I bought an After Burner cabinet several months back that had a bad board. I later found out nobody is willing to work on these boards anymore due to the faulty processors that are no longer available. I decided to go ahead and attempt to mame the cabinet to be able to play all the flying games. I had attempted this process several years ago by putting an afterburner control panel into a standard cabinet. I didn’t have the functionality of the shaker motor, the warning lights or the radar lock on. I knew these elements were what made the game so much fun in the arcade, so I started the process of figuring out how to make everything work utilizing mame. I couldn’t find any information where anyone else has successfully done this in the past and posted details. I hope this helps anyone in the future looking to complete the same process.
I uploaded the video below to YouTube showing everything working.