MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. Its purpose is to document the inner workings of those pioneering games of the video arcade era. Remember Pacman, Space Invaders, DigDug, etc, well, they are all documented and what's more fully playable in the MAME project.
Like many others, I started dabbling with Mame and got hooked. Not content with playing all my old favorites on my PC's monitor and keyboard, in January of 2003 I undertook to build my own MAME cabinet. Key to this decision was the release of
Also like many others, I began by looking at existing cabinets. I don't know about your area, but Austin, TX is a tight market for used video games. I attribute it to the excessive number of tech nerds (yes, I'm one) here with high incomes. This leads to tough competition for existing cabinets. On to plan 2, build your own (of course, at the time, I didn't know that X-Arcade would build them for you. Click the link and look for "Arcade Center" to see what I'm talking about.).
So, you want to build your own cabinet? Lots of questions here. Which design to use? What to use for a display screen (arcade monitor, computer monitor, tv, or *gasp* LCD)? What PC to power it? Other uses for this machine? I'll answer all on the following pages.
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