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Have you EVER seen a gaming-rig like this?

lokesenlokesen Registered User regular
edited February 2008 in Games and Technology
Hi, just finished building my gaming rig from scratch. Make of wood and plexi-glass.

Here is a link for alot of pictures, specs and how it was build. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.koenigs.dk/mame/eng/

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Cheers,
Rasmus

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  • paco_pepepaco_pepe Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    The art is really nice, how much did you spent for the entire project? (including the PC)

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  • SilvoculousSilvoculous Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Wasn't this on the front page of Slashdot for the longest time?

    Very, very cool.

    Edit: Nope.

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  • SirUltimosSirUltimos Don't talk, Rusty. Just paint. Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Looks really nice. Good job.

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  • EskimoDaveEskimoDave Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    thats pretty badass.

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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
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    Color me skeptical. It would be pretty damn cool though. Pain in the ass to move around, but cool.

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  • ViscountalphaViscountalpha The pen is mightier than the sword http://youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyIRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Very nice. I think they sell the MAME marquees somewhere. Anyhow, definitely a nice arcade machine cabinet.

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  • lokesenlokesen Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    paco_pepe wrote: »
    The art is really nice, how much did you spent for the entire project? (including the PC)

    Thanks for the great response. I have used about $1200 or 6500 danish kroner in total. Thats alot to me, but I just needed to make this cabinet and hope it could inspire others :)

    Best regards, Rasmus Soerensen

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  • lokesenlokesen Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    It has wheels, it would be impossible to move otherwise :D

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  • CentipeedCentipeed Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    In response to the thread title: Yes. I have.

    http://www.arcadecontrols.com is a community solely dedicated to building MAME cabinets and realistic arcade control panels. If you want some other examples of this kind of machine, hit it up.

    lokesen: Yours is definitely a well built example, though.

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  • TheSonicRetardTheSonicRetard Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I have 2 arcade machines in houston. One, a restored Wonderboy jamma cabinet, the other, a converted Carnival Balloon cabinet, housing a PC.

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  • SirUltimosSirUltimos Don't talk, Rusty. Just paint. Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    TheSonicRetard wrote: »
    I have 2 arcade machines in houston. One, a restored Wonderboy jamma cabinet, the other, a converted Carnival Balloon cabinet, housing a PC.


    God dammit, man. You have everything.

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  • wunderbarwunderbar What Have I Done? Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Spam thread?

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  • CentipeedCentipeed Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    wunderbar wrote: »
    Spam thread?

    Did you even check out the link he gave in the OP?

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  • Mr_GrinchMr_Grinch Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    TSR, what do you actually DO for a living, and can you hire me?

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  • lokesenlokesen Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    TheSonicRetard wrote: »
    I have 2 arcade machines in houston. One, a restored Wonderboy jamma cabinet, the other, a converted Carnival Balloon cabinet, housing a PC.

    Wonderboy is my favorite arcade machine of all time. The only game I like better is Wonderboy in Monsterland, that game took all my coins when I was about 10 years old. I really really loved it. I have been a SEGA fan ever since. Bought a Sega Master System a short period after... Those were the times :)

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  • ViscountalphaViscountalpha The pen is mightier than the sword http://youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyIRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    lokesen wrote: »
    TheSonicRetard wrote: »
    I have 2 arcade machines in houston. One, a restored Wonderboy jamma cabinet, the other, a converted Carnival Balloon cabinet, housing a PC.

    Wonderboy is my favorite arcade machine of all time. The only game I like better is Wonderboy in Monsterland, that game took all my coins when I was about 10 years old. I really really loved it. I have been a SEGA fan ever since. Bought a Sega Master System a short period after... Those were the times :)

    There was some classic sega color vectors. TAC-SCAN is one of my favorite games. Sega did make a fair amount of innovative stuff that still has been unmatched. I still need to get around to finally assembling my ms.pacman cocktail. That is, when I'm able to finally secure a cocktail cabinet.

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  • lokesenlokesen Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Viscountalpha wrote: »
    lokesen wrote: »
    TheSonicRetard wrote: »
    I have 2 arcade machines in houston. One, a restored Wonderboy jamma cabinet, the other, a converted Carnival Balloon cabinet, housing a PC.

