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I built this website to share my completed MAME arcade cabinet with other arcade enthusiasts. Have a look around and I hope you like what you see. Check it out & contact me at TomnMindy@msn.com if you have any questions or comments. I'll be happy to help you out if I can! |
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Video of the Week! |
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I'm a crack shot Dad! |
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It all started back in 1979...really! I was 10 years old. That's when the babysitter watching my brother & I took us to an arcade in Buffalo, NY called 'Deli Place'. This is where I was first exposed to pinball & pong! If I only knew...Not long after this, the pizzeria down the street boasted Asteroids, then Galaxian. Forget pizza, we'd go there to play vid games! I wonder if my high score is still up there... | |
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As I grew older, my appetite for arcade games also grew. I'm sure it could've been classified as an addiction. Each Saturday when I was about 14, I'd go to the local Putt-Putt arcade to satisfy my cravings. A friend & I rode our bikes 5 miles each way with $5 in our pocket, and a coupon in our other pocket that doubled our tokens at Putt-Putt. We'd spend Saturday mornings by the glow of the likes of Dig-Dug, Tempest, Ms. Pac-Man and Tron, our pockets bulging full of tokens. | |
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Fast forward 20 years (yup, I'm 35 now, losing hair and getting thick around the middle). Married with 3 kids. Of course my wife is an arcade addict like myself (that was a pre-requisite for marriage!), and the kids (and Dad!) naturally have access to Super Nintendo, N64, Playstation, PS2, XBOX and computer gaming. But something was still missing... | |
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Enter stage left a book called 'Project
Arcade' by John St. Clair. This book, in about 400 pages, shows
virtually anyone how to build a classic arcade cabinet. Huh?
You can build your very own arcade cabinet? Send me the book
now!
Unfortunately, I didn't take many pictures over the course of the project, but there are hundreds of other sites that do a much better job at this then I ever could anyway. Here are a few pics of my progress and the finished cabinet. |
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Thanks for Visiting!
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Making a a Marquee Lightbox |
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Gather Materials! Favorite Marquee |
Construction! Cut groove in wood for marquee to rest in |
Light Me Up! Cut scrap piece of backer board (scrap wood) |
Display! Tell everyone how hard this project was and you'll never do it again... |
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Screenshots of 24" RCA TV using S-Video |
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Build your own arcade controls Website!
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