My MAME Cab

Posted on Jul 21, 2008 10:44:24 AM

My cab I built cloning the Knievel cab that I loved. Will probably update artwork to something more unique later on.

Hardware used:
MSI P35 Neo Mobo
P4 3.2ghz Processor
1 gb RAM
300gb HD
Linksys Wireless Adapter (for VNC)
Aracde VGA Video Card (ATI Radeon based)
IPAC interface card
Ultimarc Video Amp
Happ Controls Super Joysticks (2 8 way, 1 4 way)
Happ USB Trackball
Klipsch 2.1 THX Speaker System
Naneo Dual Sync 27″ Arcade Monitor

Windows XP SP2 (Stripped install)
Mamewah 1.63
MAME .125

By: leifashley27

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Tags: MAME Arcade Cabinet Emulation Emulators

Length: 04:7

Comments

  1. November 4, 2008 07:35 am
    leifashley27

    I believe there was a change to the umk3 files… sound like you need to update your roms.

  2. November 4, 2008 07:35 am
    leifashley27

    Thank you man! I look forward to 1) redoing this one, and 2) building another one for my brother… I’ll post vids of each as those projects progress.

  3. November 4, 2008 03:52 pm
    GaNgStAMP203

    How did you get the UI to play video previews like that?

  4. November 25, 2008 10:28 am
    leifashley27

    That’s pretty simple… just download what are called “preview videos” and point the mamewah ini file to that folder for the “snap” folder.

  5. November 28, 2008 05:55 pm
    AndyBF03

    How did you hide XP logon, logoff and explorer shell ?!Could you tell me where i can pick a tutorial, a guide or just some infos to do this!?MANYTHANKS!!!

  6. December 6, 2008 11:59 am
    kl0wn

    Great Cab, is it custom built or did you use some sort of plans? Thanks.

  7. December 11, 2008 01:13 am
    linkjet20

    whats the program called for playing the arcade games on that machine

  8. January 4, 2009 09:09 pm
    holcomb2012

    MAME

  9. January 15, 2009 08:28 am
    sgtmaury

    hey great job on the cab. what MAME version did you used for the cab? you should show how it also play the other emulatos…. but over all, Great Job. i cant wait to start my project to build my own.

  10. February 4, 2009 12:07 pm
    bigpete405

    thats one of the nicest mame cabinets ive ever seen. terrific job man

  11. February 28, 2009 11:28 pm
    higgo60

    hiya, love your machine, you must be very happy with it. can i ask what version of mame wah are you using and where can you download the preview videos from

  12. February 28, 2009 11:28 pm
    higgo60

    hiya, love your machine, you must be very happy with it. can i ask what version of mame wah are you using and where can you download the preview videos from

  13. March 10, 2009 03:44 am
    inquestHELP

    dude u are one lucky bastard!!!nothing compares to the old stuff!have fun playing em!

  14. March 10, 2009 03:44 am
    inquestHELP

    dude u are one lucky bastard!!!nothing compares to the old stuff!have fun playing em!

  15. March 21, 2009 06:29 pm
    jodhan79

    wow man nice job ….. even though we are in age of ps3 or xbox360 nothing compares to classic games im definately gonna give it a shot myself …. thnx for sharing

  16. March 21, 2009 06:29 pm
    jodhan79

    wow man nice job ….. even though we are in age of ps3 or xbox360 nothing compares to classic games im definately gonna give it a shot myself …. thnx for sharing

  17. March 28, 2009 06:13 pm
    SpFiota

    Isn’t it sad? All this technology and new games don’t even compare to the stuff from 10-30 years ago.

  18. March 28, 2009 06:13 pm
    SpFiota

    Isn’t it sad? All this technology and new games don’t even compare to the stuff from 10-30 years ago.

  19. April 3, 2009 08:55 pm
    emeryDH

    That mame cab is ONE-DUH-FULL.

  20. April 3, 2009 08:55 pm
    emeryDH

    That mame cab is ONE-DUH-FULL.

