Building a MAME Arcade
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Every Game Room or Man Cave needs a stand up arcade machine! This week: We are building and renovating a cheap stand-up arcade cabinet into a death metal black MAME arcade machine for the Metal Jesus Game Room! The original cab is a Centipede machine, front end for MAME is Hyperspin and the controller is the X-Arcade Dual Joystick.
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No trackball.. how are you gonna play capcom bowling? :P
+Gideon Waxfarb ---Or Centipede.
+Cao Xuân Ánh You're a spaz.
I understand what people mean about building it from scratch etc. but I thought it was pretty cool. Would have like to have a bit more detail on how you made it but never mind. Added to favourites for future reference too ^_^
I've been a long-time PC enthusiast. Yes, it's bad airflow, but considering what the machine is being used for, it's highly unlikely that the heating would be a problem. It's for stand-up arcade game sessions, not 5-hour long intensive gaming sessions. The games won't be pushing the machine very hard at all.
Also, you speak about "aesthetics," but as I mentioned, it's not an issue -- it's hidden inside the cabinet. There are no aesthetics to speak of.
Very very cool. and as recycling guy. I think its cool that you were able to make use of an arcade machine that probably would have gotten tossed in a dump.
Paul got some improv lyric skills for sure lol
We love you METALJESUS!!!
That is so awesome! I want to build one!
@Metaljesus you sounded like Homer Simpson when the beer was opened,lol
wow, what a great video! MetalJesus, you ROCK!
thank for the help im making an arcade this week
i'd normally agree, but is capcom bowling really worth preserving? and i know that it was originally centipede, but like he said in a comment (and like anyone with eyes could tell as he was peeling the bowling artwork off) the cooler centipede artwork on the sides was beyond repair
METALJESUSROCKS !!!! you and your friend make very enjoyable videos, and i envy your collection.... I just need to get my but dedicated to collecting !!!
This is awesome
RIP to another classic Centipede cabinet. Way to go.... 1 less dedicated game out there for a dumb MAME cab. Absolutely nothing resembling the original game. Should of just fabricated a new cabinet if you are going the X-Arcade route.
+MechaGregor _ The cabinet was already ruined by the last owner.
It was already shot,why not use it for something else? Plus Centipede is a pretty common game.
looks like it worked out for him, why all the butthurt in the comments?
What actually mean with '' You ripped off a hell of a lot during the build out'' You are saying it is better to actually rip less? Or that he shouldn't have ''destroyed'' an original arcade?
ohhh fuck this is complicated im going back to mechanics
LOL the intro was awesome, I think you guys did an excellent job on it so far, would love to have a MAME machine sometime myself.
A day before I released the most recent episode I went over to a friend's house who has the same Centipede cab to shoot the coin insert used in said episode. He's doing the same thing, converting it into a MAME thing. He said the front end was 200 GB alone. He showed it to me and it was cool. Not many ROMs, etc installed yet. His emulators had some v-sync issues but the front end was really smooth. Anyway I'm gonna show him this video and I won't even charge you for the extra view! :)
That's DMP's 2012 Dodge Challenger that has been upgraded with the Sports package, exhaust, better stereo and a bunch more. It's a really sweet ride!
LIke I mentioned previously... my wife says I have room for one...count 'em: ONE stand up arcade machine. This $35 machine is the one I decided to turn into a MAME machine. It's not rare, or hard to find locally...and honestly, it gets way more use now than as a dedicated Centipede machine in my house.
MetalJesusRocks $35? I wouldn’t have paid more than $33.50 😂
I'm not worried about the arcade purists, as we host a lot of parties at my house...and at some point BEER will be knocked over and spilled on this machine. It's the GAME CONSOLES that I get really anal about!
Centipede was already converted to Capcom Bowling before we bought it. The artwork was beyond repair.
