MAME cabinet - How to build a MAME arcade cabinet

Posted on Feb 20, 2008 05:54:06 AM

http://www.koenigs.dk/mame/eng/

Custom made Mame Arcade Cabinet. I made a homepage showing how to make your own MAME arcade cabinet.

Enjoy making your own mame cabinet! It’s really alot of fun and I can recommed it to everyone. You can make it out of normal PC parts and wood. Feel free to use my drawings and artwork for your own project, find all the info you need on my homepage.

By: koenigimus

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Tags: mame arcade cabinet controlpanel bubble bobble galaga marquee kickplate bezel artwork gameex double dragon ms pacman

Length: 02:38

Comments

  1. February 22, 2009 08:42 pm
    bobesponjaWOW

    sick to the max.

  2. February 28, 2009 09:06 pm
    dodgesxt

    Aww man i remember those Arcade Cabinets or Machines whatever you want to call it back in the 1980s and 1990s. AHH FUK! My head hurts!

  3. March 5, 2009 05:20 pm
    MonkeyMachGun

    Whats the name of this song?

  4. March 5, 2009 06:16 pm
    emeryDH

    That has to be one of the besting looking MAME cabs Ive seen,nice work.

  5. March 18, 2009 02:08 am
    nightshot103

    yeah, this fucken video is a how to.

  6. April 7, 2009 09:39 am
    TRENDKlLLER

    where did you get your graphics from?

  7. April 19, 2009 08:46 am
    techcrazyguy

    he custom made most of it but the side art is a door poster mounted with wallpeper paste (its lion-o from thundercats btw)

  8. April 23, 2009 03:36 am
    polishsved

    and the song is … ? :)

  9. May 1, 2009 03:45 pm
    gacman666

    damn sweet

  10. May 2, 2009 11:17 pm
    justice7891

    did u make a coin thing like a arcade to play? so you can make money when someone come and play lol

  11. May 2, 2009 11:17 pm
    justice7891

    did u make a coin thing like a arcade to play? so you can make money when someone come and play lol

  12. May 3, 2009 04:06 pm
    Dazsturbed

    It’s my dream to own a mame cabinet one day.

  13. May 3, 2009 04:06 pm
    Dazsturbed

    It’s my dream to own a mame cabinet one day.

  14. May 11, 2009 04:03 pm
    Mathijsweb

    I’m sad about the fact that none of those tutorials go into the software part, how to exactly install windows lightly and fix the frontend with the games.

  15. May 11, 2009 04:03 pm
    Mathijsweb

    I’m sad about the fact that none of those tutorials go into the software part, how to exactly install windows lightly and fix the frontend with the games.

  16. May 21, 2009 05:58 am
    mrntmail

    There is a basic softwareguide on the homepage now.

  17. May 21, 2009 05:58 am
    mrntmail

    There is a basic softwareguide on the homepage now.

  18. May 31, 2009 11:34 am
    meikobsi

    quiero unaaaa

  19. May 31, 2009 11:34 am
    meikobsi

    quiero unaaaa

  20. June 9, 2009 04:38 pm
    ilikerhcp2

    wow

  21. June 9, 2009 04:38 pm
    ilikerhcp2

    wow

  22. June 11, 2009 01:34 pm
    SXCRD

    BRILLIANT

  23. June 11, 2009 01:34 pm
    SXCRD

    BRILLIANT

  24. June 11, 2009 11:44 pm
    zanzan1010

    im making a sonic 2 arcade cabinet this summer!!!

  25. June 11, 2009 11:44 pm
    zanzan1010

    im making a sonic 2 arcade cabinet this summer
    !!!

  26. June 12, 2009 05:43 am
    NeilsShoe

    Liquid explosion

  27. June 12, 2009 05:43 am
    NeilsShoe

    Liquid explosion

  28. June 13, 2009 12:19 pm
    aviisback

    its nice and all but you cant run most of the games becouse its not real arcade becouse its a computer , i am sure its great :)

  29. June 13, 2009 12:19 pm
    aviisback

    its nice and all but you cant run most of the games becouse its not real arcade becouse its a computer , i am sure its great :)

  30. June 14, 2009 10:59 pm
    dshantalla

    i really like the cabinet.i actually prefered it with without all the orange logo’s and stuff. was much nicer when it was all black with the defender header. im thinking of getting the x arcade controller also and swapping the joystick out and modding the box itself. i’ll then make the cabinet to house the x arcade perfectly, hex shaped front and all. looking to do this next month. hopefully.nice work though dude :)

  31. June 16, 2009 10:32 pm
    typondis

    I disagree. I think it looks really snappy. I’d do purple, myself, but still.

