HELP.....for a newbie....

[MAME nut]

After about a month of working on my new toy, I've got a few questions....

So far, I have purchased an old Pac Man cabinet.  I gutted it, sanded and painted it.  I picked up a used computer (P2/350/128 RAM) with a 21" flat screen monitor.  I also purchased a 3 pc speaker/sub set.

My plans are to buy a X-Arcade two-man controller and mount it to the cabinet.  Anyone have any input on this??  Any unforseen problems with doing this??  

After that, I figure all that's left is programming the computer??  Anything I'm forgetting??  Any other components needed??

Thanks,

[Edgedamage]

If the control panel is still there you might want to save money and Build Your Own Arcade Controls. It would look much neater.

[MAME nut]

The old control panel was missing.  

Any limitation from using the X-Arcade controller ??

[Edgedamage]

The old control panel was missing.  

Any limitation from using the X-Arcade controller ??

No but it might not look very good. But hey your machine your choice.

[Goz]

How would you mount the X-Arcade? I mean with the general shape of a PAC cab and the size / shape  of the X-Arcade, You'd probably have to make a large cut in the front to accomodate the X-Arcade (this could prove to be difficult).

-Goz

[Soulcon]

If you head on over to oscarcontrols they have a couple of examples of customers who did just that. You will just have to research it a bit? Just an idea.

-Soul

[Robopede]

I think X-Arcade uses 8-way joysticks, which you wouldn't want to play Pac Man with. That would be one limitation to using the X-Arcade controller, unless you don't plan to play any 4-way games...

[RayB]

Forget X-Arcade man.....
(geez, those guys get too much advertising)

Build your own. That's what this website is all about, and it's terribly easy once you look into it.

~Ray B.