I'm speechless (but can still type). No offense, and if you like this and it makes you happy, then great, but this is THE worst butchering of an arcade cab I have ever seen. Even ignoring the option of restoring this to a working centipede cab, which would have been incredibly easy since the cab is clearly in very good condition, not to mention made it something worth some money... there are so many better ways you could have converted this to a mame cab. Your mate clearly has plenty of tools, he could have easily disassembled the X-arcade and mounted it's buttons and sticks in the original metal control panel. There are multiple ways of interfacing a computer with an arcade monitor, none of which are expensive, and you originally wanted a portrait monitor anyway. Why on earth is there a big ugly exposed switch for the marquee light on the front?!? Plug the light into the powerboard inside, or at least put the switch on the back. Those speakers... I guess you at least acknowledge that they are pretty bad. I'd rather have left the peeling vinyl than slop paint on the side with a brush... at least spray it! I'm not really sure what the point of having an arcade cabinet is if it basically looks no better than putting a controller and monitor on a bookshelf. Ok I'm done.
Are you aware that prefacing a comment with "no offense" does not in any way negate the possibility that the comment is offensive. Not that I'm saying your comment is offensive, I actually agree with some of the things you are saying, but saying, "no offense" is a pet peeve of mine. In fact it usually turns an innocuous comment into an offensive comment. No offense of course. :D
Yes well, it seems to be a favourite pet peeve of many people to constantly point out that when people say "no offense" what follows is often offensive. But what is actually meant by "no offense" is: "I'm not saying this for the purpose of being offensive, but if I'm being honest *insert critique here*", so it is an acknowledgement that the opinion one is about to give may cause offense, but convey that one is simply being honest and is sorry for any offense caused. So it is in fact a way of being more tactful and polite, and I don't really understand why people get upset about it, probably because while the sentiment that this abbreviated phrase conveys was once commonly understood, this understanding has been lost over time. How it turns an innocuous comment into an offensive comment is beyond me, I don't see that at all.
HughWS Here's the thing though. If you have to preface a comment with "No offense", you probably failed in properly constructing an unoffensive comment in the first place. An unoffensive comment is self-evident, you don't have to preface an unoffensive comment with, "no offense" if it truly is an unoffensive comment.
And the fact of the matter is, prefacing a comment with "no offense", is now commonly associated with offensive comments, so saying, "no offense" is actually counter-productive, because people are now conditioned to be offended by "no offense" comments. So you're better off just trying to be as unoffensive as possible in your remarks/criticism, without thinking saying, "no offense" will mitigate any hurt feelings.
I disagree with everything you just said and will continue to use this phrase where appropriate.
HughWS So in other words, you are incapable of formulating a cogent argument against my points. You therefore have been intellectually defeated, and in a desperate attempt to save face, you remain obstinate in your irrationality. Of course there is no cure for stupidity unfortunately, and stubborn fools like yourself rather dig their heels in the sand than admit that their position is intellectually bankrupt. No offense of course. :)
Actually we joke about drinking and being drunk, but we maybe had 3 beers over the entire day. You can rest assured we both came away with all our appendages intact.
Paul just doesn't have the room in his house...but he LOVES to build things, so he jumped at the chance. Plus, he's over at my house all the time, so he'll get the benefits from it too.
When I was a kid, I fancied having a Street Fighter 2 arcade macine at my home. I even had dreams about it. Was it only I or have you had such dreams, too?
Definitely not just you---I can also say that I've had dreams, but mine was the Adams Family Pinball. I would (and still do today) dream of having that thing in my living room and having people come over and play it. I love that game!
***** I've been dreaming for a few years to have my own Japan Rhythm Heaven arcade machine. Unfortunately, I just have to stick to the GBA port instead... ;(
the centipede artwork was great why did u strip it?? could have left it on their!
Arrrghhhh.... here is me in 2020 trying to find original 80's cabinets in this awesome condition and these guys trash it for this end result... I cry.
this shits a comedy show in itself +1 sub
Thanks! We had a blast that day making this video :)
MetalJesusRocks i just want to say i been following u on here for a while and im in love with the show and your life style i want to start my own show on youtube like yours only more hip hoppy but i want to dedicate the first episode to u and im gonna build a custom bar top arcade in your honor oh... dmp rocks too
MetalJesusRocks I Bet you did! entertaining and cool video. You Rock MetalJesus!
I found this awesome all in one cheat for Mortal Racing :) facebook.com/1744409099120531/photos/a.1744414269120014.1073741828.1744409099120531/1744414249120016/?type=3&pidid=ea2c1196-ff55-4045-ae36-fa2006c40a4e Building a MAME Arcade
+alex theprox can I get my virus in pink?
When your buddys a total door knob..but you need his help!
