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Project : C-MACC'S (Complete - Multi Arcade Console Computer System)
mayhem:
Project : C-MACC'S (Complete - Multi Arcade Console Computer System)
History
I personaly have been using, playing with, working on many systems most of my life from the very First home Atari console through BBC Acron Electron and on wards up to the newist PCs and Gameing Consoles.
The idear of the project is quite simple, It is to house every known Emulated and None Emulated Console, Computer, Arcade syestem in one cabinet.
Allso to use commanly known front ends to navagate each system and game or program. Each system will allso have a History and Pictures and Videos of each and every game.
That is My aim.
Project Items reqired and Projected Costs involved.
Arcade Cabinet - £500 to £1500
Real Arcade CRT Screen 25" to 30" - £100 to £250
Jamma Harness - £65.00
Jamma to XBox harness Converter - £50
Jamma to Playstation Converter - £30
Jamma to Nintendo Converter - £30
Jamma to Dreamcast Converter - £30
PC capale of running every thing £150
Wireless access - £40
Wireless keybord and mouse - £45
Audio System - £50
Software to run every thing - £120
Xbox - £50
Dreamcast - £15
Nintendo Wii - £175
Xbox 360 - £150
Sony PS3 with 200 Gb hard drive - £350
Sony PSP - £99
Nintendo DS - £50
Extra Switches and Wireing loom - £50
Total expected costs involved - £2500+
Over time i have nearly every thing on the list bar the arcade cab & Moniter and cables of which im in the process of buying.
The Software i also have and own has been installed in this spec pc below.
PC Spec
Amd Sempron 3000
1 GB ram (thank's simon for the help with this)
Geforce 8500 Super+ 1 gb DDR 2 ram
Asus K8N-VN
1 x 120 Gig HD IDE
1 x 500 Gig HD IDE
600 Watt Power supply
NO DVD is needed.
Windows XP Pro (bloat-ware removed to 230Mbs in size)
GameEX + Every Emulator none on the net.
Total cost to build £100
All the console above i all ready own plus a few spare.
Oky i did start off by building my own cab but canned the idear after a small ammount of time realising that building my own wasnt cost effective. It was cheeper buying in a per built cab with a nice 29" arcade moniter.
Any this build is 1/2 through and ill just post up some pics and explain what ive done so far and whjat im aiming to do along the way ect ect ect ...
mayhem:
Pics of the Arcade cab i bought -> With some ajustments allready in place -
mayhem:
More pics of some of the hardware going into the system and upgrades such as switches and new buttons ->
mayhem:
As you can see im installing various none emulated consoles and hand helds into the system. The pc has now got 4 x 750 Gig Hard drives installed and is running gameex as a front end and has been shelled so you cannot see windows Xp what so ever.
Any way on with more pics
mayhem:
still to do
Finish off wireing up all the controlls and lighting.
addding more on/off buttons for the consoles
adding more fans to cool the whole thing down
stripping of the console casings to there barbone systems
Adding new sensors for the WII
mouting of all the joypads and charges for the xbox , ps3 and WII
Waiting arrivval of the Jamma connections
And well loads more
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