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What did you spend?
paigeoliver:
I have made tons of Mames at around $250 each. The cheapest one ever for me had a negative cost.
I haven't done the math on my big old d9200 equipped beast, but it is gonna be low, at least way low considering what it has in it. Hmm, I paid $250 for the scratchbuilt cab with monitor (someone elses project they later built a better one, it is pretty nice although the build quality isn't as high as a factory cab), I probably have 300+ on the panel, then $15 for the coin door, $15 for the marquee. I used my old desktop so no cash output for the computer.
telengard:
Spend as in money or spend as in time?
Way, WAY too much money and even more time. :)
It's worth every penny though. If I didn't re-do my control panels it would have been somewhat reasonable. I also ruined a good chunk of change worth of sideart which wasn't fun plus the original artwork which I scrapped. I have also replaced the computer in it recently to keep up with MAME's voracious appetite. I'd be afraid to add up the cost of everything. With all the original controls I've picked up and the custom machined module plates it's probably close to 3k.
mahuti:
Easy to keep the cost down to about $250-$500. Unless you want EVERYTHING. You can easily get into a machine for a few hundred bucks.
danny_galaga:
about $1200 AUS on mine (multiply by 0.75 for merican bucks)
SOAPboy:
think im at 400USD at this point..