Album:San Francisco:2002-05-24 MAME Cabinet
I hooked up a computer monitor, built an arcade control panel that can interface with the computer (using I-Pac. I installed MAME, an arcade game emulator (as well as a bunch of other emulators, such as Atari 2600). Presto, I have an entire arcade (over 10 thousand games..) in my living room, and I have my server neatly hidden out of view.
Nobody's noticed the ethernet cable coming out of the back of my Dig-Dug machine yet. ;)
I wrote a simple curses-based front-end for my cabinet which rocks and is easy to control from the control panel.
So here's the construction of my almost-finished MAME cabinet:
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with the arcade monitor pulled (you can see burn-in of the basketball game on the screen)
of the cabinet after I've started gutting it
and braces to keep it from moving
installed running linux, but with no bezel or controls
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of my new control panel
in the first place: created a panel template
before installation, but connected to the Ultimarc iPac2 PS/2 switch converter
of the panel
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(still needs an overlay)
I replaced the antiquated dual 133MHz that I found on the street with a 1.2GHz AMD with this snifty case (which never gets seen once it's tucked inside)
slides out from behind the control panel (and covers up the wires) - using cabinet sliders from Home Depot.
I installed under the top vent (pardon the dust). Supposedly the fan adjusts speed based on temp, but it's probably going to be on all the time. I extended the fan cable down to the case with speaker wire :)
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(the marquee and coin slots work/light up!)
my front-end for MAME
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INTERFACE
gamepad hookupgamepad linux
PARTS
ArcadeShopControls
TechBuild your own
Games!
MameKiller List
ebay
arcade partshapp
ORIGINAL
Jamma hookuparcadeOS/PC2Jamma
Using original monitor
ROMS
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