cabinet Completion -PICTURES

[8-bit_Frost]

Hello!
 
Well after finally finishing my MAME cab, after about 8 months, I wanted to post about it somewhere online, and I figured
this would be the place  

I really should have taken more before pictures, but the idea didn’t cross my mind until I was done
with the after so all I have is the picture from the Craigslist add.

So this is what it looked like when I bought it.
(This is my first time posts so I don't really know how to attach photos in text that aren't online so I'll have them attached at the bottom)
Now as it is here I figured out based upon the button layout and satanic symbols that it was a
Time Killer’s arcade.
This thing >>  http://memberfiles.freewebs.com/92/14/44501492/photos/Arcade-Collections/timekiller.JPG
Time Killers was not however what the cabinet originally.
So as a side note, I am still trying to figure out what this thing originally was ; I’ll have a separate post up for that.


As you can see from the photos though I've turned it into basic Two player MAME with the standard Japanese fighter arcade design layout
with a slight space between second and third row. Instead of laminates for the side I primed it in a few coats of spray paint, and
then proceed to put on NINE coats of high-gloss latex paint  
I then slowly cut out new buttons and joy holes using a metal boring hole bit on a drill press.
Joysticks are HAPP competition 8 way joysticks which, along with the buttons
and coin slots are connect to the computer via a PCB USB PC/PS3 interface.

For the screen I went with a 21.3 inch 4:3 Samsung Sync-master LCD (Very Hard to find a SD monitor that large)
Now I know most people will say an arcade monitor is the best thing to use, but it was out my budget. This is then, as you can see, covered by
Smoked plexy.
The front end is Mgalaxy, which I'd highly recommend to anyone looking for a good, easy to use front end. (Spent weeks coding linux with wahcade to no real avail)
,running off a Pentium 4 3.0ghz computer using XP. I've almost got it so it will boot, log-in and start Mgalaxy automatically (I still have this problem where if Mgalaxy is started in this way it can't find the roms)

For the Marquee I used the one from Spy Hunter as it best matched my Black and White color scheme, as well it being one my
favorite classic arcade games. Tough to play with a joystick though lol
The only thing I really have left to do for it is to get the coin slots to light up of USB power.

Price wise the whole thing only cost me only around $300 :
$75 for the old cabinet, $100 for the monitor, $80 for the joysticks, buttons, bevel, controller and other misc. parts,
$60 for the smoked plexy and marquee.

And that's pretty much it, Thanks for looking  

[boardjunkie]

That is just a Dynamo cabinet. They were produced for putting "kit" games into. I built a few Time Killers games....I don't remember it doing all that well on location. SFII and MK kicked its --I'm attempting to get by the auto-censor and should be beaten after I re-read the rules-- pretty good.

[P-chan]

Looks like a great job of restoration!  Well done.  I also use mGalaxy, works great

[paigeoliver]

Is Spy Hunter the final marquee or a placeholder?

I ask because you made a great looking horizontal machine but then used the marquee for a vertical game that your cabinet has none of the controls for. It is sort of like you built up an awesome Ford Mustang, but then replaced all the badges with those off a Chevy Van.

Personal suggestion for a marquee is a Street Fighter 2, as that is probably the most well known game that had that exact control layout.

[8-bit_Frost]

Is Spy Hunter the final marquee or a placeholder?

I ask because you made a great looking horizontal machine but then used the marquee for a vertical game that your cabinet has none of the controls for. It is sort of like you built up an awesome Ford Mustang, but then replaced all the badges with those off a Chevy Van.

Personal suggestion for a marquee is a Street Fighter 2, as that is probably the most well known game that had that exact control layout.

Sorry for Zombie posting, I've been away for the past few weeks and haven't had much time to access the internet.

As for you your question: Maybe
The reason I choose the Spy Hunter marquee was purely for looks, as it was the closest marquee I could find that matched
my black and white color scheme and was still a good looking marquee. (I need to switch over the the red mgalaxy supporters' edition to pull the U.I. into it)
;it's also one of my favorite arcade games.(Plus I can still actually play it pretty well with the the present controls)

I will admit however that it does look a little bit quirky, so eventually I will probobly create my own designee to replace it.