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Updated: December 28th, 2004 |
NEWS:
For those of you on Arcadecontrols.com message board, you will know that
my wife and I were working on a Mini Arcade Cabinet called "Game Station".
My wife Michelle and I have completed the cabinet which was given to my two
nephews (4 and 6 yrs) for Christmas. The cabinet turned out great! It is
by far the best one I have done to date. Our two nephews used to come to
our place all the time and begged to play DemonCade. Now they have their very
own, which is their size, and of course has their type of theme to it. I
designed the artwork myself and it turned out very well, I had Scott at
Mamemarquees.com print it off and it looks very good. My nephews are both Fire
Fighter fanatics, so I designed the artwork with our local Fire Dept logo on it,
and incorporated pictures of my two nephews Jack and Sam in their fire fighter
gear. I also put my brother and dad into the art as they are both firefighters
too! I did not put me into the artwork as I am not a firefighter, I wear
the other color ...um.. blue. This unit is perfect size for the little
one, or midget in your family! (my wife is the midget in our family!)
FEATURES:
Custom made mini cabinet from scratch (20wx24"d by 4 Feet High)
2 player control panel featuring two 8 way happ joysticks, with 6 player buttons
and 2 pinball style buttons on each side of the cabinet.
1 button power on/exit button
2 wheels and 2 front level legs
Connected to a 1.8 Pentium Celeron System
14" PC Monitor
Rear light switch that activates Marquee light.
1 Working Fire Dept. rotary light.
Custom fire fighter personalized marquee, and side art.
Custom fire dept. logo on the front.
Custom Christmas card on rear.
SOFTWARE:
Currently running Windows XP Professional, Mamewah front end with Fire
Fighter custom skins. Mamewah runs various childrens mp3 songs, and uses custom
firefighter sounds when games are launched.
Mamewah runs in a shell, so none of the Windows XP screens are present, it looks
like it goes into it's own OS.
PICTURES:(some photos have been
edited)
The cabinet prior to
paint
Michelle and I
playing
Little guy playing
game
The completed
cabinet
The rotary
light/marquee
Marquee
On button power on
Custom
sideartwork
Custom Rear label
Christmas Card
Custom
Skin-Sample
LINKS:
Build Your Own
Arcade- The ultimate website for arcade lovers.
Mamewah- The best emulator front end.
Lazarus- Another great emulator front
end.
Happ Controls-Source
for all your arcade parts.
Starburst Games-
Canada's version of Happs. Dave in parts is great.
Joel's
Gadgets- Great source for LED for coin doors, and other parts.
Mamemarquees.com-The source for
arcade artwork. Highly Recommended!
COMMENTS:
I appreciate any comments please feel free to email me. Always feel free
to ask me any questions.
If anyone is interested in custom/personalized artwork for your cabinet let me
know. I really enjoy doing it and I am sure we could work something out. I am
not a pro but I will do my best for you.
