Building myself an arcade cabinet

[Half-Saint]

How much did the material to build the cabinet end up costing you includnig the labels?

 

[Bryce]

Fantastic result!

Bryce.

P.s. I'd still add a coin accepter though

 

[LeonTubrok]

Looks great, and you did it pretty quick too!

 

[stephenfalken]

thanks stephenfalken. I've never heard of Hyperspin, I'll look into it... Even though it seems windows only and I will most likely work on linux.

Ah yes sadly it is Windows only, but check it out - it's really only for eye candy, but impresses everyone who plays on mine hehe

 

[Matt3o]

How much did the material to build the cabinet end up costing you includnig the labels?

a rought estimate would be... €200 for the material for the cabinet itself (wood, polycarbonate, various hardware). €100 for the monitor. €80 for the PVC labels (some I haven't actually used). €150 for the console, buttons, controller, joysticks. €50 for amplifier and a couple of semi-decent speakers. €30 for the keyboard. Over that you have to add the PC, but I already had that.

Fantastic result!

Bryce.

P.s. I'd still add a coin accepter though

I'm not sure I want to add that. I would have to keep a huge box of coins always at hand But surely it's a huge plus, especially when playing with friends

Looks great, and you did it pretty quick too!

Yeah took me approx one week. It would take me half the time now probably....

 

[stephenfalken]

I'm not sure I want to add that. I would have to keep a huge box of coins always at hand But surely it's a huge plus, especially when playing with friends

Since my cab was converted from a NeoGeo it came with the coin mechanism and I just had to hook it up for that authentic arcade feel! However behind the coin door I rigged a test button which acts as the 'insert coin' for when I play myself

Regards

 

[Matt3o]

ah right, that might be an option

 

[Harrison]

You can also connect up the coin reject button on the coin mechanism to add coins to the game.

 

[Vyncynt]

How about adding a subwoofer? Some original Space Invaders machines has such deep bass that it would shake the quarters in your pockets.

 

[Matt3o]

How about adding a subwoofer? Some original Space Invaders machines has such deep bass that it would shake the quarters in your pockets.

that would require a more sophisticated amply, but anyway with two 4" speakers and all that MDF, the sound is pretty deep already.

 

[ElectroBlaster]

ALL DONE!

wow... I can't believe I finally completed it. Now I only have to install a better linux distro and a MAME GUI.

Thank you for watching!

Brilliant! Please build me one lol.

Seriously though, I am tempted to have a crack on my own now as you have done a great job and it really looks the business.
Also kudos for putting Linux on it

 

[Aysel]

Completely recommend Hyperspin... this is the setup that I did... took three months to pull it all together but all this time later all three of my kids still power it up everyday

https://www.amibay.com/showthread.p...n-Jamma-arcade-project-30-systems-12000-games!

 

[KickOff2WorldCup]

Quite impressive, this is coming from a man who can hardly use a screwdriver !

 

[Matt3o]

unfortunately hyperspin is windows only. It looks really nice but at the end all I need is a launcher. AdvanceMenu pretty much works, no eye candies but it's all I need.

 

[supaduper]

That is a tremendous system you have built there and I can tell your a perfectionist and it is just perfect matt2o