  21. April 18, 2009 02:57 am
    Mirthless79

    shit now all you gotta do is:get a dual core-4GB +RAMupdate GPUbigger HDD(for CHD’s) and get the illegal bios files that allow play of the 2k7-2k9 games!but yeah best one ive seen..but a dual core would do a world of justice..see if you can fit one in that MoBo..?BTW great presentation!

  22. April 18, 2009 02:57 am
    Mirthless79

    shit now all you gotta do is:
    get a dual core-
    4GB +RAM
    update GPU
    bigger HDD(for CHD’s)
    and get the illegal bios files that allow play of the 2k7-2k9 games!
    but yeah best one ive seen..but a dual core would do a world of justice..see if you can fit one in that MoBo..?
    BTW great presentation!

  23. May 14, 2009 04:57 am
    vidmanx0

    That is one beautiful cabinet. The perfect cabinet that only exists in my head looks very similar. Now I just need to build it…

  24. May 14, 2009 04:57 am
    vidmanx0

    That is one beautiful cabinet. The perfect cabinet that only exists in my head looks very similar. Now I just need to build it…

  25. May 17, 2009 07:50 am
    gazz8720

    very nice, i have to agree on old games haveing an edge over the modern stuff my PS3 hardly gets used nowadys

  26. May 17, 2009 07:50 am
    gazz8720

    very nice, i have to agree on old games haveing an edge over the modern stuff my PS3 hardly gets used nowadys

  27. June 4, 2009 07:14 pm
    PIKACHU49386

    hey can you help me? i saw in Zophar’s domain MAMEWAH is not a frontend with MAME32, just MAME, so how well will MAMEWAH run UMK3? i think it would run perfect but i need to make sure, I don’t have a PC now, it crashed, and I know MAME isn’t possible on the Wii xP

  28. June 4, 2009 07:14 pm
    PIKACHU49386

    hey can you help me? i saw in Zophar’s domain MAMEWAH is not a frontend with MAME32, just MAME, so how well will MAMEWAH run UMK3? i think it would run perfect but i need to make sure, I don’t have a PC now, it crashed, and I know MAME isn’t possible on the Wii xP

  29. June 5, 2009 11:55 pm
    JMaxVG

    That is awesome!!! I’d love to have my own MAME cab ^^

  30. June 5, 2009 11:55 pm
    JMaxVG

    That is awesome!!! I’d love to have my own MAME cab ^^

  31. July 23, 2009 09:15 pm
    inachu

    How did you get rid of the legal notices when running a rom???????Because that is my next step

  32. August 8, 2009 02:31 am
    maestro4202

    Yeah very cool, way to go. I was wondering, is it pretty easy to get the PC to support an arcade monitor?

  33. August 15, 2009 09:38 am
    Robobbly

    how do you conect the coin opp is it conected to the keyboard or is it more complecated?

  34. August 15, 2009 12:51 pm
    codrr

    Wow… your mame cab is amazing!, so beautiful..

  35. September 5, 2009 06:42 pm
    afoth01

    That is a great layout! Could you please email me the file? I will shoot you payment if you would like. Thanks

  36. September 29, 2009 03:48 pm
    klote2314

    what about delaying the start up for the tv until mame is loaded thats a way to hide ur bios

  37. October 14, 2009 11:40 pm
    captinkao

    Well done mate.Good work.

  38. October 17, 2009 09:09 pm
    sonofsam717

    Beautiful cab. How can I get the preview movies? I’m using mamewah too.

  39. October 20, 2009 01:27 pm
    Ramazanook23

    How did you get that games’s previews at mame menu?

  40. October 26, 2009 12:40 am
    akumatiti

    how much would these go for?

  41. November 10, 2009 03:47 pm
    LukeBasarab

    Amazing - what a great idea

  42. December 7, 2009 09:36 am
    leifashley27

    To sell? Not sure… I’ve seen full units go for a 1000-2000 dollars but it’s illegal to sell with any software. you could pretty much just build the unit and the computer and leave it up to the user to get the games on it. There isn’t any justifible money in making these unless you can make them for REALLY cheap by making them by the hundred and cloning the setups… trust me, myself and about a 1000 other people have already tried it.

