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What cabinet inspired you to get into this hobby?

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TelcoLou:
Ok, don't laugh now ....

SlikStik. I saw their web site, and REEEally wanted to get a cab kit with a pre-made panel. Luckily, the cost was too much, and several months later, my Wife found a guy selling old, empty cabs for $50. Yay  :)

mccoy178:
Searching for a Golden Tee on ebay, I saw a cabinet that could play over 10,000 games for only $5000. :)

SirPeale:
It wasn't a particular cab in my case, it was a game.

I'd heard of Mame before, but I'd had no interest in arcade games, for whatever reason, since my childhood (and the occasional bout when I used to work at a hotel).

And that was what got me: the name of a game I used to play at the hotel I worked at.  It was killing me...what WAS the name of that game?  Then I found mame.dk, did some searching...and found the game.  Thunder Jaws!  Stupid game, but at least I knew what it was.  And hey...I could download the ROMset too?  Suddenly I was downloading all sorts games left and right, just to check them out.

The idea to have my own cabinet came from CmdrTaco's cabinet, Jubei.  I'd seen it before, thought it was a neat idea, but put it out of my head until I got "bitten by the bug".  I started amassing parts until I made my first working cab: a monstrosity made from an old Moon Patrol cab.

I've gotten a bit better since then. :D

TOK:
None of them, really.

I found MAME way back at .36 while doing a search for info on Donkey Kong. I was originally going to build a sit-down cabinet for PC racing games and flight sims. MAME changed that idea to an upright arcade game.

The first cab I saw that totally blew me away was Roswell 88201.
I saw the stripped cab for sale years later and considered buying it but was already swamped with projects by then. It actually looks very dated now with the exposed trackball plate and all, but this machine was from way back in the day of keyboard hacks.

gothroughthegate:
I always wanted to build one.  I finally decided to build one when my Die Hard Arcade monitor died.

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