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| Jack Burton:
Mortal Kombat cab was free from the Laundry Mat in my home town. Monitor was dead, game board and controls still worked. 21" PC monitor was free from a computer repair shop near where I live. Borrowed a bit of plywood off my Dad. Used a spare low-range computer I had laying around for MAME. Pad hacked a playstation controller for a control interface. Plugged in some pc speakers on the sides of the cab for sound. Total for my first MAME cab: $0! Sort of, since I already had a lot of the stuff. If you added up the current valueof everything I added to the cab, it would be around $50. Eventually I ended up spending about $125 for the whole project including new controls, I-pac, wireless keyboard and mouse, stools, new wooden control panel, etc. I may not be pretty or awesome, but it does exactly what I wanted it to do, and for a broke college student that's a lot. |
| Kajoq:
Oh god. Lets see... This is kind of scary: 300 for Street Fighter 3: New Generation cab with 25" Monitor ~200 for new custom control panel with brand new sanwa parts 125 for Super Street Fighter 2 X CPS2 cart 110 for MAME PC ~120 for JPAC/ArcadeVGA 40 for MAME PC Speakers Almost a grand.. And that doesn't include other random hardware and such |
| danny_galaga:
$1271 aus for me (762 euros ;)) . that was for my cocktail cab. current project is a much lower budget affair, total should be less than $500... (if i ever finish it) |
| wbassett:
I just got started, but it is up, running, and fully functional without looking like an eyesore while I build the modular CP. Cost- [*]Ultimate Arcade II - $540 [*]XGaming TankStick and additional controller input board- $250 [*]T-Molding- $10 [*]Speakers (4" full range car speakers) - $15 [*]Misc screws, casters and other items- $30[/list] So right now around $840, but I agree... is it ever really finished? ;) I'll be upgrading from a 21" Trinitron PC monitor to a 27" VGA monitor and then the custom modular CP is going to nickel and dime me I know it, but it's a lot of fun building and even more fun playing when it's done right![/list] |
| wbassett:
--- Quote from: rackoon on March 15, 2008, 05:38:07 pm ---$1800 at least on my oak cocktail. Heck! I spent $50 just on router bits... --- End quote --- Question... will you use the router bits for any other projects? Reason I ask is I run into this when helping people build Home Theater systems and DIY screens. Many count the cost of tools such as sprayers, power saws, and whatnot as part of the total expense. If it will be the only time the tool is used, then yes include it in the total cost, if it's something you know you'll use over and over, I'd leave it out. It was just a great excuse to buy some more tool toys is how I look at it! ;) My frame of mind is if it is a one time usage, see if the tool can be rented or sometimes it's cheaper to have someone do the work rather than buy a lot of expensive gear. Even better is if you have a friend or family member that has the tools and is willing to help out. Still $50 for bits isn't bad and I'm sure you'll use them again on something. :) |
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