  43. December 7, 2009 09:36 am
    leifashley27

    that’s a mamewah.ini setting. setup mamewah and in the ini file for the preview artwork just reference your folder with the appropriate named video files.

  44. December 7, 2009 09:36 am
    leifashley27

    that’s a mamewah.ini setting. setup mamewah and in the ini file for the preview artwork just reference your folder with the appropriate named video files.

  45. December 7, 2009 09:37 am
    leifashley27

    That’s the plan… I’d have to do it with a timed relay of sorts.

  46. December 7, 2009 09:37 am
    leifashley27

    Using unused inputs from the IPAC to register coin activity.

  47. December 7, 2009 12:19 pm
    akumatiti

    oh i seeso where did you get everything to make it?im refuring to the hardware not the software

  48. December 7, 2009 12:19 pm
    akumatiti

    oh i seeso where did you get everything to make it?im refuring to the hardware not the software

  49. December 8, 2009 10:25 am
    Robobbly

    Thanks so much you realy helpd. *Virtual Hug*

  50. January 20, 2010 08:53 pm
    animeja

    Very good and this PC is very fast with Mame!My PC dont is fast like your PC.RobinsonSão Paulo - Brazil

  51. March 17, 2010 02:28 pm
    SubZeroGTA

    can you make one and sell it to me?

  52. March 26, 2010 05:50 pm
    michaelboett173

    nice project….where can I download that version of mame???

  53. May 10, 2010 01:46 pm
    princevinny97

    where did you buy the coin box ??????????????

  54. June 27, 2010 03:46 am
    JoeCnNd

    How many games do you have and how long did it take you to get all of them? Nice vid by the way.

  55. July 31, 2010 03:07 pm
    foxyfoxyfo

    wooooooow, i m starting to build my first cabinet in about 30 days, as soon as i get back too europe, im doing a lot of reading to get things right, your cabinet is just awesome, is there any webpage, book etc you d suggest, hopefully in a few month time i can post a video myself

  56. August 2, 2010 04:38 pm
    KingTMD

    @leifashley27 I was curious is it possible to put a list of games on one machine? I’ve got a list of games whhich I would like to put on just one machine?

  57. September 6, 2010 08:53 pm
    DreamHomeArcades

    Check out how the pro’s do it :) Dream Home Arcades

  58. September 16, 2010 07:33 am
    seeser

    Awesome machine dude. The screen looks great in there. I’m impressed that the P4 with 1GB runs the preview screens and roms so nicely. I guess if it’s streamlined to do so it would make sense. So what OS does someone use for something like this? Anyone???

  59. September 26, 2010 12:07 am
    KingTMD

    @leifashley27 How much did this cost you? Would you make anotehr to sell?

  60. October 13, 2010 09:22 am
    GILakaGP3

    were do you get the preview videos from

  61. November 21, 2010 08:27 am
    drphem

    NOVICE!!!! FUCKING NOVICE

  62. December 14, 2010 05:27 pm
    saphirewind186

    im plannin on buildin one of those. it will have four joysticks, a trackball, a keyboard, light guns, and a pc built inside.

  63. December 16, 2010 03:25 am
    suiCYANIDEable

    Beautiful cabinet, you should be proud! Did you build it all yourself or by a kit to assemble for the cab? If it’s original would you share the plans? I’d really like to build one based off yours.

  64. January 16, 2011 01:41 pm
    ninjatwinbee

    Very nice machine man, great job. I like the video previews too.

  65. February 28, 2011 04:00 pm
    technologyinfo

    the one thing i don’t get is, where is mame installed to? I know it’s a stupid question (i’m new to this) but it seems like it’s on a seperate computer just for the mame software. The only way i could get this to work is by connecting a cabinet to an actual PC then running mame off that. Can you help me on this?

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