When I was growing up, I loved going to the arcade. Now that I'm "all grown up" I still want to go to the arcade. By why keep paying quarters when you can spend thousands of dollars and build your own arcade machine instead? ..um... hold on a second... despite that logic, I still wanted to build my own MAME Arcade machine.
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Would you go through the effort of making your own MAME arcade cabinet from scratch, without making your own MAME Marquee to match? Of course not!
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The Missing Element So, at this point my cabinet was pretty much done. It played really well and I was very happy with the result. However, one thing was bugging me… it didn’t have a coin door. There is something about seeing a coin door on the front which would give it that added experience. Of course, I had no...
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I used a 1/8″ rabbit bit on my router to route for the 3/4″ t-molding. Word of advice: Route for t-molding BEFORE you paint. I put a few scratches in the finish paint job while I was routing. I didn’t think about it before, but now it makes sense. In any case, here is a picture of what the routed edge should...
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You can plan, and you can design, and you can prepare.. but eventually you gotta put it in gear and press the gas pedal. It was time to buy the wood and start to cut out the pieces to my MAME arcade machine.
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The computer inside my MAME arcade machine isn't very special, but it gets the job done.
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Purchasing the Speakers I admit it, I’m cheap. But unfortunately, I DO like quality things. Not the best combination to have. I bought a speaker/sub-woofer combo at my local Fry’s Electronics for only $14.99!! Funny thing is that when I was comparing the sound quality in the store, these speakers sounded the best....
read moreSo you want to build your own MAME arcade cabinet from scratch? You want to know (about) how much to expect to spend? This is the materials list that made it happen for me.
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Every great project idea has to start somewhere, for me it was finding the design I wanted. Through a few fantastic websites, I was able to find the plans and ideas I wanted to implement in my own MAME arcade machine.
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