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craig.anderson:
Hello Forum Members,

I just purchased an old space invaders cabinet that I plan on transforming into a M.A.M.E. type arcade cabinet. I am new at this so I apologize in advance for any stupid questions. Very excited to get started.

My goal (as of right now)
1) 2 controller panels. Dont know about roller ball type things etc yet
2) plan on retaining the old space invaders artwork
3) LED monitor/TV. dont know enough to deal with one of those old heavy CRT type monitors.
4) would like to play the following emulators on it: NES, SNES, SEGA GENESIS, NINTENDO 64, COLECOVISION, INTELLIVIsion. NEO-GEO, MAME, and NINTENDO GAMECUBE. I dont think ill do anything more modern than nintendo gamecuble.

Any pointers to get started would be greatly appreciated.
If I could learn from other people's "mistakes" I would greatly appreciate the knowledge.
I am going to try to attach some pics
craig.anderson:
Is "BONDO" the way to go as far as repairing broken chipped up corners etc?

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/81338-13-best-repair-missing-corner-pieces-cabinet
Caparo8bit:
use maximus arcade for emulator control (front end) is easy to use and imo the best .....this is good for noobs (like me)
http://www.maximus-arcade.com/
Caparo8bit:
and about bondo yes and theres other sealers for wood that also work on small areas.
mgb:
Hey Craig,
 welcome to the forums.
yes Bondo will work fine for repairs. there are also two part wood fillers (putty and hardner) but they cost more and I believe they are no different than bondo anyway, so for me bondo works great.

Best advice I can give you at this point is, look around this site and check out other guys builds and really come up with what you want the finished product to be and then figure out how to accomplish it. along the way, you will have more questions. some of these questions will be answered in other threads and others you will post and hopefully get some good insight.

a couple of other things to keep in mind:
1) what specific games are you hoping to play? Old school vertical classics, fighters, vertical shooters?
2) will you plan on 4-way games such as pac man or donkey kong or 8 way games such as robotron.
3) Think about budget.

remember there is always compromise. Think about whats most important first. I've seen many people be dead set on a four player with all the bells and whistles, only to end up with a way over crowded control panel with cheap controls because they blew their budget on everything else and had to cheap out on the sticks.
also remember that not all console games will necessarily be enjoyable to play on arcade controls.

LED monitors really seems to be the way alot of guys are going now. CRT Arcade monitors are getting hard to come by (and they're heavy). of course the crt tv route still has plenty options out there.

good luck
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