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First Mame cabinet, how is this deal?
Brian74:
I am from Minnesota too, I picked up two cabs from a guy in Bloomington. http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,121467.msg1305565.html#msg1305565 These were a good starting point to convert to a mame cab.
rCadeGaming:
Hundreds of hours? That's just dipping your toes!
Even though you're going with simple, keep real CRT's in mind. People will tell you about the convenience of LCD's, but the fact is that 90% of the games in MAME run around 240p, and an LCD can never really approach the picture quality of native resolutions on a real CRT.
When it comes down to it, the end gameplay experience should be the first priority. I think this can be lost sight of in the build sometimes.
Oh, and shut up Beavis, I'm trying to score!
Bunghoolio:
Hi Brian, can you send me the contact info for the guy in Bloomington, sounds like you got a great deal of those 2 cabinets from him. The Wells Gardner 27" included in my original post seems to fit my plans for a great classic game presentation. Although, I read that long post about problems with the ones made in Malaysia. How did they work out in your 2 cabinets you bought?
Gray_Area:
If you'd rather play than build stuff, and given that price INCLUDES shipping, hell yeah, buy it! Play with it, learn how it works so you know some stuff. If you get more into it, fine. BUT you aren't STUCK with having to learn and do that ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, let alone from the ground up, just to play the games you want to play.
Bunghoolio:
I found this cabinet (Jamma?) on Craigs locally, I think they come with a 25" Crt (not quite as desirable as a 27" I assume). What's your opinion on something like to convert to Mame? The control section certainly has enough real estate to setup to my liking.
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/vgm/3545930026.html
I'm kinda giving up on getting a cabinet shipped across country, the one in the first post would require my friend to take apart, package and help load onto a shipper's truck I am not familiar - a lot of hassle for both of us.
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