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Starting 2 MAME cabinets - One for home - One for work **Updated 3/11/2011**
mn_big_dog:
Been following a few threads for awhile, finally decided to register and start a thread about the 2 cabinets I am starting.
I have been using MAME now for many years, and have always told myself that as soon as I had the space, I would start a full cabinet. Well, after buying a new house this last summer, that time has come :)
After discussing the project with some co-workers and the President of the company I work for......I was told that we need one for the office also.
My first plan was to build the cabinets from scratch, following Lusid's plans. After tossing that around for awhile, I thought that maybe I should swing by the local vending/game room business to see if they had any empty or broken cabinets. Of course they didn't.......but.......they were having a huge sale on some working games that they wanted to get rid of. After looking them all over, I ended up buying a Tekken3 and a Demolish Fist cabinet for only $99 each. Both cabinet's look identical. They are getting delivered tomorrow here to work (only charged me $20 total to deliver since they manage our vending machine and soda fountain here at work) and I will get some pictures posted then.
Also ordered a couple 3" Trackballs, a couple new joysticks, various buttons and a couple I-pac's
Here's how they are going to be set up.....
1. Work cabinet - 2 player set up with trackball in the middle
2. Home cabinet - 4 player set up with trackball in the middle
Going to be running Maximus Arcade as the front end on both.
The main question I have is the setup of the arcade monitors. I have read a ton of threads about using or not using a ArcadeVGA card, and I would like to hear from the people that DIDN'T use one.....how where the results?
I'll post pics after I get home tomorrow night of the cabinets.
painterinfo:
Awesome score.
Look forward to seeing the pics.
mn_big_dog:
The cabinets got dropped off today. We fired them up and played a little. Going to start on the control panels this weekend.
Here's some pictures......
Demolish Fist - Cabinet is a NAMCO, not sure what the original game was.
Atomiswave System and Demolish Fist cartridge - Going to sell.....anyone interested? Works great!
Demolish Fist Monitor Model # - Picture is still great
Tekken 3 Cabinet - Cabinet has both a SEGA and a NAMCO sticker on the back. Also a Spiderman The game sticker.
Tekken 3 JAMMA Board - Going to sell.....anyone interested? Works great!
Tekken 3 Monitor Model # - Picture is still great
Couple of co-workers "testing"
That's it for now. Going to get the control layout done for the Demolish Fist cabinet tonight. Should have the new control panel top cut and drilled on Saturday. There is enough space on the current panel to have two players and a trackball. So I am going to cut a new top piece, move the joysticks and buttons(6 per) further apart so a trackball can fit between them.
Thoughts....concerns....comments?
tightwad:
Wish I could find a Cab around here (Dallas, TX) for $99 that was a working game! Good luck!
mn_big_dog:
Yeah I got pretty lucky. If anyone in the MN area is looking, they have the remaining games left.
$99.95 each
1. Demolish Fist (same cabinet as the one shown above)
2. Tekken 2
3. Stand-up Outrun
4. Virtua Cop
$295 each
1. (3) Silver strike bowling
$795 each
1. Ms. PacMan
$895 each
1. Simpsons Pinball
2 3 other Pinball Machines