Making a table top arcade machine

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:46 pm

I'm planning on using a Namco 5 in 1 thing thats has like gallaga, Galaxia...etc. I hope to have it done by December. What do u guys think of my idea?

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:56 pm

If its going to be a full sized bartop thing, and not a mini-thing, then you should put a PC in it. That way you have every arcade game and more. Thats what I'm doing, only fullsize, I hope to have the cab built before winter.

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:29 pm

it's a good idea but as soundwave said, as long as you're gonna making a full size thing, may as well give it a full size game library too

Post by **Sparkfist** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:37 pm

One word: MAME. Its the defacto for any arcade emulation set up. I can be installed to a hard drive or run right from a CD (KnoppixMAME).

Good luck on the cabinet.

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:43 pm

yes, i've seen into the future and the future space people said use MAME

FDSMAN · Post by **FDSMAN** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 10:04 pm

LOL

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:36 am

Guys, he's making a tabletop, like my Game And Watch Mario's Cement Factory. Its not like you can put MAME in that.

^ Great Machine.

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 12:28 pm

Jeff wrote:Guys, he's making a tabletop, like my Game And Watch Mario's Cement Factory. Its not like you can put MAME in that.

^ Great Machine.

You can make table tops with machines in them. One guy built a number of them using laptops. A normal PC probably wouldnt fit in, though.

Post by **bicostp** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 1:47 pm

Wow, I didn't know anybody even had those tiny things anymore!

That's a minaiture, to-scale replica of an arcade cab, not a full-size bartop cabinet. (I think it's about 7" tall... somewhere in that ballpark?)

What I'd do is build a cocktail table-style gaming machine, but make it round like a regular table, so I could keep it in my dining room and throw a tablecloth over it when company's around, but alone I'd uncoer it and gobble dots 'tl the wee hours of the morning.

Of course it would also be able to link via Wi-Fi to the Mini-TIX set-top box, so it could run MP3s and videos.

Of course first I'd need the spare parts... and the money... and the dining room...

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:41 pm

Isn't MAME illegal

Xorealix · Post by **Xorealix** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:46 pm

Emulators are legal. Roms are not. See: info

Joes2Silly · Post by **Joes2Silly** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 3:11 pm

Roms being ilegal has yet to stop me......"FBI open up!"
CRAP

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 5:27 pm

Joe, I'll protect you *gun fire*, *go in bullettime.....**it stops*, *gun fire*. I'm alive, but what about JoE

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:36 pm

You know what i could build a coffee table style thing that would be sweet!

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:13 am

I have a question for anyone who's interseted in this project of mine. Should I make a Counter top machine or a coffee table type one?