Choosing a Display for Your MAME Cabinet

I received an email about my Aladdin’s Castle MAME cabinet recently.  My reply was so thoughful and amazingly detailed that I figured I should use it as cheap content for Ooine.  So here we go:

The email:

I was just reading your blog on your cabinet andreally liked how it turned out.

I’ve just [...]

MAME Cabinet Aladdin’s Castle – Construction Day 10

10/1/2005

This was a big day because everything came together to form a complete, working cabinet.  While not 100% finished, we are getting very close.  I’m almost feeling a sense of disappointment with the completion.  The journey is really what it’s all about.

I fired everything up and it was very cool to see [...]

MAME Cabinet Aladdin’s Castle – Early Construction Pics

8/29/2005

Here are some early construction pics.  I made a few, slight modifications to the Project Arcade plans as I went along.

Transferring the plans to the wood and making the rounded marquee overhang:

I found that a 1 gallong paint can is the perfect “stencil” for drawing in the necessary curve.

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Arcade: Some Inspiration

Here is some inspiration before building my MAME Arcade Cabinet.  Maybe this will get you in the mood.  These pictures were taken on a recent trip to Hampton Beach, NH…  a highschool and college hangout of mine.

Who could forget Karate Champ?  The grandfather of all fighting games.

Ahhh Time Pilot and [...]