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12/20/10
Luciano's Cabinet
Luciano recently finished his arcade, and just in time for Christmas.
He used black laminated particle board to greatly reduce the amount of
painting required. His marquee was designed to include all of his arcade favorites.
There are two more pictures on the Visitor Page.
10/24/10
Eric's Cabinet
Eric B used a
TankStick in his arcade, and a beautiful 27" Wells Gardner
arcade monitor with bezel. He used chrome T-molding throughout, and
even replaced the molding on the controller. The arcade also sports
two Playstation keypads, and two USB EMS TOP Light Guns. The coindoor
he added just "for show".
Hyperspin is the front-end he
uses for his ever growing collection of games.
The marquee was purchased but the remainder of the artwork is Eric's own.
There are a couple more pictures on the Visitor Page.
7/29/10
Donald's Cabinet
Donald F sent me an email describing his build. From his email:
"I now have my old Dell Dimension 8400 running a Maximus Arcade frontend in my “Ultimate Arcade” cabinet with many thanks to you. I did go with the X-Arcade Tankstick, as I wasn’t ready to tackle building a custom controller just yet. I have a couple of tweaks up my sleeve to share. I had some adhesive backed Velcro left over from mounting the speakers, so I added strips under the Tankstick and on top of the cradle in the cabinet. It makes the Tankstick solid, but also removable, if need be. Just work a small screwdriver between the hoops and hooks.
I had a bit of fortune too. On the downside, I didn’t order all my supplies from Happ at the same time. So that meant my late order for the marquee retainer was not meeting the minimum website order amount. But what could I add at this late stage? How about add an actual coin door minus the internals (item # 40-0713-00). It’s not that much more expensive than a vinyl cut out. I tossed in some red 4-LED Wedge Bulb (www.superbrightleds.com) lighting for the reject buttons. I ended up with the look I wanted. Plus, I used the tip from your visitor’s page and made the PC’s power button accessible through the open coin door. Sweet."
He uses a 19" monitor in the cabinet. There are a couple more pictures on the Visitor Page. Very nice work!
7/21/10
My Blog
A little off topic but I have finally hopped on the blogging bandwagon. The
past six months I've wished I had an avenue to document some of my home
PC-related projects, as well as post about cool new software , hardware and
gadgets I've run across. But I've always had too many other projects that need
worked on to take the time to write everything up. A couple weeks ago, while
keeping an eye on my oldest playing in the backyard, I compiled a fairly decent
list of topics that interested me enough to write up. After a little research
on the various blogging software packages available, I decided to just use the
WordPress one-click install that my web host, DreamHost, provides. I'm
currently working to understand all its capabilities. Feel free to take a look
at the blog; perhaps you'll find something of interest to you.
miketrellosblog.arcadecab.com
3/6/10
Noah B's cabinet
Noah
discovered MAME machines last year and, as many of us, became obsessed with
them. At some point in his research, he stumbled up this site.
Noah's project began as a gift but he "selfishly" reconsidered once he
realized how expensive and time consuming it would be. He knocked out
the project in a quick month. Nice job!
There are a couple more pictures on the Visitor Page.
