the ultimate mame machine.

[polaris]

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[paigeoliver]

I wonder if that thing was a kiosk or a jukebox before he mamed it. Either way it has PC overkill installed. You TOTALLY need a top of the line system to play all those 3 button games.

[RayB]

I am thoroughly confused by what I saw.
But at least the guy is only asking $200.

[polaris]

But at least the guy is only asking $200.

reserve not met

[alandrogers]

I will give him kudos for the design. Very cool.   ... but like was said earlier ... all those games .. and no way to actually play them

[polaris]

I will give him kudos for the design.

im not sure its his design, unless he has a side line in designing plastic garden composters and modded one to this.look at the top

[WaRpEd]

It reminds me of a Kiosk I saw at Builder's Square about 4 years ago. I think in the fan area. Looks like a conversion to me IMHO.

[Fozzy The Bear]

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Damn! that is one impractical machine...... It's not ugly as such, just different, but what an impractical button layout...... and yes it was a Jukebox.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

[shorthair]

What kind o front end is that?

[paigeoliver]

I don't know, but it is the first frontend I ever saw that had angled sticks on it!!

What kind o front end is that?

[polaris]

I don't know, but it is the first frontend I ever saw that had angled sticks on it!!

cmon now paige i was just gonna post to say what a great informative thread you just posted bout cab styles an here you are making the funnies.
i promise when i put angled sticks on my cab i wont make you play on it
cos 90 degrees is an angle ,right? people please, throw me a line

[paigeoliver]

I have only ever played on a two mame cabinets that I didn't build that weren't highly defective*. One is still in my living room, although I changed the joysticks and redid the game list (I seem to recall the original builder went by "Mickster), and the other was one done by another forum here that was at superauctions.

Every other mame cabinet I have ever encountered has been at superauctions, and all of them were defective in some important way.

*Note, I have also built some highly defective Mame cabinets. Most were later redone or junked, but I did let a mini cabinet out into the wild that the mobo burnt up on later due to not enough ventilation in the cabinet. They apparently were running it 24/7 and I had never had it on more than about 6 hours. Of course they replaced the motherboard and then tried to sell it on ebay for 4 times what they paid for it.

[polaris]

in fairness paige to build a perfect mame machine is really not possible from what ive read, but what you refer to as defective may be seen differently by others in their opinion,  you seem to be quite purist in your approach to this hobby but not everyone is aiming for that when they build a cab.

[paigeoliver]

Actually, in this case what I mean by defective is actually, you know, defective.

Example 1. Joystick won't go down.

Example 2. None of the controls work.

Example 3. Dedicated 4-way machine with 8-way stick installed.

Example 4. Crashes constantly.

Example 5. A single 8-way stick and one button with the entire mame library installed.

Example 6. Poker machine buttons installed rather than arcade buttons.

Example 7. The giant 14" pc monitor is just sitting there loose in the monitor bay.

Example 8. Frontend shows full list of games, but picking them just makes it dump back to the frontend instantly.

Even most of the worst stuff I see here is awesome compared to what I usually encounter in the wild.

in fairness paige to build a perfect mame machine is really not possible from what ive read, but what you refer to as defective may be seen differently by others in their opinion,  you seem to be quite purist in your approach to this hobby but not everyone is aiming for that when they build a cab.

[FrizzleFried]

Built in flashing stars on the front of the unit and blue neon fan installed.

This is BY FAR the most important aspect of ANY MAME cabinet!  I gotta have this! 

How in the HELL can anyone play that with those huge buttons....I am guessing that one handed Track & Field is out of the question unless you are Andre The Giant's bigger cousin?

It would make a decent WACK-A-MOLE emulator?!

How do you play any 4+ button game on that thing?   Perhaps all six buttons (3 on the left and 3 on the right) are hooked up to 1-6?  THAT would be confusing as all hell.

[blueznl]

It's a modified and repainted SilverBall, something like a PhotoPlayer touch screen game.

Here's one in its original form:

http://www.duske.com/automaten.php4?action=display_item&id=55&category=7

[FrizzleFried]

Please oh please shorten that URL...

[shardian]

Dude, hit the little earth button under bbc tags, put an "=" sign after the first "url" and then copy in your link.
[ url = insert link here ] put some fancy short name here [ url/ ]

take the spaces out and your link will shorten.

[Hoopz]

Would have posted this sooner, but I couldnt find the reply button!  Couldn't scroll all the way over there.... 

Dude, hit the little earth button under bbc tags, put an "=" sign after the first "url" and then copy in your link.
[ url = insert link here ] put some fancy short name here [ url/ ]

take the spaces out and your link will shorten.

Or insert this link:  http://tinyurl.com/2ey8vx

[divemaster127]

that looks like a maximus front end
dm