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 Posted: Sat, 14th Mar 2009 03:02 Post subject: MAME |
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Anyone here build a cabinet or have one? Just got the software and shit, gunna try and get a cab either built from a guy at work or order one.
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| Posted: Sat, 14th Mar 2009 21:38 Post subject: |
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The best way to get a mame cab up and running is to buy an old clapped out jamma machine off a local arcade or ebay. Buy a jpac adapter from www.ultimarc.com, stick a pc in it and run ArcadeOS.
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| Posted: Sat, 14th Mar 2009 21:53 Post subject: |
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there is an easier way probably, and that is buy an old Jpm fruit machine case, they are convertable to a point. you wont get the overhang at the top unless u mod that urself though. but shit take u half a day if ur good with ur hands..
kewl hehe
http://chris.polymathic.net/cabinet/index.shtml
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| Posted: Sat, 14th Mar 2009 22:13 Post subject: |
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| moosenoodles wrote: | | http://chris.polymathic.net/cabinet/index.shtml |
good tutorial - that's pretty much how we did it, just made the buttons/electronics ourselves instead of getting them from ultimarc
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| Posted: Sun, 15th Mar 2009 08:35 Post subject: |
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nifty idea...
mame would be perfect for that shit..
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Ankh
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| Posted: Sun, 15th Mar 2009 10:34 Post subject: |
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There are alot of old game chips for sale on the net too.
shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.
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Ankh
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| Posted: Mon, 16th Mar 2009 14:55 Post subject: |
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http://www.xgaming.com/tankstick-arcade-game.shtml
was just going to post that lol. I talked to a guy at work about it and he might build my cabinet for me.
As of right now I've got about 7000 MAME roms sitting on my HD waiting for thsi project 
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| Posted: Mon, 16th Mar 2009 15:13 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Mon, 16th Mar 2009 15:20 Post subject: |
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Sweet. So how hard is the wiring? I ain't totally stupid regarding stuff like that just asking.
Because I've seen pics where the wiring was pretty chaotic and looked like it was a lot of work.
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| Posted: Mon, 16th Mar 2009 18:07 Post subject: |
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Wiring isn't that bad..basically every "switch" needs 2 wires..a positive..and a negative(ground). Each button has 1 switch, a 4-way joystick has 4 switches, 8 way joystick has 8 switches. All the grounds can be shared (meaning all the negative wires can connect together and then go to the negative "source"). All the positive ones will have their own positive wires. I used an IPAC (http://www.ultimarc.com/ipac1.html) to make it easier..the computer "thinks" a keyboard is attached..when u wire the buttons to the IPAC, the ipac changes the "button" signal to a "keyboard stroke" that you map. It's not hard once you get the concept down.
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Mar 2009 01:11 Post subject: |
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I plan on using the x-arcade control panel 
Anywho, what did you do for speakers/monitor?
Do you have diagrams and shit I could copy?
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Mar 2009 01:52 Post subject: |
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Monitor was a 27" round-tube TV the first time and a 27" flat screen tv the 2nd time. 27" is an "easy" size TV to get ahold of..i think i paid around $150 or so for them. (You obviously don't need a HDTV or anything as the mame games have such poor resolutions.) Speakers I used computer speakers..mounted them inside the marquee and cut holes facing down (like regular arcades used to have..). I used plans a long time ago from this site. http://www.lusid.net/arcade/
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Mar 2009 03:08 Post subject: |
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ok so when you load up mame it has what looks like a complete list of games, are those the only games that are playable (if marked as working)? Cause theres quite a few awesome arcade games around that aren't in the list like all the house of deads etc.
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| Posted: Tue, 17th Mar 2009 03:33 Post subject: |
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I used a frontend for my cabinets. http://www.gameex.com/ was the one i used...also had support for other emulators (snes, nes, etc).
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| Posted: Thu, 19th Mar 2009 08:58 Post subject: |
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does anyone compile their own mame ?
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vurt
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| Posted: Mon, 15th May 2023 17:01 Post subject: |
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Anyone building a cabinet in 2023?
I'm thinking of doing a really lazy build...
1) buy some cheap Pandora Box (2023 version), costs like 130-150 euro and you have the games + hardware you need - the joysticks and buttons for 2 players, controllerboard/computer.
2) rip the Pandora box apart, put it into a pre-built case (i found a maker in spain, looks pretty decent, probably going with the Metal Slug Neo Geo graphics).
3) Likely change parts to Sanwa (already have buttons laying around actually).
4) get a 24" screen. Already have one laying around, but i might get a more recent..
5) buy T-molding or paint to make the case look more professional.
6) insert speakers + sub (already have some old garbage laying around).
Of course the better option is to just build a PC inside the cabinet. It's just more costly and takes some time to set up. with the Pandora you have the menu and games etc already, though its hardware will be subpar to a decent PC of course.
Then there's the option of Raspberry Pi, but the more recent one is out of stock and it also takes time to research a ton of shit around that platform (never used it), nah, skip.
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Ankh
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| Posted: Mon, 15th May 2023 17:13 Post subject: |
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| vurt wrote: |
Then there's the option of Raspberry Pi, but the more recent one is out of stock and it also takes time to research a ton of shit around that platform (never used it), nah, skip. |
No, not really. Just unpack the retropie on a memory card and thats it. More or less anyway. If you want your games stored somewhere else, well - thats when you need to do some editing
shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.
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vurt
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| Posted: Mon, 15th May 2023 17:26 Post subject: |
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Ah, so that's what retropie is, i've heard it mentioned.
Yeah, that could work and it would allow me more freedom in comparison to something like a Pandora Box (i don't think you can hack those so im going to be stuck with perhaps faulty emulation, though they seems to have been getting better over the years).
I think i would want the latest Rapberry Pie though, if i go down that route, and it seems hard to find :/
There's a used Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 4GB on Tradera, costs almost twice as much as a new (when they can be found). for this price i can buy a pandora box which is both the software and all hardware including controllers..
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| Posted: Mon, 15th May 2023 22:20 Post subject: |
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vurt
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vurt
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| Posted: Tue, 16th May 2023 00:39 Post subject: |
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just ordered a Arcade1Up Mortal Kombat 2 Deluxe cabinet instead, i found a guide of how to hack it..
edit: no.. won't be getting that arcade1up, after further reading, the software mod is not compatible with that version of the Arcade1up machine. cancelled the order..
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vurt
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| Posted: Sat, 27th May 2023 09:05 Post subject: |
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looks great, where have you bought the "case"?
thinking of doing it too, but also not with a pi4. going for a cheap futro thin client which has much more power and costs the same (already bought one with celeron quad core as tiny home server for 40 euros. the ones with i3 costs less than euros)
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Jeez, I guess you can subscribe to their affiliated resellers (https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/) and play the patient game, but that Pandora Box idea seems great too ! Hope you can access its storage though - aka not a closed environment !
