Well i think this adventure started about 4 years ago in college when i first heard of this nifty thing called "MAME" and then saw people building arcades and using MAME software. Once I read about it, I was totally hooked and i had to have a cabinet.
Its come a long way, and it still needs a lot of help, but its progressed more in 6 months than it has in a year! I think being out of college and being able to afford things helps
I still have my old hotrod se controls, but after the chip broke the whole system has been changed. I now use an ipac board, dad installed a trackball (whoo! go dad!) and the cabinet has been fitted for a coin door. I have to touch up the pain (we'll leave the side art alone). Its turning out to be a nice father/daughter and occasional boyfriend helps project.
In the last two photos below the coin door isn't totally hooked-up because i just put the panel back in last night. But thanks to a member of our forum, _______ sold me a hacked mouse for the trackball. Thanks again.
My 7th button on each player acts as the right and left mouse buttons (totally easy to manage since there are hardly any 7-button games).
I found that the trackball is not as sensitive as i'd like it to be. I can't run a newer version of mame (stuck on .61 with a P3, 900mhz, 386 ram computer) so if anyone has any suggestions on how to make the trackball more sensitive (its all the way up under window's control panel) then let me know.
Anyways here's some photos. I have a control panel layover i'm going to put over that nasty, nasty purple. I just want to tweak it a little more.
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