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Galaxian_Namco:
My love for Arcade games has grown, and failure with Mame has led me to the purchase of one of those Namco 5 in 1 Plug and Play TV games. They are actually a pretty good purchase, but I feel the controls could be better. I want to use actual arcade controls, and I was thinking that I could make my own little wood box cabinet with happ arcade controls. I believe this would work, and I was even going to hook up an adapter instead of the battery situation. I want more real arcade feel, and more console like durability.
Problem 1:
Not sure if this would work at all
Problem 2:
The first Pac-Man 5-in-1 game is less obvious of how one must take it apart. The Ms. Pac-Man one is pretty straightforward, but the Pac-Man one I can't figure out.

I'm not sure if anyone owns one of these, or if anyone has tried this yet. Any help would be much appreciated.

TOK:
What kind of "failure with MAME"?
Post your problem, and maybe someone here can help you out. The time you waste messing with that Jaxx game is better spent figuring MAME out.

Galaxian_Namco:
The Jaxx thing isn't all that bad. Its pretty convenient.
I'm trying to use MacMAME, and the sample ROMS on MAME.NET won't even work.
Though.. I guess I got frustrated pretty quickly
missioncontrol:
The screws for the pac-man are on the sides near the corners under the stickers (both sides)... once you take the screws out pop off the yellow sides......then pull out the white tabs.....and now it will come apart :D replacing the buttons and joystick look fairly easy to do....

if you search around in some of the bar top threads someone mentions on how to add a power adapter to it. I do remember them stating you need to keep the led for it

Shape D.:
I plan on builcing something similar, only using more than one of the units in the box. I havent taken mine apart yet but from what I could tell the yellow plastic parts on the side have to come off first. And because your puting it in something else anyways I't wont matter if you break the case at all, just keep safe the stuff inside and youre fine. but it should be fairly easy to do, the insides are just microswitches hooked up to the board. (or at least thats what the mrs. pacman one was like.)
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