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Homemade MAME arcade cocktail-style machine

Ian writes - "This is a scratch-built MAME machine, based around my mum-in-laws old Pentium 3. Much more fun than Quake 4...There are a lot of MAME machines around, but very few cocktail-style cabinets - they seem to be mostly upright. I also haven't seen any side-by-side two-player setups. The aluminium legs were sourced from a hospitality supply company...Oh, and the machine is wi-fi enabled, so I can use iTunes for dinner parties..." Link. I'm hoping Ian will post some more photos and details so folks can build their own too.

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Posted by: mikemontana on February 21, 2006 at 6:58 AM

Wow nice work! Really nice work. Is the top made of glass or Lexan? How did you have it cut?

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Posted by: nicksoper on February 21, 2006 at 7:13 AM

I have made a table arcade machine, with a fully custom game called xplosion. The idea thatit was unimposing and it actually works as a pub table.

I'll be posting it on makezine as soon as I have documented the production process.

I did it as part of a games module at university, under a "viable company" named fobo, and we called the table Socious

Nick

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