Anyone here have an Arcade Cabinet?

[Eviltaco64X]

I only like playing my Dreamcast, Saturn, PSOne, or SNES on a CRT television. Doesn't feel right on a flat-panel at all.

Indeed. Standard-def signals in general just don't seem to look as good on flat panel televisions. That's one of the (several) reasons I have a CRT-based rear projection TV.

Yep. I'm actually quite happy with my standard-def 32" Sony Trinitron/WEGA. It's a great TV because it's very compatible with old and new. I can play the original Duck Hunt or Virtua Cop and then proceed to hook up a 360 through component and game on that. It's not HD, but I really don't care. As long as I can read small text that's generally unreadable on SDTV's/composite, I'm fine.

I'm a bit curious, does your rear-projection TV support lightguns? I've heard from most sources that they don't work, but if it's CRT-based...

Anyway, I did want to build a MAME cabinet around two years ago, but I realized that I didn't have the money for it. The concept of a nice arcade cabinet that can play thousands of games is still cool, but it's an unnecessary luxury to me. I'm better off with a keyboard or maybe a good USB controller or two.

Super Street Fighter II CE (the only problem with it are the controls are iffy sometimes, and it's in a rebuilt cab which is kind of beat up ... and it sometimes takes two or three tries to turn on)

Did you ever replace the broken fight stick? I remember you saying something about the P1 fightstick not responding at all.

[DanteJay]

I've got two of these in black, but I'm not sure what to do with them as they're not very practical.

[DaMadFiddler]

I'm a bit curious, does your rear-projection TV support lightguns? I've heard from most sources that they don't work, but if it's CRT-based...

No, it doesn't. However, the only light gun game I had at the time was House of the Dead 2, which was later rereleased for Wii. At the time, my response was to switch to Typing of the Dead instead.

There was a company making a special light gun for non-CRT TVs that Lik-Sang carried, but I don't know how well they worked or where you'd going about finding something like that now. They triangulated your aim based on LED sidebars, somewhat like the Wii.

But I realized that I didn't have the money for it. The concept of a nice arcade cabinet that can play thousands of games is still cool, but it's an unnecessary luxury to me. I'm better off with a keyboard or maybe a good USB controller or two.

That's kind of the conclusion I came to. When I was in college--particularly when I was living in a dorm room--I thought it would be neat to have a MAME cabinet. But the more time I spent gaming, the more I realized it was both more flexible and more comfortable to game on a TV. The arcade cabinet limits the possibilities of your setup AND forces you into a less comfortable position while playing (whether sitting or standing), while not offering any advantages over a more traditional TV + console/PC. It would be for decorative purposes alone... and an arcade cabinet wouldn't really fit into our decor anyway.

[Quzar]

Super Street Fighter II CE (the only problem with it are the controls are iffy sometimes, and it's in a rebuilt cab which is kind of beat up ... and it sometimes takes two or three tries to turn on)

Did you ever replace the broken fight stick? I remember you saying something about the P1 fightstick not responding at all.

Good memory. No, I never got any replacement parts for any of the machines. I did however resolder the connections and it works now. Every once in a while it'll have problems with sweeping down/back though, so it does need a new stick.

[DaMadFiddler]

Just make sure you don't end up with anything like these:

http://www.wickedretarded.com/%7Ecrapmame/

[Eviltaco64X]

^ lol, softcore bestiality pics

[not just souLLy now]

I lold

[DaMadFiddler]

Damned anti-hotlinking

[Skynet]

Just make sure you don't end up with anything like these:

http://www.wickedretarded.com/%7Ecrapmame/

I'm afraid mine in it's current state would end up on that site. It needs the paintwork finished, I need to install the joysticks, a new monitor for it (the current one is temporary), a bezel for the monitor and all controls wired up.

[Christuserloeser]

I've got two of these in black, but I'm not sure what to do with them as they're not very practical.
http://i35.tinypic.com/ru8ahu.png

Very nice. If you got no use for them, just sell 'em at ebay or CL.

[impetus]

I don't have any but have been tempted to buy a couple. I'll hold off until i have a house with a basement (I have an apartment).

[Yonke]

I wish i had the skills to create a cabinet like this:




Heres the plans http://www.donovanmyers.com/category/personal/projects/

[DaMadFiddler]

^ The one thing I don't get about that is the speakers. They went to all that trouble, and then just punched holes for the original speaker bezels? Nonono. Take those suckers apart and mount the drivers in the cabinet properly.

[Jeeba Jabba]

I wish i had the skills to create a cabinet like this:




Heres the plans http://www.donovanmyers.com/category/personal/projects/

Best one I've ever seen.

[pixel]

I wish i had the skills to create a cabinet like this:




Heres the plans http://www.donovanmyers.com/category/personal/projects/

Best one I've ever seen.

I don't really like it. At this point, he should have just bought two arcade controllers and plugged them into his TV.