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Fats:
Hi guys

This is my first attempt at building an arcade cabinet. I first got into the emulation scene about five years ago and wanted to build a cab back then, but life got in the way. I bought an x-arcade back then and used it at LAN parties with a projector and MAME, and it always went down well.

This year, I was looking for a project and stumbled upon BYOAC. After spending a day drooling at all the cabs here, I began using Sketchup to design a build. I had a number of obstacles to overcome... Firstly, I am absolutely crap at DIY. I managed to persuade my dad to help with the woodworking side of things but even he didn't have all the tools we'd need.

Due to a lack of experience, limited space and no router, I nearly abandoned the project. But by then I was way too into it and decided to go ahead anyway. For now, I'm using the x-arcade (cue the sound of a thousand back buttons being clicked), but I wanted to allow for a custom CP to replace it when I have the tools to make something that won't suck.

Anyway, enough of the excuses, here's some progress pics. I started work in February, and as of now I'm waiting for my marquee from Emdekay and a sunny day for a final coat of paint.

The PC is an old Shuttle system that had a dead PSU. I believe it's an Athlon 2800 or somewhere around that, with a gig of ram and a Radeon 9600. Frontend is Maximus Arcade, used as a Windows shell replacement.

There's tons more pictures and details on my blog.

leapinlew:
How's stability on that going to be? Seems like it'll be top heavy.

Fats:
That was one of my main concerns when I decided on a stand rather than just putting feet on it and calling it a bartop. I played some games of Street Fighter and didn't have any problems at all. The base is quite weighty.

ChadTower:

All that work and an X arcade?  Don't compromise on the controls, man!  That's the most important part.

HaRuMaN:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on April 29, 2009, 09:56:55 am ---
All that work and an X arcade?  Don't compromise on the controls, man!  That's the most important part.

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You'll have to forgive chad, he can't read all that good.   ;D


--- Quote ---Due to a lack of experience, limited space and no router, I nearly abandoned the project. But by then I was way too into it and decided to go ahead anyway. For now, I'm using the x-arcade (cue the sound of a thousand back buttons being clicked), but I wanted to allow for a custom CP to replace it when I have the tools to make something that won't suck.
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