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Boingo:

Ouya is inexpensive, small, and compact, and it currently has a version of MAME for it.  To me that makes Ouya an ideal platform for building a MAME arcade machine, and I am considering doing that myself.

Has anyone built a MAME machine using Ouya yet?

What kind of controler needs to be used?

Are there any problems that need to be considered?

Generic Eric:

You are not going to have any particular building challenges.  Just software challenges of making it look less like a console running an emulator and more like an arcade machine.

I just finished 2 coinops cabs.  Between the x box splash and the unleash splash, there is no hiding the fact there is an X box running.   I think the prime challenge is hiding the fact there is something other than a single pcb.

I'm kinda over having to explain why I have so many buttons. 

Anywho.

No one is going to talk you in or out of using an ouya.  You'll be a trailblazer most likely.   

Good luck.  I have a ouya too, so I'll be watching to learn how it is done.  ;)

Boingo:

I built a couple of small mini cabinets before, and I still have the template, so I am certain it would not be hard to build another.

It is just the controls I am concerned about, and whether I can find a small monitor that will fit into the cabinet.

Is there a 4:3 monitor out there  that is compatible with Ouya, or do I have to squeeze a widescreen monitor into the cabinet?

Will a keyboard controler work with Ouya?



Generic Eric:


--- Quote from: Boingo on March 09, 2014, 04:26:30 pm ---I built a couple of small mini cabinets before, and I still have the template, so I am certain it would not be hard to build another.

It is just the controls I am concerned about, and whether I can find a small monitor that will fit into the cabinet.

Is there a 4:3 monitor out there  that is compatible with Ouya, or do I have to squeeze a widescreen monitor into the cabinet?

Will a keyboard controler work with Ouya?

--- End quote ---

I think that monitor would be rare.  An hdmi to dvi adapter would be far cheaper.

A keyboard encoder should work.  I can't say for more than one though.

Do you have an ouya?  Which keyboard encoder do you prefer?   I've wired a key wiz and 2 kades.  Both were easy to use.

Which made emulator do you prefer?

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typo on phone is a bad idea.

FNwoz:

I am interested in doing this as well primarily to make a low cost low power bartop mame cabinet. The issue with going to anything other then HDMI is audio. How would we get audio out of the ouya board. I already have a 17" lcd vga monitor so for me I don't think it would work.

EDIT: Looks like this could do the trick.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812699001

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