Author Topic: MAME Cabinet Completed With Pics.updated March 18 (Read 41413 times)

motorfish · « **on:** October 15, 2002, 06:14:31 pm »

Yarb · « **Reply #1 on:** October 15, 2002, 06:43:17 pm »

Wow, nice job, Love the CP overlay and instruction sheets.

Yarb

motorfish · « **Reply #2 on:** October 15, 2002, 06:50:20 pm »

Thank you! I've certainly been inspired by many of the fine projects I've seen in here!

SirPoonga · « **Reply #3 on:** October 15, 2002, 11:25:42 pm »

do you have the pic of the bezel? I want to read it.

What issues you having?

Chris · « **Reply #4 on:** October 16, 2002, 01:31:06 am »

That is BEAUTIFUL!!!! The marquee, CP overlay. and instructions on the bezel all look so professional! Is this a scratchbuilt or a conversion?

I definately like your white-on-black instructions better than my black-on-white....

Congratulations on one of the best-looking MAME cabinets around!

--Chris

Anonymously · « **Reply #5 on:** October 16, 2002, 02:07:35 am »

Nice Job. Where is your website. Anymore details?

AlanS17 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 16, 2002, 10:34:00 am »

Well crap... now I need to make an overlay for my own CP. That contact paper just won't do after see this...

Plus I need to get around to actually finishing up my bezel art...

Good job, btw...

motorfish · « **Reply #7 on:** October 16, 2002, 01:57:26 pm »

SirPoonga:

Here's what I'm running. (I'm including as much information as possible in order to possibly narrow down what the the problem might be)

OS - Windows 2k, all critical updates included

MAME version - MAME23 v. 58

Eygo 27" Monitor

Mainboard - Shuttle AMD AK12 mainboard, latest 4 in 1 drivers installed

Processor - AMD 1600

RAM - (x2) 512 PC 133 sticks

Video Card - G-Force 2 MX 400, latest drivers installed

Power supply - 340W
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The problem is that for some reason, MAME will constantly crash out to the desktop if left in "attract" mode for too long (usually an excess of 4 hours) Also, sometimes, the computer will randomly restart as well. Screensaver and power save modes are all disabled.

I have MAME32 v.58 running on another computer which is identical in specs, except it has a GForce 1 card, and a Soundlaster Audigy card instead, it it can run attract mode all night, and into the next day.

I've checked the CPU and Sys. tempature, and they all seem to be within limits of tolerance. I ran a RAM diagnostic program top see if perhaps on of the sticks of RAM was bad, but durring a 6 hour burn in test, all tests passed fine.

I'm fairly stumped on this one.

Oh, here's the control bezel art you wanted to see:

http://motorfish.homestead.com/files/bezel_art_copy.jpg

http://motorfish.homestead.com/files/bezel_bottom_NEW_copy.jpg

Chris · « **Reply #8 on:** October 16, 2002, 02:17:36 pm »

Does the crash appear if the computer is outside the cabinet? Are you checking the temperature after four hours of operation while the machine is in the cabinet with the rear door closed? Arcade cabinets have notoriously bad airflow...

Run MAME from a command prompt without going through a front end.... a useful error message may be displayed after the crash.

If you run without sound do you get the crash?

Have you updated the motherboard's BIOS recently? I had a number of problems with MAME that were cleared up by a BIOS upgrade...

--Chris

hyiu · « **Reply #9 on:** October 16, 2002, 04:42:12 pm »

that is a VERY NICE bezel and cp overlay.....

nice and informational.... good looking and useful....

------------------

damm...... with all these great cabs out there....
I need to work harder on mine.....

(ok... maybe after a few games of pang.... heee hee...

)

Brad Lee · « **Reply #10 on:** October 16, 2002, 09:47:56 pm »

I'd like to second(or third or fourth) a nice clean shot of the bezel & cpo, or the source images if you don't mind..

Personally I think that looks great!

SNAAAKE · « **Reply #11 on:** October 17, 2002, 03:16:01 am »

DAMN

Good work..

I just can't see other eygo 27" monitors running as I coudn't get any..I got 2 broken onces and its just too sad seeing other cabs has working onces

(i know.....sad).

Anyways...very nice and clean..

Did you built or convert?
I just love that overlay of yours

CthulhuLuke · « **Reply #12 on:** October 17, 2002, 03:17:34 am »

Wow, verrrrrry nice finish on that cabinet! How'd/Where did you get such a nice finish for that overlay? The blue t-molding on the black theme goes extremely well, very professional job indeed.
-Good Stuff

SirPoonga · « **Reply #13 on:** October 17, 2002, 04:04:34 am »

What game is to the left of your mame cabinet?

