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TheShanMan:

For me MAME led to collecting originals, which likely wouldn't have occurred if MAME didn't exist. Now, while I consider having a MAME cab essential, the only way I'll build a MAME cabinet is if and when I decide to convert my Centipede MAME cab back to Centipede (I never gutted it, so hopefully it will be easy to get working again). Well, I take that back. One of these days I might build a MAME cocktail cab.

When we get our next house, we plan to have somewhere around 10 cabinets.

Neverending Project:

MAME first, then dedicated. Although I have yet to actually finish any project.

I came across this site, and that ignited some sort of dormant spark in me - I never really knew I wanted to get into this "hobby" until I came here. A bit of craigslist searching, fifty bucks and a short drive later I had my first empty cabinet ready to MAME (Capcom Mercs). Well it quickly became apparent that without an initial plan, this conversion process would never end. My control panel is now modular, I have no artwork, and the front end - although configured - doesn't even have any usable gamelists on it yet.

Next thing I knew I found a local Paperboy in need of restoration for $60. I didn't even know I wanted it until I came across the ad. So I was then able to justify it by thinking to myself that the controller was unique enough to want to own, and the gameplay was fun enough that my kids would like it. Then I came across what I thought was a dedicated Galaga, although it turned out to be a Galaxian conversion. The price was right, so that joined my collection. Oh, and in the meantime I had decided that pinball would be really fun too, so I picked up a completely non-working Flight 2000. Yet another machine that I have no clue how to repair (yet).

So over the holiday break, my wife and I decided to turn our unused formal dining room into another playroom/gameroom. This would get the games out of the garage into the house. I actually had to hire a couple of guys to help me carry the MAME cab in through a window, cause it was about 1/4" too wide for the doorway! I rationalize it by thinking that if I don't paint the dining room, it is still a dining room - just with no table, no chairs, and with three arcade machines and a pinball in it.

Anyway, now that the games are inside, I actually find myself working on them a lot more. It is inspiring (and a bit overwhelming) to walk by them every day and see what still needs to be done. So now my wife thinks I am obsessing over them (which I am, a bit), but maybe 2009 is the year I finish a project (and maybe start 10 or so more...)!

HaRuMaN:


--- Quote from: somunny on January 10, 2009, 09:42:45 am ---Thanks, Haruman.  It would probably be nice if I had you over to actually play them next time. 

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Yeah, that would be cool.   ;D

 :cheers:

isucamper:

I've got to say that owning a dedicated machine (or machines) always seemed like an awesome fantasy, but nothing that I ever saw myself actually going through with.

However, I have been a MAME nut since the late 90s, and have always wanted to build a MAME cab for the specific purpose of messing around with MAME and replaying the old games from my childhood.

Now that my cab is playable, I'm getting addicted to high score chasing.  I'm finding justification in getting a few dedicated machines for the purpose of submitting official scores to Twin Galaxies.

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