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Interested in a Good MAME Cabinet at a Decent Price?

I recently spec’d out a MAME cabinet from www.arcadesinc.com.

—– Original Message —–
From: Adam Kooyer
To: info@arcadesinc.com ; mark@arcadesinc.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 8:19 AM
Subject: ArcadesInc.com Quote Request

The following quote was submitted from ArcadesInc.com.

Referral method: Google Search

Here is the cabinet specs:

Cabinet Style
The Essential Cabinet

Control Panel
4 Player
Trackball: Illuminated Trackball
Spinner: Yes
4-Way Joystick: Yes

Monitor
27″ CRT

Sound
Standard

CPU
None

Options

And the response:

Adam,

Thank you for your inquiry!

The price of your MAME cabinet as outlined below would be $1195.00.

We build all our cabinets from scratch to your specifications. We use a textured paint on the exterior surfaces, and a laminate surface on the outer upper sides of the cabinet as well as the control panel surface. Your cabinet will include a plexiglass monitor bezel and plexiglass marquee with backlight. The cabinet has a master power switch that controls all power, including a powerstrip for the video display and CPU. We use professional quality parts in all respects. The arcade joysticks and buttons are certified for over 10 million cycles.

Once again, thank you. If I can answer any other questions for you, please do not hesitate to ask. I am glad to answer them. If you’re ready to get your order started, please let me know. I’ll get the order submitted and the parts ordered so we can get your cabinet out to you as soon as possible.

Best,

Mark
www.arcadesinc.com
303.929.6275

With all of the options I ordered on this bad boy I’d say this is a pretty good deal. Throw an old computer inside and you’re golden.

Posted by Madaracs on March 2, 2006 at 9:50 am

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Posted under: Computers & MAME

Yahoo Group

We’ve created a yahoo group for GridCycle gamers. We’re going to attempt to try and have a once-a-week gaming session online. Probably starting at 8:30 one night a week and we’ll play 10ish or whenever people decide to leave. The point is to be able to hook up with your friends before the game and keep a record of where we went in case someone arrives late.

There are chat capabilities within the group and we have file upload options and whatever else. Shoot me or 2J an email and we’ll add you to the group. You may be able to join just by going here:

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/gridcycle/

Posted by Madaracs on February 28, 2006 at 3:40 pm

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Posted under: Announcements / Events
Tags: Site, Yahoo Group

c64 PnP (DTV) Joystick with Free Domain Name

More good deals at buy.com it seems. Here is a Commodore 64 plug and play joystick featuring 30 authentic C64 games from buy.com for a mere $24.98. In fact, they’re not just authentic. It contains a REAL C64 rom in it!

So it’s an OK price–I’ve seen the cheaper in town from time to time. However! the hitch here is that you also get a free GoDaddy.com domain name ($10 value) when you purchase it. I’m sure there are other deals that include this at buy.com right now–but the real reason that this one is so cool is that this thing is hackable. There are several sites with instructions on how to split this puppy open and add peripherals to make it effectively a fully functional C64!

Links on ‘How to hack the c64 PNP Joystick’:

Monkey Central C64 DTV Hack

Hummer Game from Radio Shack Hack (this game runs off of a 64 Rom)

Orrville DTV Hacking

Posted by Madaracs on February 23, 2006 at 3:22 pm

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Posted under: Consoles & Handhelds
Tags: Retro

Good Deal on Arcade Style Stick for PS2

Awhile back, Cloudscout bought some of these on woot.com at a reduced price. He gave one to me as a gift. They’re great if you have a PS One or PS2 laying around. At less than $50 this is a very good buy. Only 4 left.

Check them out at buy.com.

They have solid construction and authentic arcade sticks and buttons. You can remove the T-Molding on these and totally customize the template underneath. If you want to label your buttons so you know which one is the X, [ ], O or /\ buttons on the PS2 joystick this can be handy. I’ve found that it’s excellent for most retro games in my collection and that kids like it even more. My neice and nephew had a blast playing Finding Nemo on the PS2. By the way, Finding Nemo as a game for kids is great–but I don’t enjoy it myself.