Anyone own an Arcade Machine?

[Markss]

trying to persude my dad to let me have one in the house aint working very well though

[chinitosoccer]

I do not have enough room in my apartment for an arcade cabinet, so a friend of mine came up with this



It was built from an old computer desk

[NeoVamp]

I do not have enough room in my apartment for an arcade cabinet

Really? looks like you could fit a nice cab right there instead of that computer desk.

[17daysolderthannes]

I do not have enough room in my apartment for an arcade cabinet, so a friend of mine came up with this



It was built from an old computer desk

That's very similar to what I want to build, only I'll build mine from scratch to more closely resemble an arcade (not hating on yours, just being specific).

I thought you didn't like the X-Arcade, what gives?

Really? looks like you could fit a nice cab right there instead of that computer desk.

I think he meant a standalone cabinet, this could function as...you know...a TV too.

[NeoVamp]

Here's my cabinet btw, left is how i bought it back in 2002 and right is how it looks after i restored it,
and with restore i mean paintjob and black molding and new caps for the monitor control board,
and new buttons and 2 new joysticks etc etc.

I was not really a fan of the 1000in1 cabinet look, I prefer clean black.



Right now it has 2 connections, in the "basement" of the cab there's a 4slot MVS board,
and in the upper part (behind the joysticks) there's space for a pcb.

to swap between these i purchased a special cable, but i still need to implement that,
once thats done I'll put a little button on the front to switch between the MVS and the PCB.


Marquee courtesy of BenHeck btw.

[chinitosoccer]

I never said I did not like the X-Arcade, which I do not like are the sticks that come from default, these do not have the square activator, the X-Arcade from the photo has Happ/IL sticks installed.

@NeoVamp: those two american style arcade cabs are just gorgeous!!

[17daysolderthannes]

I never said I did not like the X-Arcade, which I do not like are the sticks that come from default, these do not have the square activator, the X-Arcade from the photo has Happ/IL sticks installed.

The X-Arcade has a circle restrictor with the stock sticks, I'm not sure exactly what you said with your sentence structure.

[lilmul123]

I love the look of the cab, NeoVamp, but the button placement is terrible!

[NeoVamp]

but the button placement is terrible!

Perhaps, but it does play nice with a friend.
the layout is awesome if you play with someone else, I can't explain it but you're not bumping into each other.

[NavesRegge]

All I've got is a Dream Arcade stand-up cabinet. It's cool and has very nice joysticks and buttons and I can put just about any emulator and play it on there, but it just doesn't have that old arcade machine feel to it. It's great, but "incomplete," per se.

[NeoVamp]

You should really consider upgrading to XBMC for your dashboard,
its much nicer to work with then EvolutionX.

[chinitosoccer]

I already have the XBMC installed, I only use EvolutionX to launch my other apps from there because it's much faster to navigate through menus.

The X-Arcade has a circle restrictor with the stock sticks, I'm not sure exactly what you said with your sentence structure.

the chinese X-arcade knockoffs dont have this:

[17daysolderthannes]

the chinese X-arcade knockoffs dont have this:

...and you couldn't just buy a square actuator and put it on the X-Arcade stick? Personally, I prefer the round actuator now that I'm used to it, going back to my Namco stick messes me up.

And I don't know what Chinese manufacturing has to do with anything, I'm pretty sure Happ parts are made there too.

nope, I'm positive;

http://www.happcontrols.com/images/p...ecBrochure.pdf

please no more ignorant comments that made in China=shit, and that goes for everyone. The quality is dependent on what the company overseeing the operation is willing to pay, period.

[chinitosoccer]

The stick from the picture is not a Happ but an IL Eurostick, is not made in China by Happ, the IL has higher quality parts and uses Cherry microswitches.

[runback22]

I used to own a MAME machine a few years back that I had built....Unfortunately, it didnt survive a couple of moves.....I turned my garage into a dedicated theater room and have been tossing the idea of turning it into a game room.....Its hard to give up a 120" screen for sports and movies, but the thought of having a couple of arcade machines, one a sit down racing cabinet, is very tempting......