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MAME Cabinet #07

I’ve placed my order with Happ Controls for two 4/8 way joysticks, 12 coloured buttons, a 1 Player button and a 2 Player button, a coin door and T-Molding. Oooh, can’t wait…

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MAME Cabinet #06

Moving on, I installed the top back section and the top itself. The angled back section was going to require cutting the edges at a 45 degree angle. Since I…

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MAME Cabinet #05

Once you’ve cut all the parts you can start screwing it all together. I started by putting the base together. Having previously built the model helped here as from the…

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MAME Cabinet #04

Finally, I got around to starting work on the actual cabinet. Once you get going on this it is very hard to stop! However, it is important to take a…

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MAME Cabinet #03

Before I started working on real full size sheets of MDF, I thought I’d cut all the parts out using cardboard first. I cut 3 8×4 sections from an old…

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MAME Cabinet #02

I did quite a lot of research into what other people did before embarking on my own project. In the end, I chose to follow the plans provided by LuSid as the…

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MAME Cabinet #01

I’ve been playing with M.A.M.E. arcade emulator for quite a few years now. It’s an amazing piece of software that lets you play all the arcade games you used to play as…

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Pac-Man Diary #11

I extend the ‘eating ghosts’ code so that when you eat them a sound plays and the amount you’ve scored for eating it is displayed. I want it look just…

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Pac-Man Diary #10

Well, tomorrow is here. Changed quite a few things cosmetically! There’s now a picture surrounding the maze on a dark blue background. The only black area now is in the…

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Pac-Man Diary #09

I decide to rewrite a lot of the code to do with moving the ghosts. It’s just getting too messy. I’ve now included more arrays so I can configure each…

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