    Wonderboy is my favorite arcade machine of all time. The only game I like better is Wonderboy in Monsterland, that game took all my coins when I was about 10 years old. I really really loved it. I have been a SEGA fan ever since. Bought a Sega Master System a short period after... Those were the times :)

    There was some classic sega color vectors. TAC-SCAN is one of my favorite games. Sega did make a fair amount of innovative stuff that still has been unmatched. I still need to get around to finally assembling my ms.pacman cocktail. That is, when I'm able to finally secure a cocktail cabinet.

    Wow, thats a really cool game. Just about as retro as it gets, I just love it. Yep, SEGA has made a bunch of great games, but not much since the Dreamcast, where I think they peaked.

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  • TheSonicRetardTheSonicRetard Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Mr_Grinch wrote: »
    TSR, what do you actually DO for a living, and can you hire me?

    I'm a film student.

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    TheSonicRetard wrote: »
    Mr_Grinch wrote: »
    TSR, what do you actually DO for a living, and can you hire me?

    I'm a film student/drug trafficer.

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  • TheSonicRetardTheSonicRetard Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    TheSonicRetard wrote: »
    Mr_Grinch wrote: »
    TSR, what do you actually DO for a living, and can you hire me?

    I'm a film student/drug trafficer.

    we prefer the to be called "street pharmacists."

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  • JCRooksJCRooks Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Very nice!

    A colleague of mine from work actually does have a similar gaming-rig, although I'm not sure if he built it himself, bought it whole, or bought a kit to do it. It has the same setup, arcade-style cabinet with MAME, etc. Yours definitely looks nicer though!

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  • lokesenlokesen Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Thanks alot, I like building things from scratch.

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  • DiannaoChongDiannaoChong Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    What did you do for the screen? and size?

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  • slash000slash000 Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    TheSonicRetard wrote: »
    Mr_Grinch wrote: »
    TSR, what do you actually DO for a living, and can you hire me?

    I'm a film student.

    Wait.

    Maybe I'm confused.

    But I thought you were in Computer Science at UT.

    Also, when do you graduate?

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  • No Great NameNo Great Name FRAUD DETECTED Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    I has a 1981 Galaga cabinet
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    I've cleaned it up and put new decals on.

    edit: Sorry, didn't know that was that big.

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  • TheSonicRetardTheSonicRetard Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    slash000 wrote: »
    TheSonicRetard wrote: »
    Mr_Grinch wrote: »
    TSR, what do you actually DO for a living, and can you hire me?

    I'm a film student.

    Wait.

    Maybe I'm confused.

    But I thought you were in Computer Science at UT.

    Also, when do you graduate?

    I switched a long time ago. And, cross your fingers, next semester.

    Also, you still in austin? You graduated a while back, right?

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  • slash000slash000 Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    TheSonicRetard wrote: »
    slash000 wrote: »
    TheSonicRetard wrote: »
    Mr_Grinch wrote: »
    TSR, what do you actually DO for a living, and can you hire me?

    I'm a film student.

    Wait.

    Maybe I'm confused.

    But I thought you were in Computer Science at UT.

    Also, when do you graduate?

    I switched a long time ago. And, cross your fingers, next semester.

    Also, you still in austin? You graduated a while back, right?



    Ahhhh.... maybe you told me that and I forgot, but yeah, I was still under the impression you were in CS. Why the change? You seem like a pretty awesome programmer.

    Next semester you graduate, huh? That's good, good. Do you have a job lined up? (some people do, some people don't before their last semester. Most people get jobs lined up towards the middle/end of their last semester, and if not, then the following months after they graduate) My younger brother (cross fingers) should be graduating then too.

    As far as myself, unfortunately no, I'm not in Austin any more. I love that city. But I graduated UT in Spring 07, and held a summer job there while applying to law school - and now I'm in law school in Houston. So I rarely get the chance to go to Austin. Still have a ton of friends up there though, all with various jobs. So I try to make the occasional trip there, but it's extremely rare.

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  • lokesenlokesen Registered User regular
    edited February 2008
    No Great Name wrote: »
    I has a 1981 Galaga cabinet
    P9040026.jpg


    I've cleaned it up and put new decals on.

    edit: Sorry, didn't know that was that big.

    Thats a really cool cabinet. Galaga is one of the games I play most. It's hard, but has fantastic gameplay.

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  • apotheosapotheos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2008
    Lovely job, but emulation is a pretty big taboo around here. Read the rules before posting again.

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