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Those who have built a cab a couple of years ago...
Lilwolf:
When I started... No arcadeVGA, no jpac, no ipac4, ect.
I wish I started with a real arcade monitor. Ergos are better then PC monitors... But at the time, it was the only windows solution.... I should upgrade it at some point.
I would have bought new buttons instead of used microswitch on ebay. Sure I saved money... but I would have liked them all to be exactly the same.
I wish I didn't buy so many weird controllers on ebay before I hacked the last one. I have too many parts and no time to finish them.
I wish I never wrote a frontend... mainly because I STILL spend more time coding then playing :)
I wish I built my own from scratch instead of maming a gauntlet cab. I could have done a few things differently.
Last... I wish I had more time to play
Minwah:
--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on February 08, 2005, 07:49:10 pm ---If you only have one, wouldn't that be a REMOVABLE panel, at the moment? ;D
--- End quote ---
Yep, but I said one have one *completed*. I have had up to 3 fully working but incomplete ones ;) ATM I have 1 complete and 1 full working, but with some additional 'ventilation holes' :D
Thenasty:
I dunno if this count but I have started a Cabinet with C64 hack w/ custom menu I created and hack the joysticks to Arcade Joystick back in 1991. So my interest in building an Arcade cabinet was before MAME came along. That Cabinet happens to be Donkey Kong and I fitted a a 19" Television (throw away the original monitor Duh!!) in there (thats was tuff). I still got some pics of it too... I only manage to program my menu for 52 games and controlled by the Joystick and an A/B switch to switch between PORT A and PORTB of the joystick port. Some games the joystick must be in Port A and some on Port B. I also hack the Keyboard Input part because some of the CRACK games, it has trainers and you must push "y" or "n" etc..
I also hack the GAMES itself, instead of saying "F1 to Start" I changed it to "Press Fire to Start" etc... It was alot of work. I no longer have the C64 cabinet (I sold it) cause MAME came into my life. However, I still visit the person who bought it from me and help them with little problem they would have on it.
SirPoonga:
I'm constantly watching ebay for those nintendo holders. I've seen them go for better prices.
Matt Berry:
Funny as I just did this last year. My first panel was built in 97 when mame was still young and split and zipped sets were not even on the books. Options were pretty limited back then, and I've progressed through a lot of different stages, matrix style keyboard encoders, hacked keyboards, hacked mice, make your own spinner and more. After years of use I decided enough was enough and money wasn't an object. I've tried many joysticks, trackballs, ect. Buying a prefabbed spinner either an oscar or the tornado is the way to go, along with a 3" trackball. For joysticks, my favorites are the original wicos, no comparison on these. An encoder has to be a dedicated individual input encoder either Ipac or a keywiz. In the end the biggest thing I've learned over the years is don't skimp, buy or build the best you can afford, because in the end that "extra" money you saved could cost you that high score in "insert favorite game here".
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