We have different definitions for the word secret. ;)

this is a totally worthy self link

I need more information about that Volvo 850(?). I love those things. Also video of MAME in action pls.

It's a sweet '97 with a mini spoiler that says "you're killing me smalls" and bandaid stickers

Pretty cool there mookie but damn your shop is a mess. Pick those scraps up and try not to slip on all that sawdust, OK?

Ya- it's not classically clean 🤷🏻‍♀️

Nicely done, mookie. Just taking the photos must have taken a couple of weeks.

I took photos at every stage. I wonder how much was driven by "This is what it looked like before it all burned down to the ground."

15 year old me just came in his pants.

Where did you get a clone of yourself? I didn't know we had human cloning 15 years ago.

Not to steal mookie's thunder, but here's mine.

http://imgur.com/gallery/KWNTa

Mine's more streamlined:

I don't like those things because I find it awkward to work the joystick with one hand and both hold it and work the buttons with the other hand.

If you guys have any questions about the process or anything please feel free to ask. I made a ton of mistakes throughout the whole thing. :)

how about the play test phase? has it undergone this phase?

more importantly, do you require assistance with this process??

I actually only have some of the roms working and am in grave need of play test assistance.

Do you need a skeevy looking dude loitering around trying to get minors to smoke weed with him in his bitchin' conversion van? For that authentic arcade ambiance?

All I'd need is some weed and a van.

You can actually, theoretically, smoke weed INSIDE the cabinet.

Why are you using such a heavy duty structure to attach the monitor? Are you planning on replacing that monitor with a much bigger one, or is the cabinet meant to double as an engine hoist?

The monitor can be pushed back for light gun games.

The TV is old so it's heavy af. It was just sitting in my room never turned on so I thought I'd put it on there. Turns out it seemed bigger in Japan.

Everything is bigger in Japan.

"This tiny apartment makes my dick look huge!"
--Mookiee, probably

The light gun works with non-crt display?

You can't have a cursor on the screen. Or vise Versace. I can't remember. They aren't working yet because my USB hub o ort melted the sensors I think :/ I might have needed some kind of weird 5v USB hub? Dunno.

If you build it, they will cum.

The sexbot post was a few days ago.

If the brain of this thing is a Raspberry Pi, then that cabinet is mostly empty. Stick some speakers and a subwoofer in there.

And a kegerator with voice activated beer tap.

And a urinal.

Even better, combine the two to make a piss activated beer tap!

I have a kegerator that can tweet.

I literally have a giant subwolfer sitting in my room I haven't used for ten years that I want to put in there.

I'm jealous because I'd love to do this, but I do not have shop space.

A lot of companies make and sell MAME machines. You can find them on Amazon, Ebay, and even Craigslist.

If you really want to build one yourself, you can buy a kit with all the pieces precut.