SirPoonga · « **Reply #14 on:** October 17, 2002, 04:14:09 am »

Quote from: motorfish on October 16, 2002, 01:57:26 pm

SirPoonga:

Here's what I'm running. (I'm including as much information as possible in order to possibly narrow down what the the problem might be)

OS - Windows 2k, all critical updates included

MAME version - MAME23 v. 58

Eygo 27" Monitor

Mainboard - Shuttle AMD AK12 mainboard, latest 4 in 1 drivers installed

Processor - AMD 1600

RAM - (x2) 512 PC 133 sticks

Video Card - G-Force 2 MX 400, latest drivers installed

Power supply - 340W
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The problem is that for some reason, MAME will constantly crash out to the desktop if left in "attract" mode for too long (usually an excess of 4 hours) Also, sometimes, the computer will randomly restart as well. Screensaver and power save modes are all disabled.

I have MAME32 v.58 running on another computer which is identical in specs, except it has a GForce 1 card, and a Soundlaster Audigy card instead, it it can run attract mode all night, and into the next day.

I've checked the CPU and Sys. tempature, and they all seem to be within limits of tolerance. I ran a RAM diagnostic program top see if perhaps on of the sticks of RAM was bad, but durring a 6 hour burn in test, all tests passed fine.

I'm fairly stumped on this one.

Oh, here's the control bezel art you wanted to see:

http://motorfish.homestead.com/files/bezel_art_copy.jpg

http://motorfish.homestead.com/files/bezel_bottom_NEW_copy.jpg

Some weird APM issues?

Anonymously · « **Reply #15 on:** October 17, 2002, 07:26:43 pm »

I see you have Metal slug 4 running on your cabinet. What version of mame are you using? Is MAME support Metal slug 4 already?

motorfish · « **Reply #16 on:** October 17, 2002, 08:35:42 pm »

Anonymously:

Metal Slug 4 is running on MAME32 v.6.1, and works perfectly from start to end.

In order to get the ROM to run, a friend of min was required to alter/add some code to either the ROM or the emulator, I'm not sure which. (That kind of stuff is way out of my league)

I can ask him how he managed to get it to run.

motorfish · « **Reply #17 on:** October 17, 2002, 08:39:57 pm »

SirPoonga: The machine to the left is my little Video City Japanese sit-at.

I left this machine as a JAMMA cabinet, (at least that way, I'm running a FEW licensed games!)

Also in the picture is what the MAME machine looked like before covnersion.

motorfish · « **Reply #18 on:** October 17, 2002, 08:51:45 pm »

Chris:

It's a conversion from a Valley Dynamo cab. The design of the cabinet lends itself perfectly to accomodate the requirements of a MAME machine.

SirPoonga · « **Reply #19 on:** October 18, 2002, 01:53:33 am »

Quote from: Anonymously on October 17, 2002, 07:26:43 pm

I see you have Metal slug 4 running on your cabinet. What version of mame are you using? Is MAME support Metal slug 4 already?

PM me

SNAAAKE · « **Reply #20 on:** October 19, 2002, 02:17:30 pm »

CthulhuLuke also knows how to....He told me how so better ask him as i forgot how and ms 4 is fun(I like it

).

eightbit · « **Reply #21 on:** October 31, 2002, 09:41:20 am »

Those are some of the best graphics I've seen. Functional, attractive and very professional looking.

Any chance we could get a JPG of your control panel?

motorfish · « **Reply #22 on:** November 06, 2002, 02:16:45 am »

eightbit:

Absolutely! Give me a day to post one here!

Also, I've got pics of the MAMEClassic Cabinet in the works!

Dan

eightbit · « **Reply #23 on:** November 08, 2002, 12:05:26 pm »

We need more pics!!! I love pics...

KevSteele · « **Reply #24 on:** November 09, 2002, 03:33:38 pm »

Wow!

What a great looking cabinet! Like seemingly everyone else who's posted, I was very, very impressed with the CP artwork and the bezel instructions.

Without being too obvious, I'd really love to see the original files you used to create the bezel instructions. (If you don't want to share the originals, I'd understand, but in that case how about a jpeg showing a bit more detail!

I've got a small 4x8" instruction card on my cabinet, but you've inspired me to re-think that and create a new bezel just chock-a-block full of instructions!

Nice, nice job -- just goes to show that the little touches are just as important to the final product.

Kevin Steele

eightbit · « **Reply #25 on:** November 10, 2002, 03:23:44 am »

http://motorfish.homestead.com/files/bezel_art_copy.jpg

http://motorfish.homestead.com/files/bezel_bottom_NEW_copy.jpg

He already posted these links.

motorfish · « **Reply #26 on:** November 13, 2002, 06:09:08 pm »

Here's a look at the progress of the MAMEClassic cabinet:

mrhowell · « **Reply #27 on:** November 14, 2002, 09:07:39 am »

mslug4 seems to run fine with neoragex.

