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Linux Journal August 2007: Build Your Own Arcade Game Player ...
fatfingers:
... and Relive the '80s!
Save your quarters; you won't need them when you build your vintage arcade player.
By Shawn Powers.
A nice little article about converting to MAME, but not a real pretty conversion. Also very short on space and details. www.arcadecontrols.com is mentioned though.
The Linux Journal Web Site.
It seems you need an account to read it, which I do not have (but I do have the magazine in front of me).
FrizzleFried:
I have to say that they could have taken a little time and found a GOOD LOOKING MAME cabinet to stick on the cover of their magazine? That one, while functional, is just about as ugly as they come?! Take a look at that home made wood CP that doesn't fit the cabinet correctly. Gotta love the "NEW GAME" marquee and the half chewed up NEO-GEO side art. The 13" monitor with the Godzilla sized bezel and the oh-so-nifty "character" artwork glued to it.
The cabinet looks half-assed to me...VERY half-assed and I'd be embarrassed to have it on the cover of my magazine. Hell, i'd be embarrassed if it were my cabinet, to post it HERE, let along on the cover of a magazine. I mean come on, did these guys go to crapmame to find one of the ugliest cabs they could find?? But I am an anal pain in the ass...so take that with a grain of salt.
telengard:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on July 22, 2007, 11:17:47 am ---I have to say that they could have taken a little time and found a GOOD LOOKING MAME cabinet to stick on the cover of their magazine? That one, while functional, is just about as ugly as they come?! Take a look at that home made wood CP that doesn't fit the cabinet correctly. Gotta love the "NEW GAME" marquee and the half chewed up NEO-GEO side art. The 13" monitor with the Godzilla sized bezel and the oh-so-nifty "character" artwork glued to it.
The cabinet looks half-assed to me...VERY half-assed and I'd be embarrassed to have it on the cover of my magazine. Hell, i'd be embarrassed if it were my cabinet, to post it HERE, let along on the cover of a magazine. I mean come on, did these guys go to crapmame to find one of the ugliest cabs they could find?? But I am an anal pain in the ass...so take that with a grain of salt.
--- End quote ---
Well, I think it may have something to do with it running Linux. Not many of the cabinets I've seen do that. I'm considering it but right now SDLMame is too slow. I agree it's not my cup of tea visually but I do like to see more exposure for the hobby.
~telengard
RayB:
Frizzle said everything I was thinking.
:P
fatfingers:
Completely agreed, Frizzle. The first thing I did was open the article to see the finished product -- only to find out the cover WAS the finished product!!! :laugh2:
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