Building a MAME cabinet - looking for advice

[WFJared]

Howdy, all.

I'm building my first MAME cabinet. I've never delved into the arcade world so I am in dire need of advice from those more knowledgeable than I am. I'm planning on running MALA and hopefully HyperPin for some pinball goodness. I'm using an old CRT TV for the monitor to get that old school look and feel. It'll only be a 2-player cabinet with 6 buttons and a joystick per player. I have all of the parts already, I'm just waiting to start the actual building.

My question to all of you is this. Which arcade cabinet should I model my MAME cabinet off of? I was thinking of going classic Pac-Man style. My initial dream was to do an MK3 style cab, but that will be too large.

I'm open to all kinds of ideas, thoughts, suggestions and advice.

I'd appreciate any help I can get.

[EDD]

Dont rush things or cut corners. Take your time and have fun with it. Patience is a virtue.

[lesoleil70]

and stay away from this wine.

[WFJared]

Dont rush things or cut corners. Take your time and have fun with it. Patience is a virtue.

Thank you. I'm definitely excited about it.

[MechaGregor_]

My initial dream was to do an MK3 style cab, but that will be too large.

That is a little big, but I love MK3 artwork and the marquee is pretty bad ass.

[WFJared]

My initial dream was to do an MK3 style cab, but that will be too large.

That is a little big, but I love MK3 artwork and the marquee is pretty bad ass.

Exactly! I actually wanted to just gut out an MK3 cab and build my mame around that, but the only one in the region for sale is about $550. A bit too much for starting in the hobby.

[MechaGregor_]

Yea I would say so! I'd love to have any cabinet I just don't have the space right now period. I have a hard enough time buying shelving for my console gaming collection.