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supadups01
Apr 5th, 2009, 10:02 AM
Looking for any information, suggestions as to building my own, have never built one, looking for websites etc to help the process along.. thanks
skeletor
Apr 5th, 2009, 11:17 AM
you want to run the emulator??

just download roms and a mame client... if you want online play look get 0.64 for kaillera ..
supadups01
Apr 5th, 2009, 11:19 AM
yes i want to be able to run the roms, but im hoping on building a cabinet and adding buttons etc, im looking for tips on building, plans, ideas etc thanks
infamouskid
Apr 5th, 2009, 11:39 AM
i've built a few of them already and i can supply the parts.
which part of the build were you needing advice with?
i will be honest with you this is a project that will take some time.
what i did was i put aside 4 hours each sunday evening after church with my daughter and we did it together. it took us 5 sundays to complete.
Unicron
Apr 5th, 2009, 11:41 AM
i've built a few of them already and i can supply the parts.
which part of the build were you needing advice with?
i will be honest with you this is a project that will take some time.
what i did was i put aside 4 hours each sunday evening after church with my daughter and we did it together. it took us 5 sundays to complete.

buy an xbox 1 and softmod it and then put mame on it

they also got N64 emulators for xbox 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVHL7kA-shw
infamouskid
Apr 5th, 2009, 11:44 AM
a console will not substitute the actual arcade cab feeling.
skeletor
Apr 5th, 2009, 01:24 PM
a console will not substitute the actual arcade cab feeling.

yeah that's a pretty awesome idea.. I have a rec room and a mame machine would be amazing to have especially when people come over..
with all the arcades shutting down now is probably a great time to find a cab.

http://www.robertwinter.com/mame/cabinet/doa_full.jpg
supadups01
Apr 5th, 2009, 01:44 PM
i am basically looking to find out what all the steps are in the process, time is no problem, im hoping to build a four player setup if thats too costly and difficult then i will just do a two player
infamouskid
Apr 5th, 2009, 02:28 PM
start with hardware first. the physical setup believe it or not is the easy part.
get roms and emu test a good frontend. once you have done this you can make your bootup dos scripts.when this is done then proceed to cab assembly.
always plan first.
xxgg
Apr 5th, 2009, 04:56 PM
Check out this 5 part series for building your own arcade cabinet + hardwares inside to power it.

http://revision3.com/systm/mamecase/

All in nice HQ videos to get you started.

Enjoy!
sleepyguy
Apr 6th, 2009, 10:32 AM
Pick yourself up an old xbox and mod it, then just use a simple tube tv (nice old grainy lines) and just composite cables (yes, you want the quality nice and low like old school :)). Head over to arcadecontrols.com and find some ideas. Tools will cost you quite a bit though, as well as control parts, etc. -sg