  32. June 16, 2009 10:33 pm
    typondis

    Not a stupid, but rather an irrelevant, comment.

  33. June 18, 2009 10:39 pm
    neublu

    by running different emulators on the pc it’s possible to play virtually any arcade game

  34. June 19, 2009 01:08 am
    smileman66

    That looks awesome, very professional.

  35. June 28, 2009 04:37 pm
    xdgk1994

    ill buy one off of you with no monitor or cpu parts just cabinet and control panel

  36. July 17, 2009 08:39 pm
    mitzibishi

    jsut go to any seaside town where there was loads off arcades. look at the back and youl probs see 1 or 2 fucked up cabs. offer the guy some cash to take it off his hand so he can replace it with another gambler. i went to south shileds and saw a few standup cabs. GLOC with joystick, bubble bobble, couldve been multi PCB and load of sit down ones all wiht messed up screens and he would have got rid of them for next to nofn

  37. July 22, 2009 10:57 pm
    MonkeyMachGun

    Whats the name of the song in this video?

  38. August 1, 2009 10:07 pm
    perezmaximus

    excellent, elegant and simple my inspiration to build one.Great job!!!

  39. August 4, 2009 09:53 am
    KungFuChess

    ONe of the best builds ive seen so far, awsome job

  40. August 9, 2009 08:40 pm
    orangeguy81

    I have a couple questions. How far away is each button from eachother? What gauge wire did you use?

  41. August 11, 2009 06:03 pm
    indyj1698

    i know how you could make these for about 90 dollarsstep 1 build a wood frame of the machine step 2 get a NES and and a copy of something that was in the arcades (pacman)step 3 get a medium size TV and make it the screen at a slight angle step 4 hook up the nintendo and angle the TV slightlystep 5 get an NES Advantage and put it where the controls would beStep 6 turn on the nintendo with your game cart in it now you have your own arcade machine

  42. August 17, 2009 11:04 pm
    tyronethecracky

    this song makes me want to party

  43. August 20, 2009 03:27 pm
    lassehoei

    Probably the best MAME cabinet in the world!We are building one too reusing a lot of your design (btw thank you for the autocad files!) although we have expanded it a bit to get room for a CRT We will finish it this weekend.

  44. August 22, 2009 10:14 pm
    wingnut4427

    how much does a cab like this weigh ? I’m looking into doing something like this. But I want to make it as light weight as possible.

  45. August 29, 2009 05:02 pm
    MGassailant

    I dont wanna be too rude, but i gotta say, that would be a pretty crappy arcade cabinet.

  46. August 31, 2009 07:34 am
    felsner1

    Very impressive, man - and what a great idea!

  47. September 2, 2009 09:27 am
    Realkill010

    I’d love to have free computer(pretty bad one, well not too good, not too bad, but pretty cheap) and some materials for it. I defenetly would do it. I mean that can’t be too hard, except for buttons and joy pad.

  48. September 2, 2009 09:29 am
    Realkill010

    Yeah, but I wonder how you would hook up emulators from PC? Or your own fighting game made up with Mugen?

  49. September 4, 2009 05:19 am
    spikeman14

    You whimped out and bought a predmade control system! Make your own its more fun and means you can simulate real layouts of original machines (if you make a retro remake for example)

  50. September 7, 2009 06:56 pm
    jorel658

    WAIT question..what about for racing games for arcade. whats its specs? help

  51. September 13, 2009 09:03 pm
    2740AMIR

    Awesome! :)

  52. September 23, 2009 10:09 pm
    hammurderer

    man that cab is clean. also where did you get your artwork?

  53. October 18, 2009 02:44 pm
    WKmugen

    WOW THIS lOOKS SO EASY(not)

  54. October 22, 2009 11:33 pm
    rumbazz

    sanwa JLW, gross, i think i might throw up

  55. November 14, 2009 04:00 pm
    bahsura

    How much did it cost you? Where do you live? Great job! Kudos!

