mame arcade setup?

Question

can anyone give any advice on how or what type of computer is compatable with the front ends for the roms? I plan to put this in an arcade cabinet with an tv monitor with an s-video on the back. In addition to the two player joysticks, I also want to have a trackball, a spinner, and 1 joystick mounted sideways for the game Q-bert. Is there a restrictor plate that I can use for Q-bert, so that I don't have to mount an extra joystick just for that one game? I am a newbie to the mame type of arcade systems. Websites that have good illustrations of how to hook up the accessories would be nice to. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

For what your talking about I always send people to CHRO-MAME http://www.dave-gallagher.net/arcade/porn/page17.htm
Great resource. Also on eBay you can get project plans from ryanhaws6c5k http://cgi.ebay.com/MAME-COMPATIBLE-PC-ARCADE-Project-Plans-0-Shipping_W0QQitemZ190159482887QQihZ009QQcategoryZ13716QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

You can use any modern CPU to run the older game no problem its the newer games that require CHD files that need dual processing+.

Here are a couple more Building sights:
http://tmsoft.com/article-arcade.htm
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/10/mame_cabinet_build_photos.html
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/arcade/
http://www.marcianitos.org/turecreativa.php
http://mame-arcade.olivierc.com/index_en.html

Front end programs:
http://www.gameex.net/
http://www.marcianitos.org/turecreativa.php
http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/
http://mame.danzbb.com/
http://www.maximusarcade.com/

Parts:
http://www.happcontrols.com/index.html?http://www.happcontrols.com/pushbuttons/5891xxl.htm!
http://www.ultimarc.com/
http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=index
http://www.gamecabinetsinc.com/index.shtml
http://www.mameroom.com/home.asp
http://www.localarcade.com/arcade_art/index.php
http://www.mameworld.net/massive/homepage/homepage.html
http://www.mamemarquees.com/index.php
http://www.mameworld.net/massive/How-to/Cabinet_Extras/cabinet_extras.html
http://www.ozstick.com.au/index.html


Join this Control Panel Forum:
http://www.mamemarquees.com/index.php

Do a search for mame on yahoo answers advances search for resolved questions and there is a wealth of information there too.

And MAME is not against the law but if you sell it or have roms you dont own you might get in trouble.

Answer 2

that's not legall

you shouldn't tell yahoo you are being illegall