My custom arcade cabinet - "Rainy Days"

So, after countless hours of work I have finally finished my 2nd arcade cabinet which I have decided to name "Rainy Days" (after all, it's on rainy days you want to stay inside and play arcade games, right?). :)

This is a custom 2-player arcade/MAME cabinet with 7 buttons for each player, an arcade spinner, a 3" arcade trackball and a dedicated 4-way joystick for classic games like Donkey Kong, Frogger etc.

The cabinet features a 27" Wells Gardner D9800 arcade monitor and an ArcadeVGA2 graphics card for authentic retro gaming.

The complete worklog (with tons of pictures) can be viewed here:

http://www.arcadeforum.com/forum/rainy-days-2-player-upright-arcade-cabinet-t...

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Your comments will be appreciated a lot. Thanks for watching! :)

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Background music used in this video:

Mongo Erectus - Commando (Kill all hippies version) - (from remix.kwed.org)
Moonove - Thanatos - (from remix.kwed.org)

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• arcade
• cabinet
• mame
• retro
• games
• classic
• emulation
• monitor
• d9800

[EvilChicobo]

Question for you, What kind of speaker covers do you have? I have a cabinet from Mameroom too did you just cut out the speaker slits they had and put your own in? Or are those just mounted covers?

[GloryDaysBartop]

@EvilChicobo I have just mounted regular speaker covers on top of the pre-cut speaker grills.

[ebonygentleman79]

Sweet cabinet. I have been wanting to build one of these for months. About how much did you invest in your cab? This stuff is inspiring....and such a source of envy!

Again, congrats on your dream machine.

[GloryDaysBartop]

Thanks a lot! Well, this one cost me plenty, as lots of the hardware had to be imported from USA etc. I live in Norway, so the shipping costs are huge (especially for the heavy arcade monitor). I think it was worth it though. :)

[AustinTxprettyboi]

Hey man was up qith that big bar line keep going up an down the screen? I hope the monter does not do that on normally? Cause iwas going to buy one so let me no man!!

[GloryDaysBartop]

:) That's only in the video. The reason you see that flickering is because the video is recorded in a different refresh rate than what the monitor is showing. CRT monitors always flicker on video.

I can ensure you that the arcade monitor is crystal clear without any flickering what so ever. :)

[inxs13]

Very nice job. Thanks for sharing

[xN8tiveTrollZz]

Abit cheesy but I like it.

[poopdogtaco]

Gotta love them, "My custom arcade cabinet" even though everything except for the stickers and software was premade. Personally I'm disgusted by the structural design and I don't get why people want to buy it at such a high price.

[egitana]

Were Im its in sunny days that you want to stay inside

[winstong2000]

@oyama82 ARCADE MONITORS ARE NOT TVS.DO SOME RESEARCH NEXT TIME.

[oyama82]

@joystickdotnet My friend thats what I tell you,with a crt tv and proper installation of soft15khz+cable,you dont just do the trick but make your tv a real arcade monitor(actually arcade monitors are tvs without tuners)but anyway its up to you.

Also,dont just rely on ultimarc,there are more other vendors which have bigger collection of arcade parts and are much cheaper.

Keep up your cool work and have fun :)

[joystickdotnet]

@androtaz05 It's huge and heavy, but it's awesome. Too bad it's out of production.

[joystickdotnet]

@moonov3 Thanks for letting me use it. :)

[joystickdotnet]

@Pandabearmadness Show me a shop that sells them and I will go buy them (not 2nd hand). If it wasn't for ROM extractions a lot of great, classic games would have been forgotten and eliminated. Original carts only last that long..

[joystickdotnet]

@Ganbareg music info is in the video description. Thanks for the feedback! :)