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shmokes:
Does anyone else find that BYOAC is a double-edged sword.  I tend to take quick breaks from building to check the forums and the quick breaks turn into an hour or two.  It really slows down my progress tremendously.  On the other hand, it's by far my most important tool/resource.

Paulson:

 I'm always in here...at the moment anyways
 I'm still waiting for supplies so I can't continue with my build even if I wanted to
 ...however I have all my MDF cut to size & marked up ready...hopefully I'll have a new
 jigsaw this week too & I'm waiting for T molding & cutter, some artwork also.
 No problem though it's taken a long time to get this far as it is...& I'm in no rush
 
 Have any of you took time to think how it would be without the internet? All
 this help we have before us & all the emulators & roms...plans etc...

 I'd be doomed for sure.

 Just a thought.

miles2912:
I thought the build part would be terribly boring as I couldn't wait to play the games.  it turned out that the planning and actual build were a blast.  Now that the arcade game is a few years old we have a lot of fun playing and the one of the best parts is that every few months someone here will mention a game that I have never heard of and I get to try it out.  They usually end up in a favorites list.

My suggestion is never loose sight of the fact that you have a fully functioning pc in there.  Use it.  Don't go with cheap arcade speakers, buy a sub woofer and get some good speakers.  Let the cab pull duty as a juke and karaoke machine.  The free cdr+g plug in w/ winamp is your friend.

The whole 'You don't know Jack' series of games are too much fun and usually gets the girls involved.  Some people have made 'remotes' that you can buzz in with, but I have found that a keyboard on a long extension cord works great... if I have more than 2 teams then I just plug a kb in the mini-pac.

Last suggestion.  PinBall.  Mount some side buttons and have at it.

.. and you guys are right.  This site is a godsend.   Thanks Saint!

D-

releasedtruth:
As a kid I never had a single quarter to play games so I watched a lot. Then I decided to build an arcade and make up for the lost youth. What I found was the complexity of building was more satisfying than the playing and I calculated that once I'd spent 6800 quarters (what it cost to build) I would have broken even. In 2 years I've used ~2200 quarters so I'm a long way from even from that perspective.

Love the build and love to play, but not much time and not many friends to get down with these days. That said.... I'm having an Old School Game night on Saturday with about 25 people over. Have 4-player N64, Saturn, Dreamcast on various TVs as well as the arcade going. Big free for all, drinking crappy poor college kid beer and talkin trash. Reignites the love.

pinballwizard79:
Um, don't shoot but I prefer not to build.

Playing is a lot more fun & that's why my arcade has a few rough edges still.

I totally relate with releasedtruth 100% regarding the costs or quarter during childhood. This hobby for me was fueled by revenge & having it all but has since been maintained by my addiction to gaming.

Unfortunately every time I build an arcade one of my pals offers me an attractive sum of money (without the roms of course). First I accepted it to offset the ROI of building the arcade thinking I could end up with one for free, the 2nd flip bought my first pinball.........suddenly I am on arcade 6.

Now I have a few interested candidates yet again & I finally joined this forum to look for inspiration in the next cabinet.

The topics, rants, help, stabs & etc caused me to check this site every few days.

& now I want to make a scratch built.......................this is a love hate project for sure, a bittersweet victory but hopefully rewarding.
 

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