USAF MAME Cabinet is now underway

[Flake]

To remove the bezels/artwork around the game screen go into your settings menu (by pressing Tab).  Once you press tab you should be able to find the setting to remove bezels/arwork.  I cant remember off the top of my head where that exact setting is located within the settings menu screen but you should be able to find it without any problem.

[johnmartin]

Thanks.  I was just browsing the MAMEUI settings and found the part that loads bezels.  Thanks for the reply.

[johnmartin]

Well I am happy to say that the cabinet is operational.  Last night I got it all wired up, albeit somewhat temporarily, so my boys could play tonight when their friends come over (20+ high school boys and girls) for the UFC fight tonight.  Everything is working as it should as far as I can tell.  I still need to program Maximus to exit the frontend on TILDE but that will be easy to do.

Here are some pics of my daughter playing Metal Slug 3







Still a lot of work to accomplish but at least I know it was not in vain.

John

[miles2912]

Oh man you broke the first rule of cab building.  Never play until you are 100% done (ok well maybe you are never 100% but get close!). 

Great progress BTW

[nullb0y]

your going to end up with an unpainted machine for a long time if its playable lol
Took me 2 years 2 WHOLE YEARS
to paint and put a sheet of formica on my podium.....
because it was useable lol

[johnmartin]

Oh man you broke the first rule of cab building.  Never play until you are 100% done (ok well maybe you are never 100% but get close!). 

Great progress BTW

You know they say the same thing about building a home theater.  Never hang the projector until the room is done.  My HT is not done yet and the projector has been hung for months and I already have over 400 hours on it (or at least my boys do).

Don't worry, I still have enough things on the cab that are not done that they will bother me if I do not complete them, like having to get one my hands and knees to turn on the computer, having to remove the CP to access the keyboard, etc.  Tonight I plan on pulling it out and adding some more edge trim and getting the keyboard tray in.  Tomorrow I will get the computer power button extended out to a spot below the CP so I can turn it on without removing the bottom front panel and the light for the marquee installed.  Wednesday I start painting and plan to be complete by Friday, sans side art, which I still have not settled on.  The marquee will get designed today and possibly printed on mylar here at work before I go home so I can see how it looks.

Still much to do but it is getting there.