Hi all,
I decided to build my own arcade cabinet over a couple weekends - i was AMAZED at the community/hobby-ers that live for this stuff! The wealth of info. is amazing.
I've done all the homework, and i have one question - is it really this easy?
I'm going to build a cab. to hold a 21" tv...buying a cheap 5-600mhz pc with s-video output card...a two-joystick, 6-button each, trackball, control panel with that i-pac encoder...
im gonna use particle board, try to keep it under 5'6" and 24" wide...
It seems easy - after all the reading and research, plus cheap,...under $400 (keep in mind, im not a perfectionist and dont need crazy accessories like coin doors, super speakers, a new pc etc....I guess i have the minimalist approach).
I need to play some rbi baseball, river raid (atari) and a host of arcade classics...maybe a little golden tee or equivalent golf game that can run on 500mhz...
Hit this newbie with some criticism..it just seems too easy to put together a decent arcade machine.