Hello! My name is BackStabArcader, and well, erm. I dunno how to start this... I guess I'll start off with apologizing if this is not the appropriate place for this topic, I am pretty new here. Welp, Guess I'll talk about why I am here
So I had an old windows 7 desktop PC that had problems, (The fan would fail to keep it cool, resulting in a crash) And I got a Laptop instead. Was planning on throwing out the thing, until I had unexpectedly fell in love with an 80's arcade game, Pac-Man! The monitor looks beautiful running M.A.M.E, and It responds nice and quick, so I thought I'd Turn it into a home-built M.A.M.E machine. Only problem is, I'm having problems finding an old broken down Pac-Man machine, or an empty one. I've found plenty of machines for cheap I could use, but It just doesn't feel the same playing Pac-Man on a Journey machine, or a Donkey kong machine, You know? I was hoping maybe someone could help me out on finding something like that? I found a $450 empty Ms. Pac-Man that was built to the specs of the original. I suppose I could spray paint that yellow, and use decals or stencils or something... Again, finding plenty of cheap joysticks to hook up, but most of em are those microswitch ones. Even the majority of the games at my local arcade use microswitches! Ugh!!! Any help on this would be appritiated, and I am very sorry if this is the wrong place for this
Well, If you are seeing this, Have a great day. I also have a discord and skype if you really need it lol. Allrighty, Bye. I 'll keep updated on what happends and what I do.
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So after looking for an emty Pac-Man, I stumbled across this.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ms-Pacman-arcade-game-cabinet-NEW-3-4-MDF-Lumber-built-to-specs/142096736421?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D44757%26meid%3De19db0112a1a44a0b521c8ad89ef0596%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D6%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D272231087680 Somebody actually makes Ms Pac-Man and Galaga Cabinets, without the electronics, without the graphics, just a pure blue or black cabinet, and It's built to the exact measurements. It is 400 bucks, which is twice what I wanted to spend on an empty cab, But If I manage it, and spray it with a Yellow, Add on graphics and throw my old PC in there, It might be worth it!