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Well Fed Games:

Cool cabinet! I think it will serve you well. And yeah, not much info out there about it. Good luck with the project! A free cab is a great start!

JDFan:


--- Quote from: owkenobi on June 04, 2014, 12:45:33 pm ---Heck that would be perfect. I guess I was leery for ordering straight from ebay, but if those are decent quality to start that would be great. Thanks for the link!

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I've used the encoder for a single player bartop and they work fine - just have limited number of inputs (total of 16 per board - normally 1 joystick and 12 buttons) which is why this has 2 of them so there are enough inputs for 2 player setups.

THe buttons I have not used but there is a build thread here ( http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,139439.0.html ) that used them so you may want to ask him how they work together as this is the set he purchased and used in his build so he should have some info on them for you.

SavannahLion:

Contact this guy. According to the website, he has something to do with the company and the previous addresses seem to be in the ballpark
 http://www.advancedbackgroundchecks.com/d/timothy-hapy/129940267

Seems like something that would be sold the same way as a Dynamo. That would explain the multi-board blurbage on the back.




Slippyblade:

I have no problems with X-Arcade parts, I really hate the encoder though.  It wires weirdly, the interface is funky, it's just bleh.  Buttons/Joysticks/Trackball on the other hand are just fine.

Though, to be honest, you'd be just as easily served hitting Groovy Game Gear, Paradise Arcade, or Ultimarc and putting your own bundle together.  If you stick with the less expensive parts (no RGB buttons) you'll be fine.  Not to mention all three of those vendors have active presence on this forum if you need help.

owkenobi:

Thanks for the replies everyone! What a great community.

I ordered the ebay setup JDFan linked to. Now, of course, I must be patient as it ships from china. But in the meantime I'll try and get the monitor mounted and MAME set up on my PC with some kind of front end.

With 2 GB of RAM and a Core Duo processor, should I run an older version? I hear the newer ones are slower; admitted I'm most familiar w/ versions based off of 0.37, as I was a GP2x user for quite awhile. I'm not really planning on running anything newer than Marvel v Capcom.

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