Are any of the build your own arcade books any good?

Whoop · 12 Aug 2007 at 17:06

Seen a few of these around and I'm not getting anywhere buying a built bargain so thought I might give it a whirl. Anyone got experience with the books at all?

Whoop

Begbie · 12 Aug 2007 at 20:10

Sure you will find a free quide on the net somewhere.

Thought about doing it myself.

Tony Williams · 12 Aug 2007 at 21:09

http://arcadecontrols.com/

might help!

Chaos · 12 Aug 2007 at 21:14

Someone on the forums built a nice one, as mentioned arcadecontrols is a good site.

You could also and buy a cheap Jamma Arcade Cabinet and use the J-pac interface to connect it to a pc.

Tony Williams · 12 Aug 2007 at 21:51

Personally I'd perfer a HTPC w/ frontend for emulators and a 360 controller ... but I guess some like the big ol' cabnets.

Whoop · 13 Aug 2007 at 07:47

Big ol' cabinet for me

Even if you buy an old battered cabinet they still seem to charge a premium and I fancied a book as I can take it away from the pc with me instead of printing out the pages off the net. It just seems neater, especially if I need to explain my requirements to someone else.

Whoop

Chaos · 13 Aug 2007 at 12:26

Whoop said:
Big ol' cabinet for me

Even if you buy an old battered cabinet they still seem to charge a premium a

I got a Metal Slug Jamma cab for £50 fully working off the bay.

Whoop · 13 Aug 2007 at 13:03

Chaos said:
I got a Metal Slug Jamma cab for £50 fully working off the bay.

Bah well I haven't got that lucky yet lol, I check 2 or 3 times a week and do put bids on. I have downloaded the plans for the minimame cab too but I think I want to go full size.

Whoop