  56. November 14, 2009 04:18 pm
    bahsura

    Forget it$1400 in Denmark.Dude, more respect to you. +++

  57. November 17, 2009 09:01 am
    Envisaged0ne

    Ummm, how is this video supposed to help someone know how to build a MAME cab? Wiring, parts, etc? I kinda think the title is misleading.

  58. November 18, 2009 10:18 am
    PeterRabbit01

    check out his website. it has all the plans and everything you need to know how to build the cab.

  59. November 27, 2009 09:18 pm
    shabulia

    Very Not Bad!

  60. December 4, 2009 01:20 am
    Cormin

    looks like youve learned all the fun of building the whole thing is in the control panel! i love wiring it up.. im building a 4 player mame machine and ive revised my wiring a couple times already, haha.. these look good though!

  61. December 11, 2009 01:57 pm
    Namurashi

    Did you ever think to.. oh I don’t know.. click the link in the description? Nyuk-Nyuk.

  62. December 13, 2009 05:37 pm
    jumblejunkie

    im curious what did you use for paint?

  63. December 21, 2009 10:24 am
    magicishaq

    that is aweome.. i could’nt image how long that all took… what song was that please ?

  64. December 27, 2009 05:52 pm
    GhizeTheGuru

    We live in a expensive country :P

  65. January 1, 2010 07:16 am
    matt82pulses

    Yeah very nice and clean work! I like the artworks and it’s all well done!I would put a crt dispaly like a big television instead of a lcd screen due to the closest arcade response of crt system, but your work remains wonderfull!

  66. January 5, 2010 03:56 pm
    iCrytex

    Man i am definetely going to make this! One question though if someone could help me, i understand everything but how would the joysticks and buttons etc connect up with the computer, keyboard or whatever? Help would be great thanks! :D

  67. January 6, 2010 05:04 pm
    soursaul

    are Sanwa buttons wired the same way as the buttons you used?

  68. January 9, 2010 05:03 am
    mrntmail

    Yes, using the X-arcade interface. I recommend the Ultimarc Minipac USB though, thats much easier and cheaper.

  69. January 9, 2010 05:02 pm
    drap13

    Awesome5/5

  70. January 9, 2010 08:18 pm
    soursaul

    thank you very much!

  71. January 13, 2010 05:46 am
    asher666

    awesome stuff, wish I had those kinda skills. I cheated with a console and x-arcade 2p

  72. January 15, 2010 08:12 pm
    Tapewormz

    Nice side art. Custom made?

  73. February 5, 2010 11:20 am
    anycolouryoulike75

    Excellent !!!

  74. February 11, 2010 10:39 am
    kuntgames616

    I missed the how to part. Where’s that? How does this have 5 stars?! It’s a friggin slideshow not a how to video!

  75. February 14, 2010 10:20 pm
    DTownzz

    I guess you didn’t finish the video to his URL where he tells you hoe to do it. It’s just a summary of how to built the cabinet. I understood the steps, though… put wood put together, apply a finish, put in controls, speakers, monitor, etc.Some people have productive hobbies and some people bash hard work on youtube.

  76. February 15, 2010 04:21 am
    KuzakMarz

    this is such a wonderfully sleek and compact design, looking forward to making one like this myself :)

  77. February 15, 2010 12:36 pm
    kuntgames616

    A link isn’t a how to video but no i didn’t watch it. I don’t plan on doing this. I’m just interested in watching people make these. Why i don’t know.

  78. February 15, 2010 05:42 pm
    DefconRazor32

    I like the video a lot it was very informative, i also wanted know what the music song is from cause i love the beat so much from that video of your’s. I personally wish i had my own arcade center someday, then i wouldn’t have to buy games so often to keep me busy as much.

  79. February 16, 2010 08:06 pm
    Guernicaman

    What type of monitor are you using there? I notice there’s no flicker from the camera.

  80. February 19, 2010 08:23 pm
    chrisinmainz

    19″ lcd, saw that at his site… Awesome machine, looks fantastic, if only it had a crt monitor…

  81. February 23, 2010 05:14 pm
    pepster98

    how did u do the cardbord box

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