He is VERY annoying. Fake laughs, forced jokes.....i wonder was he ever a salesman.
mhks68 pfft, Paul's awesome
I read this as he danced across the screen with the boom box 😂
So fitting
DMP is awesome!
mhks68 Yes track ball
Such a great video! Druken Master Paul is the man! You guys are hilarious together.
C`mon share the info!!....how much did you get the cab for? & then if you could explain what is a fair , bad & ripp off price? it would be very handy to know. thanks ps & wow!! someone donated an X arcade board! I have an old (well two actually) Pentium 4 desktops running XP, would these suit for MAME? (Just MAME btw nothing else as they are just spare & laying around in a cupboard)
go to tinyarcades uk they sell the cabinets you can put on a table and the frame to build your own they also have a YT page
XP is what most people who use Mame run and I'd say around $200 maybe $300 is a decent price for a Mame machine.
emmanuel mckoy
thanks for the tip.
emmanuel mckoy
300 is what the controls are going to cost alone,thats canadian dollars,it also depends on what you want,trackball guns etc,MINIMUM 300 dollars for a working machine,and that wont take you very far.
Your wife had me at post apocalyptic betty paige or tank girl.
His wife?? I thought it was his mother, Metal Mary...
I am a huge Porcupine Tree. I love their albums: Stupid Dream, Lightbulb Sun, In Absentia and Deadwing...to name a few. One of my all time favorite ProgRock bands
Steven Wilson is a musical genius.
So under-appreciated by the world
Cool, but they are not making that cab anymore so there is only so many "Senipeed and or Capcom Bowling" cabs in existence and once there gone, they are gone. I think it would have been smarter to use www.mameroom.com/webstore_home.asp or xtensionarcadecabinet.com/
Centipede was already converted to Capcom Bowling before we bought it. The artwork was beyond repair.
Why am I only seeing this now???? Great stuff!!!
Oh yeah, I am so jealous the access you have to all the micro brews.
When you buy the X-Arcade stick, it includes a manual with link to their site and custom built MAME. I just used that... Easy!
i have epilepsy... i found your joke fucking hilarious :) my girlfriend makes seizure jokes aaaaaallll the time
I would have definitely went for a CRT instead, but a great project nonetheless.
most of these guys are not good enough for this. CRT needs skills they don't have.
Not to mention, a CRT needs maintenance, whereas an LCD is fine to just leave alone (or even replace after a couple of years).
You got a good friend in DMP.
Here are the games in the arcade montage:
Twin Cobra
Frogger
Journey
Cosmic Avenger
Daiku no Gensan (or Hammerin' Harry)
Hang-On
Kaitei Daisensou (In the Hunt)
Time Pilot
Kung-Fu Master
Rebecca & I playing Raiden
If anyone reading this could have only ONE arcade cabinet in their basement, and it has to only have the original game in it not an emulator with multiple games, and price is not a factor, what one would you pick?
Phil V Afterburner II. While the sega Genesis, and 3ds ports are amazing, they don't quite get the feel of an authentic arcade cabinet.
Probably would have to go with Terminator Salvation
The first person shooter? Because that game rocks, even if the movie was.. just okay.
Rj Swift Yeah. Didn't care much for the movie, but the arcade shooter was awesome!
Phil V Bust a Move
I'm 15 years old and i'm probably buying an EMPTY arcade cab for about 180$ and the buttons and controllers for about 50$ and make it myself too!
Made one and it's finished about 2 months ago, works great.
It's pronounced "MAY-MAY"
DMP was absolutely hilarious in this episode, haha. Anyway, glad to see the machine turned out well! That HyperSpin front-end especially looks very, very slick.
Not to be offense sir but you look like alice cooper! hahhaha
Nikos papanikolaou Yes to be offense sur
So exited! I managed to get an old golden tee cabinet that was modded with joysticks!
So my ipac board actually works with original arcade joysticks!
Aaah MAME.. The only thing I feel is lacking in the MAME-emulator is the ability to limit your continues. Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that we at no cost finally get to beat games that just ate our money in the arcades when we were kids, but in a way, unlimited credits takes away the sense of challenge and accomplishment that is present (and should be) in games without unlimited continues. You need to have some form of motivating factor, something which tells you that "oh, an extra life? I ACTUALLY need that" ... without it, you can just breeze through a game from start to finish, not caring about creative events and awesome game-mechanics that offer extra lives as a reward for daring feats, etc.