Chris · « **Reply #28 on:** December 22, 2002, 12:42:42 am »

Quote from: motorfish on November 13, 2002, 06:09:08 pm

Here's a look at the progress of the MAMEClassic cabinet:

Hey, your site's gone! Where'd ya move it to?

--Chris

motorfish · « **Reply #29 on:** December 23, 2002, 05:13:46 am »

I had to take those down temporarily. Here's a look a the new control panel for my newest MAME machine made from a Golden Tee2K machine:

CthulhuLuke · « **Reply #30 on:** December 23, 2002, 07:19:29 pm »

Omg!!! Hey Motorfish, you know what I JUST realized, we have the EXACT same cabinet! You know that one that's setup to the right of your sit down japanese cabinet.
http://www.geocities.com/cthulhuluke/Cabinet/Cabinet.html
Mine has the front and the back, I just have them de-attached until I get all the good stuff in it (such as a PC that is small enough for me to put the coin door in, which I don't know is possible, and a 25" television.) So they are called Valley Dynamo cabinets? cool. I got mine for free though so I didn't really care what kinda cabinet it was.
BTW: I will have more pictures of the cabinet once I find this damn scanner cable that I lost. Cause I have about 12 pictures to upload, and they're all ones people here would want to see, so I'll inform you guys when I have them up.
-CthulhuLuke

Spectrum · « **Reply #31 on:** December 24, 2002, 09:49:25 am »

CthulhuLuke this is a link to the smallest PC I've seen lol. http://www.stealthcomputer.com/littlepc.htm I think they are a bit pricey but the size of an external CDROM.... If you haven't seen it it's food for thought.
Robert

OSCAR · « **Reply #32 on:** December 24, 2002, 06:28:43 pm »

Very nice cp overlay, motorfish! It looks great with all the text and control info on it.

Question for you... Is the pic you posted to scale, and if so what are you using for a trackball? That looks like a pretty tight squeeze if it's a 3" tball because of the roughly 6" x 6" housing size. I'm in the process of designing a new control panel & overlay for a project I'm working on, and my 3" tball always ends up out in the middle of nowhere just to fit it in.

Great work! Now I've got to start mine over (again)...

motorfish · « **Reply #33 on:** December 26, 2002, 03:20:18 am »

The control panel is to scale. The trackball that came with this cabinet had only a 5" X 5" footprint, which allowed me an extra inch of workable space on the panel. Here's a look at the footprints of all of the components underneath the panel:

P.S., I need to order a spinner from you this week! Definately the best I've seen!

OSCAR · « **Reply #34 on:** December 26, 2002, 03:43:47 am »

Well you certainly did a great job utilizing your real estate, that's for sure! Very well laid out, too. Trackball's can be a little tricky to place because many people underestimate the amount of room that they really require. A common "oops" is to place a joystick or spinner directly above them, or else place them too close to the monitor glass. And then when ya go to play a game like Golden Tee, Shuuz, or Bowling, you realize that you jam your fingers into the other controls or glass as you're whipping the trackball around. Your layout looks great with the spinner and 4-way offset so that doesn't happen.

It also looks like you left enough room for a Pro...

StingMe · « **Reply #35 on:** December 26, 2002, 02:35:56 pm »

Hmmm...Motorfish's CP layout is very similar to mine...just another case of convergent evolution I suppose

FYI the CP is 13.25" x 28.5" and includes an Oscar Pro spinner, Happ 3" highball (will probably convert this to a standard), 2 fixed joysticks and 1 removable stick (all mounted to Oscar plates). All mounting plates are coverd by the CP graphic and plexi, except fotr the removable one. The lone rectangular area is home for the stacked iPAC and OptiPAC.

Silverwind · « **Reply #36 on:** December 27, 2002, 05:37:11 pm »

Very impressive cabinet!!! Lots of ideas

What did you print your CP overlay on?

motorfish · « **Reply #37 on:** December 28, 2002, 02:06:06 pm »

The CP overlay was printed on high gloss paper at Kinkos. Cost was about $11.00.

Silverwind · « **Reply #38 on:** December 28, 2002, 08:45:39 pm »

Quote from: motorfish on December 28, 2002, 02:06:06 pm

The CP overlay was printed on high gloss paper at Kinkos. Cost was about $11.00.

nice... did you just plexi over it? what thickness?

also... any chance your website will be back up? Drooling over those pics

motorfish · « **Reply #39 on:** December 29, 2002, 04:28:33 am »

One eighth inch clear acrylic covers the control panel graphic, which keeps it flat, protects it, and gives it a nice glossy shine.


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Author Topic: MAME Cabinet Completed With Pics.*updated March 18* (Read 41413 times)

Author Topic: MAME Cabinet Completed With Pics.updated March 18 (Read 41413 times)