Rob's MAME : UPDATED : Completed Cabinet Pics

[robC]

Well, this thing is finally done, so I have some pics to share:

First off, thanks to Randy at GroovyGameGear for his great service. All 3 of my orders arrived at least a day earlier than I would have hoped, and he is very responsive and helpful for support through email. 

Also, thanks to Pongo for the great button labels. They really give the admin buttons a nice finished look.

And thanks Scott at MameMarquees for the quick shipping and great quality of the marquee.

First the control panel.  Found this image at deviantArt.com. I like the red/blue split, which looks good with the buttons lit to match.



And the underbelly:
2 LEDWiz's
1 KeyWiz Max 1.5
Electric Ice trackball
TT2 spinner



Control panel installed:




Close up showing the marquee. It really pops when lit up and ties everything together nicely.



With the control panel hood open:



Here is my MaLa layout. Same image from the CP overlay. Pretty basic, but looks nice with the gamelist scrolling around the curved side of the planet. Also the video snapshots from emumovies are great. I love getting the gameplay clip as I scroll through the games.



And the full cabinet. I got the nice matching chrome/black barstools at Barstoolsandchairs.com. (Take a guess what they sell..) Great quality and low price. He has an ebay store with prices lower than you see on his website. Highly recommended.




And here we are with the lights off. This is when all that GGG bling starts to look so worthwhile.



All done, so now it's time to go play!

-Rob

[Jest]

Man I love it!  Exactly what I am going to be aiming for with my cabinet.  Plain black all around the outside but with a blue/red panel and marquee, although hopefully in a street fighter theme if I can find good enough images.  My fall-back theme is "starcade" and that image would have been perfect for me  

[WunderCade]

  Wow...I love that thing...nice theme!

I'll bet there's no sitting in front of playing spinner games though, it looks like you have to lean over onto the CP to use the spinner. Is that just the pics making it look far back?

Also did you consider a red joystick for the red side of it.

[robC]

Thanks guys.

Actually, it's not bad at all sitting in front playing spinner games. You have to lean in slightly, but its very comfortable.

I originally was going to do an all-blue theme like Knievel's Neon, but then I changed to the R/B theme. I am still thinking about getting chrome handles for all the sticks to match the t-mold.