I mean, what's the point in that? What is the point in never actually dying? There is no real threat. The games just ask you for more coins and with the press of a button, you feed MAME an unlimited amount. Sure, you can just try to limit yourself in a faux-realistic manner where you tell yourself "I'm only going to play for the amount of five credits, after that, I'm out of money and its game over", but that would be akin to the old wooden PONG-consoles where you yourself had to keep score by sliding sliders to mark out how many points you had.
Its a minor complaint, but still, it would be nice if I had the option at least. And I can't imagine that a simple option for a pre-determined limit to how many "coins" you feed the emulator would be all that hard to program.
MetallSwede Totally agree.
The thing is, you CAN limit yourself to a certain fixed number of credits which you determine yourself..... but if the game is good, can you really see yourself saying "oh well, I'm out of money now, so I can't play anymore"? ... if the game is good, chances are you wont want to quit. If you are playing something awesome, like an arcade-classic, you have to be FORCED to quit, its the only way. And that would give you extra incentive to do your very best when you play the game.
+MetallSwede Man, I want an arcade cabinet that actually takes money. Just think about all the profits when your drunk friends play it.
+MetallSwede That's an easy problem to solve. Just attach a working coin mech to your cabinet & give the key to a random homeless guy. Now you're playing like there's no tomorrow!
MetallSwede You are the first person on earth to bitch about unlimited continues. Are you freaking kidding me? So people like you are why sega genesis released an ausome altered beast with zero continues? Have a little discipline instead and turn off the game moron. You have 3,000 games on mame. I'm.not reading the rest of your garbage. Hopefully no one taught your little head what a cheat menu is.
ok.ok.....Since clearly you cannot use your head. There are plenty of ways to rig a piggy bank for mame, and have it activated by quarters. No one bothers to. You can even wire one of those cool action piggy banks. Now, or you can have discipline and put it in a coin jar, or slot and push start each time only if you have a quarter.....
With the popularity of arcade 1up machines this shows how much cooler it is to make your own. This might be my new project after I turn 40 next month. Yours came out awesome! I saw you used the x arcade control boards which are good quality and affordable too.
you should get a Raseberry Pi and run retro pie on it
He bought a new pc, the pi is ok, but not perfect emulation on stuff past 16bit.
Hijynx87 yes I know he got a PC but I suggested it before he made the update video. Also because of the price I thought it would be a good replacement.
Not every ROM you download works with every version of MAME. Try getting another rom from a difference source.
why the hell would you turn a centipede machine into capcom bowling?
I'm pretty sure someone else did that and it was pro bowling when they took control of it.
Still the best MJR episode. I miss Drunken Paul on the channel
An horror, scrap an original Centipede for a "Mame" with a LCD... yuck.
My arcade legends 3 cabinet is right cabinet for the job, with 3D (Foggy) picture. Arcade legends 3 is bad.
Dude that shit was a shame. I would have left the centipede art on the side. The LCD as a screen was a crummy idea as well. I would have gone for a 20" CRT monitor for a more classic feel to it.
IntoTheMindlessAbyss
everyone does things differently..no need in putting others choices down.
IntoTheMindlessAbyss
I guess for the full retro experience CRT is best, but who the hell wants a half ton CRT when you can go LCD??
Dennis Neo Umm...the people who care about not having to worry about a stupid amount of lag when they play games?
Sean Dennis
lag? this isnt 1999 its 2015 and lcd/led have been good for years..lag has never been an issue for me and my gaming..
MAME with HyperSpin running over the top
X-Arcade?!? Blech! Bad enough you're doing Mame, but to not even do it right?!? Those buttons are HORRIBLE and the sticks aren't much better either! I normally love your videos, but I had to cut it off the moment I heard X-Arcade. With all the options out there, that's just mailing it in. #sadpanda
I got the X-Arcade free from a fan... and it's served me well, and been abused by many people at a ton of our parties. It's fine for what I need.
Knicka Bob Go home troll
Knicka Bob I respectfully diagree.. my GF gave me a tankstick pro for DeadBabyJebus Day (aka xmas) and it's a STURDY bit of kit.. Personally I love the buttons and sticks, and it comes with a life time warranty which shows the makers have faith in the build quality.. Which it needs to be due to the ferocious nature of my SF2, III, EX style!
