Retrotron - New Mame Cab Project

[scott]

Hey all, I'm working on a new Mame arcade cab for a friend of mine and thought I'd share the link to the build progress thread over at BYOAC. The plan is to make this old cab look like a Robotron cab, but instead the art will all be modified to read "RETROTRON: 1984". I've been commissioned (read: given a bunch of PS2 games) to build this as a surprise for my friends 7 year old son. And the plan is to sneak it into the house just before he has a big sleep over with his friends on the 24th of November!

If you're interested in the project, feel free to check it out over here:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,123258.msg1308938.html

Wish me luck.

[blipcs76]

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.  I'm been promising to do a MAME cabinet for my brother for over a year, but I'm still a little intimidated, as I'm really not very good with electronics.

[scott]

They are a super fun project and once you get rolling on it you'll learn a lot on the fly. If you wanna check out my cab's thread (Right Here) I did a pretty good write up on the whole process and maybe it'll give you some pointers. Also, if you need to ask questions feel free and if you want you can hop on the BYOAC forums and they are great at encouraging folks and helping overcome obstacles.

[jcalder8]

That looks like a cool project. Are you going to be doing custom side art on it?

[scott]

Ya basically, I'll be taking the Robotron: 2084 graphics and changing them to say Retrotron: 1984. So rather than 2084 down the side of the cab, it will say 1984. 

[ko1ru]

That's pretty sweet!  Nice work so far. 

[scott]

Thanks! I hope to have the artwork done soon so I can get that on order. It's the only thing I'm worried about at the moment, since once I order it, it's out of my hands and I'm at the mercy of the printer's schedule.

[scott]

Just finished doing the artwork!

About to send it off to be printed, possibly tomorrow. I just need to do some last minute check and tweaks to make sure that all 3 of the prints have the exact same colors, especially black.

[ko1ru]

That looks so cool.  I can't wait to see it when it's done!   

[jcalder8]

Those graphics look great, I can't wait to see the finished product.

[scott]

Thanks guys. I put in the order for the graphics late last night and now all that needs to be done is the PC and cabinet work. If all goes well I should have no problem meeting my Nov 24th deadline.

[scott]

Posted a new update. We are now 2 weeks away from the deadline. Will he make it?

[soera]

Good luck Scott. Just read your whole thread on the other forum ... looks like a really cool project. I have been thinking of making me some sort of mini arcade but Im not sure how its going to go. I may plan it out soon (I want it done before Ni No Kuni comes out cause once it does, Im going to be in hermit mode for a while). Once you are done with your project, maybe I can beat some details out of you on how to get mine going.   

[scott]

Ha, k. You may be able to glean some idea from my other thread too.

[scott]

Oh man. The artwork was at my house when I got there.... they look so sexy. It just made me that much more hyped about this project.