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<blockquote data-quote="Dumpstar" data-source="post: 127293" data-attributes="member: 367"><p>When I built my own, I just grabbed an old TMNT (or Simpsons if you prefer), 4 player cabinet. Had players 1+2 with 6 buttons, 3+4 with 4 buttons. Just used an old PC. Grabbed a CRT TV to plug into it (though ensure you get someone to take off the static on the back of the tube who knows what they are doing). Probably the hardest thing these days is finding a video card with Video-S out. Looks just like an arcade machine due to the cabinet and CRT TV combo. I used a ipac to wire up the joysticks.</p><p></p><p>Never had any issues with it before it had to go (missus). If you go down this route, just ensure you get a very basic front end where you can stipulate the games that appear. I ended up with menus for 4 players games, 2 player co-op, 2 player vs, high score challenge (version of the game set to the hardest difficulty) etc.</p><p></p><p>Like this you can also set it up as a jukebox as well for parties.</p><p></p><p>If you have any questions about MAME, just PM me as I have been mucking aroudn with that forever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dumpstar, post: 127293, member: 367"] When I built my own, I just grabbed an old TMNT (or Simpsons if you prefer), 4 player cabinet. Had players 1+2 with 6 buttons, 3+4 with 4 buttons. Just used an old PC. Grabbed a CRT TV to plug into it (though ensure you get someone to take off the static on the back of the tube who knows what they are doing). Probably the hardest thing these days is finding a video card with Video-S out. Looks just like an arcade machine due to the cabinet and CRT TV combo. I used a ipac to wire up the joysticks. Never had any issues with it before it had to go (missus). If you go down this route, just ensure you get a very basic front end where you can stipulate the games that appear. I ended up with menus for 4 players games, 2 player co-op, 2 player vs, high score challenge (version of the game set to the hardest difficulty) etc. Like this you can also set it up as a jukebox as well for parties. If you have any questions about MAME, just PM me as I have been mucking aroudn with that forever. [/QUOTE]
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