Hello all. Like most of us here I've always dreamed of having my own arcade machine. I finally started to make that dream a reality. However I'm not as clever and talented as some on this forum so this thread may seem boring to most. My goal is to just get my feet wet in the arcade realm and create a basic fun multicade. I'm going to be sharing my build here and asking questions along the way.
Using an old Dell computer.
Windows XP.
I have too many projects going on to build my own cabinet so I bought an old cabinet off craigslist and drove an hour to pick it up. Its just the cab no guts. It was a War Final Assault machine so it used to look like this:
Pretty awesome looking. I bought it looking like this:
The control panel board was hacked up so the first thing i did was replace it. Happened to have some scrap mdf around.
I bought happ buttons and sticks. Enough buttons for fighters. Cut the holes.
Touched up the paint a little. I've still got a lot of work to do stay tuned. Any tips or advice is appreciated!!