Author Topic: Mame Fighter II - My second cab (Read 6327 times)

arnthestampede · « **on:** September 24, 2009, 03:01:29 pm »

Hi everyone, been lurking around the forums for a while so finally signed up. I must say these forums have been a gold mine of info & just wanna say a quick thanks everyone who contributes, keep it up!

Anyway, I started my new mame cab the other day, titled: Mame Fighter II, since its a Street Fighter themed cab & my second build.

Im currently half-way into the build, cut the main pieces and router'd the slots for the t-molding, and finished the control panel today.

Now Im just waiting on the vinyl to be delivered so I can proceed further.

Just wanted to get the ball rolling on documenting this so I'll post some pics when I get home.

Lots more soon.

Namco · « **Reply #1 on:** September 24, 2009, 04:38:16 pm »

Hey, I have one of those. A SF2 themed Mame cab. Can't wait to see.

arnthestampede · « **Reply #2 on:** September 25, 2009, 04:33:34 am »

Ok quick update:

heres the marquee artwork I designed myself:

& here is the almost finished CP:

Just waiting on some decals (Pongo) to be delivered for the joysticks and coin buttons.

The CP includes 2 Happ p360 sticks hooked up to an I-PAC2, just plugged it in the PC to test it and its working perfect!

more soon.

Malenko · « **Reply #3 on:** September 26, 2009, 09:15:22 am »

thats a big CP

what shape is the cab?

arnthestampede · « **Reply #4 on:** September 26, 2009, 11:33:00 am »

The cab design is quite slim, its just wide at the front due to my monitor being a 23" widescreen.

Here is a quick mock-up of the side art (you can see the shape of the cab):

ivwshane · « **Reply #5 on:** September 26, 2009, 04:15:23 pm »

I'm really digging the side art!
You may want to consider placing the cp at an angle, having it flat like that may not be comfortable.

Chicken McNobody · « **Reply #6 on:** September 26, 2009, 06:53:58 pm »

Unless you got big hands, I wouldn't have those buttons spaced so far apart. If it works for you, great, but that would be tough for a SF veteran like myself to adjust to.

Yvan256 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 26, 2009, 07:02:02 pm »

Quote from: arnthestampede on September 26, 2009, 11:33:00 am

The cab design is quite slim, its just wide at the front due to my monitor being a 23" widescreen.

Here is a quick mock-up of the side art (you can see the shape of the cab):

I really like all the side art. Did you draw that yourself or did you find that somewhere online? Is is vector or bitmap? Etc.

arnthestampede · « **Reply #8 on:** September 27, 2009, 05:23:18 am »

Quote

You may want to consider placing the cp at an angle, having it flat like that may not be comfortable.

yeah it is going to be set at an angle

Quote

I really like all the side art. Did you draw that yourself or did you find that somewhere online? Is is vector or bitmap? Etc.

Didnt draw it myself its an image from the sf comics, did all the layout and stuff myself though. The side art is just a quick mock-up at the moment, its a .psd file which is full size but a bit pixelated, plan to vectorize it when I get it printed

Martijn · « **Reply #9 on:** September 27, 2009, 05:26:09 am »

lolz at the art , nice work

arnthestampede · « **Reply #10 on:** September 27, 2009, 04:03:51 pm »

Quote from: Martijn on September 27, 2009, 05:26:09 am

lolz at the art , nice work

yeah, your cab has been a huge influence! great stuff!

arnthestampede · « **Reply #11 on:** September 30, 2009, 05:54:08 pm »

So the vinyl came, knocked it together in a few hours, heres the result (still got lots of little things to do though):

DeLuSioNal29 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 30, 2009, 11:58:49 pm »

Nice! Widescreen! It should work great with SFIV!

P.S. - If you need it to work with the I-pac you can find the patch here:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=96377.0

DeLuSioNaL29

arnthestampede · « **Reply #13 on:** October 01, 2009, 03:57:51 am »

thanks, planning on setting SFIV up soon so this will come in handy!

Martijn · « **Reply #14 on:** October 01, 2009, 05:37:00 am »

nice job. A few questions.

Where are the speakers?
And ist the cab to small or the screen to low?

Nice work furthermore

arnthestampede · « **Reply #15 on:** October 01, 2009, 03:27:57 pm »

Quote from: Martijn on October 01, 2009, 05:37:00 am

nice job. A few questions.

Where are the speakers?
And ist the cab to small or the screen to low?

Nice work furthermore

thanks!

speakers are under the marquee, I prefer to have the shelf flat rather than the speakers exposed.

& the cab is fine for me, Ive been playing it all day, it doesnt seem too small at all

arnthestampede · « **Reply #16 on:** October 26, 2009, 10:38:00 am »

UPDATE

Redesigned CP, configed Maximus Arcade & added thicker T-molding:

Gatsu · « **Reply #17 on:** October 26, 2009, 11:37:24 am »

thats pretty cool. thought about putting some artwork around the monitor bezel? I think that'd add another layer of awesome. just me though.

Malenko · « **Reply #18 on:** October 26, 2009, 01:56:37 pm »

I still think the CP is too big, I'd cut 4 inches off the bottom easily but that would cut into the front of the cab...to each his own. I think bezel art would definitely spice it up a lot, just dont clip art it! Maybe the blue select screen globe or something?

Have you considered the staple of street fighter arcade games? The Red, White, Blue buttons? Also, I'm assuming the black buttons under the start button are for coins? Super glue quarters on them, looks great and only costs 50 cents, lol

skid_68 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 30, 2009, 02:51:27 pm »

Looks great. I love SF cabs. One question. Ive been out of the 'Scene" for years now. Is that tekken 3 playing off a console, or Mame? If its mame, how well do the tekken games run? I think my mame romset is .86 or so.

DCsegaDH · « **Reply #20 on:** November 30, 2009, 04:12:28 pm »

For 3D games on mame I think you have to have at least p4 2.8ghz or higher. I'm upgrading my p4 3.4ghz to a dualcore 2.5ghz.

Malenko · « **Reply #21 on:** December 01, 2009, 06:37:20 pm »

Quote from: skid_68 on November 30, 2009, 02:51:27 pm

Looks great. I love SF cabs. One question. Ive been out of the 'Scene" for years now. Is that tekken 3 playing off a console, or Mame? If its mame, how well do the tekken games run? I think my mame romset is .86 or so.

that's gotta be a PS1 emulator, look at the title screen......"arcade mode" "option mode" "vs mode"

If you want the arcade version of Tekken 3 there are other emulators that run it better then MAME does.


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