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BadMouth:

--- Quote from: mkwfreak on August 05, 2014, 11:59:23 pm ---1. buy a stripped cabinet with control panel for 100
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nitrogen_widget:
He said the PC & monitor were provided.
so he just needs the cabinet.

It won't be pretty, but it might be doable.
depends on what he can find at the hardware stores.

If he's got tools like a router he can skip moulding.
Legs/feet aren't essential and neither is a marquee if going cheap.

wiring- if you buy a few encoders with wires you really don't need too much more for wireing.
something like this for $60 shipped.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Player-Mame-Arcade-USB-Kit-w-2-Joysticks-4-8-way-16-Push-Buttons-60-in-1-/221471126662?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3390b53486

speakers can be any old PC speaker.

Screw it & glue it is what Holmes on homes says & I agree 100% there when using thinner wood.

if it were me, i'd build a vigolix type cabinet or hit up mr 2nd's for some cheap 2x4's & partial pieces of plywood.
Frame it up, screw on the plywood, round the edges with a router or even just a sander, fill in the spaces with wood putty, sand it smooth & paint it.
Preferably a dark semi gloss so the filler and imperfections don't show too much.

He isn't looking for a show piece.
He just wants to play some mame.

I'm assuming in something that won't collapse or fall over when he and a buddy start torquing on the controls.

yotsuya:

--- Quote from: nitrogen_widget on August 06, 2014, 10:36:28 am ---if it were me, i'd build a vigolix type cabinet
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Unless he wants a full-size cabinet, I would agree with this.


--- Quote ---He isn't looking for a show piece.
He just wants to play some mame.

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If he just wants to play some MAME, then buy a Tankstick for $100. Problem solved.

I dunno, if I'm going to build an unright, I don't want it to look like I cut corners.  But that's me. I'd buy a Tankstick and squirrel away enough each month until I had enough to do it the right way.  :dunno

yotsuya:
Also, if he's trying to keep costs down and just wants to play games, a modded xBox might be the way to go.  :cheers:

kiwasabi:

--- Quote from: chopperthedog on August 06, 2014, 07:58:43 am ---
--- Quote from: kiwasabi on August 05, 2014, 10:03:57 pm ---Ah c'mon leave the immature trolling to KLOV. On here we're a community dedicated to helping each other create cool stuff on a budget.

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Seems officer two shoes doesn't know what sarcasm is.
good day.

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You call it sarcasm, I call it trolling. Regardless of semantics it isn't productive to the conversation.

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