Main > Main Forum
building mame ms. pacman cocktail replica
Wade:
I've been thinking about my next mame project already. I was thinking about making two mspacman cocktail replicas (one for me, and one as a gift for my brother).
I found one on the web that looked very nice but wasn't exactly what I'm wanting. I also need to come up with solutions to a few problems.
1) I'd like to run mspac automatically but allow exiting to GameLauncher to run some other vertical 4-way classics. But some, like Donkey Kong, require a button. Ideas? Should I just mount a button on each CP but leave it exactly like mspacman otherwise?
2) I'd like it to look so much like a mspacman that only an expert could tell the difference. I'm thinking MDF or plywood with wood laminate, repro CP metal, sticks, glass and art? Probably would use an old 19" TV or 19" arcade monitor. It doesn't have to be an *exact* replica, but I want it to be pretty damned close.
3) Has anyone on here made something like this? How much would all the repro parts add up to? I want to just use an old version of mame and some junk PC parts I have laying around.
4) Compared to my 2player fullsize Mame cab, I'm thinking building the cocktail would be a breeze as far as wood construction. Firsthand experience?
5) Solutions to the mame control button problems? Just let player 1 do a combo to exit to GameLauncher? Nothing else should be necessary (a limited # of roms would be installed initially and probably never changed).
Thanks,
Wade
JLR2000:
Check your PM.
AX:
i am curently doin the same for my wife. She wants mspacman and frogger which neither require a button. I on the other hand have decide that it should also play galaga glaian etc which require at least one button. I decided on 2 options:
1 happ sells blue mini pushbuttuns that look just like the regular size arcade buttons but they are also made for metal cp's.
2 instlal a button in the left hand side of the CP through the wood part of the control panel.
I decided on the side button because i didn't want to ruin the CP artwork.
incidently i am using a Compaq presario laptop with a blown lcd to run mame. fits in the cocktail cab better.
PacManFan:
--- Quote from: Wade on May 13, 2003, 05:15:10 pm ---I've been thinking about my next mame project already. I was thinking about making two mspacman cocktail replicas (one for me, and one as a gift for my brother).
I found one on the web that looked very nice but wasn't exactly what I'm wanting. I also need to come up with solutions to a few problems.
1) I'd like to run mspac automatically but allow exiting to GameLauncher to run some other vertical 4-way classics. But some, like Donkey Kong, require a button. Ideas? Should I just mount a button on each CP but leave it exactly like mspacman otherwise?
2) I'd like it to look so much like a mspacman that only an expert could tell the difference. I'm thinking MDF or plywood with wood laminate, repro CP metal, sticks, glass and art? Probably would use an old 19" TV or 19" arcade monitor. It doesn't have to be an *exact* replica, but I want it to be pretty damned close.
3) Has anyone on here made something like this? How much would all the repro parts add up to? I want to just use an old version of mame and some junk PC parts I have laying around.
4) Compared to my 2player fullsize Mame cab, I'm thinking building the cocktail would be a breeze as far as wood construction. Firsthand experience?
5) Solutions to the mame control button problems? Just let player 1 do a combo to exit to GameLauncher? Nothing else should be necessary (a limited # of roms would be installed initially and probably never changed).
Thanks,
Wade
--- End quote ---
I'm building a ms. pac man replica too, check my site.
www.pacmanfan.com
The picks are kindof bad, I just got a new camera, so I'll post some more soon.
Let me know if you need art.
PacManFan
armad1ll0:
These dudes can supply you with what you want.
http://www.arcadedepot.com
I'm considering the same thing but I kind of want to make the darn thing lower and less bulky so that it's more like a coffee table than a cocktail table. I'm evaluating how this could be done. Ultimately I want to be able to sit there and use it to eat breakfast on there and read pages off the internet. 19" monitor would be the right way to go.