Just starting my first cab. I'm going to build it for my younger sis - she's a Ms. PacMan freak. It's going to be a PacMan cab design, 2 player, 7 buttons each, MAME emu.
Here's the plans so far:
PacMan cab design - from plywood
some P4 / AMD computer with MAME, MAMEWAH
2 Omni-stick Prodigy joys (4way-8way switch on CP)
7 buttons per user
Player 1, 2, Coin 1, 2 buttons
I-Pac2 board **
Opti-pac board **
Ultimarc trackball and mounting plate **
NO coin door (purists - don't kill me!)
25" TV (using S-video)
** items = already purchased
Mostly classic 80's games - pacman, defender, centipede. Some fighters (hence 7 buttons), no driving, no shooting games, no spinner games. I chose Prodigy sticks because of switch on top of CP, simplicity for end users.
Custom side art, CP art, marquee. Prob even incorporate Knievel's Neon artwork
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,31417.0.htmlAm I missing anything?
PS- I'm tracking my progress on my website:
http://www.kingofbigwheels.com/index.php?topic=arcade