Finished Ultimate Arcade II Cabinet

[SpAwN]

Well, I thought it would take a month, ended up taking most of my summer. I just put some finishing touches on my Mame Cab. Here are some pictures
and the specs. Don't even ask about the costs, I didn't keep track, I don't really want to know

Cab:
Mameroom UAII Cab plans
Wilson Art Lapis Blue and Black Laminate
5/8" particle board
1/4" clear lucite over monitor
Happ smooth black T- Molding
Happ 27" Monitor Bezel
Happ Marquee Retainer (2 pieces of 1/8" Lucite)
18" Florecent Light
Wico 4" Speaker Grills

Hardware:
Athlon 2500 Barton
Asus Mobo w/333Mhz frontside bus
Crucial 512 DDR
Triton T-64 Video Card
WG D9200 27" Monitor
iPac/4
OptiPac
SmartBits Ltd. Powerstrip
Boston Acoustic Sub, Bob Roberts 4" speakers
Happ 4 Player Coin Door (upgraded with Happ Led bulbs)

Controls:
4 Competition Joys
Lots of horizontal Buttons
1 Ms Pacman Joystick (mounted with flush mount Oscar Controls Plate)
1 Happ Trackball (mounted with flush mount headless plate, illumniated with Lazer Led cluster)
Oscar Vortex spinner with Mame Engraved Knob
* ordered almost everything from Bob Roberts

Artwork:
Awesome Mame Marquee designed by my friend Bryce
Printed by emdkay.net

Software:
Windows 98SE
Advance Mame
GameLauncher
*pretty much followed http://easymamecab.mameworld.net/

[SpAwN]

Control Panel with Flush Mounted Oscar Controls plate and Happ Headless trackball plate




Wiring Job...

[Ghoward]

Great looking cab............ Any chance of a close up of the Mame Marquee?



Gary

[SpAwN]

Great looking cab............ Any chance of a close up of the Mame Marquee?



Gary

Here is another shot of the Marquee, it looks much better in real life. The final print has white grid lines that really make it look nice.

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=13;action=display;threadid=12011

[pathdoc2]

Great job.  Looks professional.

[bbigger]

Yowza, this is the new hottness, and I know that b/c I've actually played it. I'm completely jealous of it and plan to mod my MK3 to a full MAME machine after I get married.

The marquee can be seen here:

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=13;action=display;threadid=12011

Bryce

[Zeitgeist]

Sweet
Very clean
congratulations
 

[SNAAAKE]

NIIICE !
Impressive.very clean.  
Is the panel slanted ?



 

[SpAwN]

NIIICE !
Impressive.very clean.  
Is the panel slanted ?
 

The front panel does have a slant, the slant was specified the mameroom plans.

It makes using the middle controls real nice. I haven't had any problems getting over the front joysticks to use the middle controls.

[Bomber]

Beautiful job. Really clean looking cab.

I love the way you mounted the trackball and 4-way.

[MameMaster!]

 

Great Job....real slick looking cab.

Have you considered using underlay under your controls?

....enjoy!.....

The MameMaster!

[Madman]

Very professional!!
Can I ask what size your speakers are and where you got them?

[Apollo]

Oh man that is wicked! Awesome job all round. Wow!

[CitznFish]

Looks great! What was the reasoning for the offset trackball?  Are you thinking of getting some smoked plexi?

[Edgedamage]

Nice work that cab kicks --I'm attempting to get by the auto-censor and should be beaten after I re-read the rules--.

[SpAwN]

Very professional!!
Can I ask what size your speakers are and where you got them?

I used 4" speakers from Bob Roberts with Wico Grills. I pretty much used the instructions from Oscar Controls http://www.oscarcontrols.com/speaker/.
Except, I used a set of Boston Acoustic Computer Speakers, I used the Boston Sub, and cut the leads to the satalites and hooked them right to the 4" speakers, they sound great.

[SpAwN]

Looks great! What was the reasoning for the offset trackball?  Are you thinking of getting some smoked plexi?

I offset the trackball, because I wanted my 4-way Ms. Pacman joystick centered. The game that seems to get the most play is Ms. Pacman. Having the trackball offset doesn't seem to make much difference when playing trackball games. It doesn't feel awkward to me or any of my guests. We get into some long marathons of World Class Bowling.

I thought about smoked plexi, but once I got my monitor mounted with the bezel, it looked so good, I wasn't ready to cover it up with smoked plexi. I might try smoked in the future but it really looks great with the clear.