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Arcade-a-licious April

There are three steps to this month's goal:

  1. Build a MAME arcade machine
  2. Play games on said arcade machine
  3. Host a party during which guests may compete in the game of their choice, with the loser donating a specified amount to a charity (shameless plug) like AIDS/LifeCycle.

That's the gist of it. Sorry if it's not too exciting. But if you complain too much, you won't get an invite to the party at the end of the month .

Retrofitting an arcade cabinet is hard

Sat, 04/18/2009 - 17:29 | by Jesse

I've spent most of today getting tools and hardware to start some legitimate work on my arcade cabinet, but I'm finding that almost everything is just a little bit off. It's incredibly frustrating, and i don't even know where to start. I guess it was kind of dumb to buy an old cabinet which had been customized to fit a particular board and monitor, and expect to just be able to "plug in" my own setup. Ugh...I should've just built this thing on my own from scratch.

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The State of the Arcade Machine...

Mon, 04/13/2009 - 07:09 | by Jesse

...is a bad one.

Empty Arcade Machines Make for Poor Decor

Wed, 04/01/2009 - 00:28 | by Jesse

A few months ago, my friend Tokle and I visited an arcade warehouse down the street from our office after work. As he was checking out the pinball tables, I fell in love with a custom Multicade machine that they had set up. The only problem was that it cost over $3,000.