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Personal all in one arcade project
DillonFoulds:
--- Quote from: ndiniz on August 30, 2012, 02:38:12 pm ---Yeah, who would've thought that someone very young like me would have the desire to get into such an interesting thing!
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--- Quote from: ndiniz on August 28, 2012, 05:50:03 pm ---First off, I am 29 going on 30.
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???
I'm 25, started in on this at 23, and I'd venture to say there's a very large group that are younger than me on this hobby...
Arimack:
--- Quote from: Unstupid on August 29, 2012, 12:04:46 am ---
--- Quote from: ndiniz on August 28, 2012, 11:50:30 pm ---Good thing there's at least one person who agrees with me on Bartop cabinets.
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Yea you don't want to build a cocktail either... they are pretty ugly too and take up too much space! ::)
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I have to repeat what javeryh said:
This is not going to end well.
I sense someone who will not respond well to advice given.
ndiniz:
I know one thing for sure: I know I don't have the money I need for the parts, nor do I have the money to get a nice PC to run everything. However, I am working on getting a new job, and since I have no idea of how much I will spend on this project, I definitely don't want to disappoint myself, do I? I don't think so! I either go BOLD or GO HOME! It's the only way to do it. I'm just in the early stages of planning, looking at cabinet designs from people, and as time & money allows, I'll figure everything out. Doing the pre-planning phase is what I'm doing now, and it's fun looking at all the cabinet designs I've seen so far, and I'm trying to come up with ideas on how I can apply some of the styles to my own cab.
lordnacho:
--- Quote from: Arimack on August 30, 2012, 04:02:17 pm ---I have to repeat what javeryh said:
This is not going to end well.
I sense someone who will not respond well to advice given.
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Very helpful post :dunno
BadMouth:
I know you said go bold or go home, but an outdated hand-me-down PC will run most of the games in MAME.
At worst, it will at least run the early 80's classics.
If you can find one for free, you might as well grab it and start learning how to configure everything.
(or use your current computer if you already have MAME on it)
You could maybe get a fightstick for now. http://www.amazon.com/Xbox360-Fighting-Stick-EX-Xbox-360/dp/B000V02P6Q/ref=sr_1_37?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1346358349&sr=1-37&keywords=fightstick
It might not be a cabinet, but you'd have enough parts there to play games and experiment with the position of the screen and controls.
When you do have some money to start building a cabinet, the software part would already be done.
Setting up the software is very time consuming. You might be better off doing it while you're not working. :lol
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