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Posted: Mon, 19th Oct 2015 18:35 Post subject: |
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Don't know how common it is to find old arcade cabinets in Sweden. But have a looksie, sometimes it's more fun bringing them from the death than building a new one. 
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Posted: Mon, 19th Oct 2015 18:44 Post subject: |
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Sorry mate, I wouldn't know where to start recommended a cab style for you - especially one being built around an X-Arcade. I will give you one piece of advice upfront; there's a lot of elitist bullshittery in the MAME/cab building scene and you're going to get some snide nonsense from purists who spit on the X-Arcade.
http://www.arcadecab.com/Intro.htm
That's a good start for decent full-sized cab plans that may fit an X-Arcade. Other than that, a few groups I'm part of that have some truly great people who are willing to help out.
The Arcade Collective
MAME Arcade Cabinet Builders
... just, as I said, watch out for elitists.
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Posted: Mon, 19th Oct 2015 19:06 Post subject: |
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mh you should build it from scratch by yourself. would go first for a wodden framework for the x-arcade and the display. then build the complete frame around it. should be easy to set up with a few bars and plates on it (painted ofc). BUT do not only build it for the pi2 -> leave enough space to place a real pc into it in the future (if you wanna play sf5 or something other demanding on it)
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Posted: Mon, 19th Oct 2015 22:08 Post subject: |
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Yeah a lot of people with the controls go the ugly way, but when someone is crafty they can end up with a nice one that has it completely integrated.
If I'd build one with it, I would so not do it like the picture above. There are enough ways you could figure out to have it sleek yet removable.
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