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Welcome I was introduced to MAME in May of '97. As an emulation fanatic for a very long time, I would run Apple IIe, CP/M, and Trash80 progys on my 486. While hunting a Emu for an Atari 2600, I came across MAME 0.2 and a Ms. Pac-Man rom. I was hooked. I have been collecting roms ever since. In November of 2000 I ran across the Build your own Arcade controls FAQ, all the ideas all the possibilities, I needed a piece of the action. The X-treme M.A.M.E. web site, dedicated to the recreation of the arcade experience. The goal of this project is to recondition a full upright arcade cabinet, with a computer running M.A.M.E. and ArcadeOS. Single player controls /w trackball. Stay tuned as this project unfolds. |
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| FINISHED | Mar. 29, 2001 |
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Well for a little while anyway. This project will never be fully completed, there will always be something (advancements in mame, new hardware to put in, ect). I have had lots of fun doing this and believe it will bring even more fun to my family and friends. Many thanks to everyone who lent a hand or ideas, you guys were a big help. | |
| Updates | Mar. 26, 2001 |
| The bezel is done, I had it covered in black marble contact paper, (since it was white) to match the control panel. I have the side art that I want, but I am going to wait to print it off, for the time being. | |
| Mar. 19, 2001 | |
| OK, I found material for the monitor bezel. Many thanks to Ballgoof, he had a piece of laminate laying around collecting dust, he even gave a hand cutting it to fit. Thanks Dude. | |
| Mar. 16, 2001 | |
| Have several updates done on the machine this week, first off. Installed a second harddrive (2Gig), mame37b13k6 (AMD optimized), NEOmame37b13k6 (AMD optimized), several NeoGeo roms, a new front-end GameLauncher, and ZSNES and about 500 SuperNES roms. I chose GameLauncher because the interface was simpler than ArcadeOS, though this isn't a problem for me it was a problem for some. Also since i am not using an Arcade Monitor, ArcadeOS is not needed. ZSNES integrates into GameLauncher. | |
| Mar. 13, 2001 | |
| The fresnel lens showed up yesterday night. I will tell you, I am impressed with this Lens. It gives a really nice effect, it gives the effect that there is a 21in monitor at two feet away. Really really neat. Only a few more things to do, I need to make a new monitor bezel, and print the side art and this project will be finished. | |
| Mar. 7, 2001 | |
| Well as promised I have pictures, some of the control panel, of the new computer, and some more of the cabinet in general, go check them out. | |
| Mar. 6, 2001 | |
| The Control Panel is finally finished, pics of it soon. Also taking a break to work on my personal computer, so maybe I'll have those pictures up tomorrow. | |
| Mar. 5, 2001 | |
| After working all weekend on the computer that is upgrading the old one, it is finished. I also wired the plunger lights on the coin door, removed all the harnesses that are not needed, setup the coin acceptor switches. | |
| Mar. 2, 2001 | |
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I ordered a 25in fresnel lens today. Update a guy from Express Enterprises called me to tell me that they were out of 25in lens, and offered a deal for a 22in. |
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| Mar. 1, 2001 | |
| I have decided to try an experiment, I am going to buy a Fresnel Lens from here. Only $45usd for a 25in diagonal, I'll let you know. | |
| Feb. 23, 2001 | |
| I received My I-PAC yesterday and set everything up ( Thanks Andy ). Man, I tell you what, 30 min and I was up and running. This product is well worth it. The first test went flawlessly. | |
| Feb. 19, 2001 | |
| I have received the parts for my new computer (T-bird 900 w/ Abit KT7A-RAID) so with natural progression my wife gets my old one (PIII 550 w/ Abit BX6 rev. 2) and her old one (K6-2 300@400 w/ Intel TX) goes in the MAME cabinet. Say goodbye to that POS Compaq. LOL | |
| Feb. 13, 2001 |
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| I ordered an I-Pac from Andy
hope to see it shortly. Which means
that I have changed gears to an keyboard encoder. |
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| Feb. 11, 2001 | |
| Work has begun on the cabinet at full tilt now, just taking a brake long enough to post a few updates and a lot of pictures. I have pictures of the cabinet, control panel, computer, and interface. Check them out. | |
| Feb. 9, 2001 | |
| Received the cabinet today, it's a monster, it's an NBA Hangtime pedestal cabinet. I will have pictures up shortly. | |
| Jan. 30, 2001 | |
| The monitor, in the cabinet Flip-a-coin is going to give me, needs to be pulled, so I have not received it yet, maybe Friday. | |
| Jan. 23, 2001 | |
| Just installed mame37b11, and all the roms supported by mame. | |
| Jan. 16, 2001 | |
| The computer for this project is finished, and tested. With custom start-up logo, boot menu, Win 95, ArcadeOS, mame37b10. | |
| Jan. 12, 2001 | |
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I have found a cabinet from Flip-a-Coin here in town, and guess what for FREE, can’t beat that. They have also said I could rummage through there many boxes of old buttons and joysticks. |
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| The madness starts | Jan. 8, 2001 |
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Planning for this project has been underway for a week now. I have a lot of ideas, but my basic plan is this: What
is my goal? My goal is to have a full sized upright single player M.A.M.E. Cabinet. Build or Buy?
My first plan was to build, but maybe able to acquired a cabinet from a local Arcade service company. Controls Single player controls: one eight-way stick, six control buttons, 4” trackball If all goes well a hidden drawer for full-sized keyboard and mouse. Software Currently Mame37b10, ArcadeOS Interface. Keyboard hack, homemade automatic dual-keyboard switch, serial port for trackball.
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