Finished my 3rd MAME cab - one button power on

[soslo]

Well, MAME cab 3 is complete.



Main features:

->One button power on - goes directly into the game selection interface
->21" Hewlett Packard monitor
->2.1 Sound System with remote volume selector in coin door
->MAMEWAH front end
->Amber Plexi



When you press the power button, everything turns on: computer, monitor, marquee, speakers and subwoofer. This is achieved by using a bit ltd smart strip.

The default exit action in mamewah has been set to '3', so the computer and everything else shuts down when I select "exit mamewah' from the menu.


The sound is great, and can be adjusted easily via the remote volume knob. Right behind the coin door.
The plexiglass is all brand new amber smoke from Tap Plastics. The monitor plexi looks like a limo window when the cab is off, but the image quality/brightness isn't hindered at all. See the picture below:



The control panel is a 2 player layout, with 6 buttons per player. It is covered with clear plexiglass. There are labels under the plexi for each button as well. These are original SF2 labels, and I photoshopped the player 1/2 coin and start labels to match the original font/color/style.


The back is clean - only one black cord coming out of the back to plug in.



The silver coin reject post is the power button. I mounted it so that the button only sticks out about 1/4 inch, that way shutting the thing sown by accident is nearly impossible.

All of the original wiring harnesses, speaker, light stuff, power, etc has been retained in case it ever needs to be um-MAME'd.



The whole point is that this cab was suppoed to be clean...and look like a real game instead of a MAME cab. My other projects are on my site - link in sig.

[Yander]

It looks very clean. I like how you concealed alot of the necesary buttons for operation.

[soslo]

Thanks Yander.  I think 152 views without a single reply is a record  

Guess a plain ol' clean cab isn't worth much anymore.

I get more action when I post pics of the rotating cp cab with full side art...go figure    

[SpamMe]

Just saw the cab when browsing through craigslist. Good luck to you

[GadgetGeek]

I really like the idea of using the coin reject button as the system power button.

[patrickl]

That looks really nice. The cab I'm working on probably isn't gonna have much artwork either.

That smart strip sounds pretty clever too. I'll try to find something similar in the netherlands. Thanks!

[Stingray]

The whole point is that this cab was suppoed to be clean...and look like a real game instead of a MAME cab.

That's what I was going for too. I think yours gets closer to the goal than mine, though. Very nice work.

-S

[wj2k3]

Awesome looking cab.  Very nice.  

Do you have stereo speakers in there.  If so, how did you mount them.  I have my first cab to Mame and would like to install stereo speakers but it already has one, right in the center.  Thanks for the info.

[greywolf22]

Soslo,

Great looking cab, very clean and very tastefully put together.  I do have a question though that I'm sure a number of other people on this board can answer as well, but what type of coin door is that?  Do you have mechs in it to accept money?  If so are they the original mechs or did you order then from somewhere?  Do you know where I'm going with this  

Again, really like the cab  

[CthulhuLuke]

the true question of cleaniness comes in when we look under the hood of the cabinet.  Let's see some pictures of that wiring!  Well actually the whole thing looks very clean, I don't know if I necessarily like the yellow instruction stickers, but the control panel is very nice looking.  It might also be slightly ackward having both people so close together for like some fighting games or whatever, but I suppose a normal arcade game would go along fine.
  -looks good so far, keep up the good work