Final steps: Put the fucking controls in the fucking holes that are 1 and 1/4 inches in diameter, put the Ultimarc Mini-PAC and wires in and connect them to all the shit, connect a ground cable to all the shit, install WinIPAC on the PC and program it to work with all the shit, download 26 gigs of illegal games that work with MAME, BOOM. ( Read more... )

This past summer I, with buttloads of help from my brother-in-law, built a MAME cocktail arcade cabinet. The goal was to see if I could build relatively decent machine for as little money as possible. The final damage, not counting parts I already owned: about $280. That includes the cost of beer that I used to bribe my bro-in-law as he ( Read more... )