Knicka Bob And you seem to be like... offering up problems, man. Why not, like, offer up a solution, dude?
What would be a better option?
Yep. That's Mrs. Metal Jesus...and she kinda sucks at Raiden, but she DESTROYS me at Mortal Kombat!
This is by the developers of Metal Slug, called: Kaitei Daisensou (In the Hunt)
They could use a cheap flat screen tv (Dirt cheap nowadays)
as monitor instead of the skinny screen view, plexi glass replacement from Home Depot cut trim to fit. Wonder if they tried the beer by the Heavy Metal band Amon Amarth. Heard its suppose to be pretty good.
Why can't I have cool neighbors like these guys?
i don't have a mame machine but i am a meme machine.
It's Just Milk I Swear Yes an x arcade stick
In my Game Room, nobody sees the sides. That's why I didn't waste time & money on the sides. It's all about the front
DMP is a teacher of martial arts 3 days a week. He has an entire WALL full of swords and knives.
Surprised you didn't keep the original CRT. those games look terrible on newer monitors.
Man I love that Dodge Challenger in the background. Nice work on the MAME arcade too and I wish I could do something like that.
I never believed in Jesus but now I do!! great channel guys, oops, I hope your channel still up, this video is 3 years old...just realized, alright guys, keep up the good work, love it.
I only use the standup MAME arcade cab for arcade games... I was just showing that you *could* use Hyperspin for consoles if you wished.
MetalJesusRocks girl say yes!
You two are having far too much fun! All I'd say is the music's a bit loud against your voices... But it's inspired to create a rockin' arcade machine :-)
I don't want to drag this out, but I don't think you know what "aesthetics" means. There are no aesthetics for the inside of the cabinet -- it's hidden, not visible when in use, and thus there are no aesthetics. It's a non-issue
Beer recommendation:
just discovered the awesome steam works beers from just some hours away from your place, the beautiful city of Vancouver.
Nice job! But how do I make money doing this?
You do realize that your complaint is about the internal parts that no one ever sees? It's completely covered either way, so no one would know what's inside.
This is such a cool idea! Another similar idea I just thought of is to take a tablet, some professional music software, an external hard drive, some really big speakers and a cabinet, to make a jukebox!
I'm starting to think that DMP is like the ultimate friend to have. Cooks, handy with tools, only needs a steady supply of alcohol? Hell yeah!
i kinda grew up with umk3 side cabinet Sindel looking at me so for 'girl related' instead of tank girl or even the japanese girl in the Gorillaz band, i'd put one of th only mature women in fighting games who doesnt look 30ish (jun kazama is supposed to be 40 but doesnt look like it).
you rock........... great videos you post
Awesome dude. Really enjoyed that. Glad you got the hyper spin all tuned up too.
before arcade 1 ups were a thing
Ya I Built One From An Old Mr Do Machine Pretty Much The Same Thing...You Guy's Built A Nice Machine!
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Coolest channel I've run across in awhile. These guys are down to earth, and intelligent. That's just great.
Heat and a scraper works really well to remove vinal stickers
Very interesting. I bought an Arcade machine my self. It cost 2500 Euros, plus Virtua Striker. I don't know if i can connect my pc with this. Even if I did I wouldn't know how to do it. It would save me a lot of money for sure because each game cost 500 euros at the time.
6:25 Make a heatgun your friend, my friend.
Though, I retract that, you'd likely find a new inventive way to hurt yourself.
Nice Stone Age Gamer shirt Paul is sporting BTW.
Nice job! You may have answered this question 1 zillion times but wouldn't it be better to just have installed the flat screen on its side so that you don't have these black bars on the side of the games? Earlier arcade monitors were all taller than wide.
brilliant! i think bigger screen would be nicer
Drink IPA.. Doing a MAME cab.. SUBBED
6:55 don't do that at ... will don't do that EVER
Sorry, Brian. Given the name I mixed ya up with Mark. This would have been an easy re-conversion to a Centipede for not much more money than what they spent to destroy the cabinet into a fake-o "video game"
Most people, sadly, fail to realize that most vintage arcade machines were in landfills by the end of the 80s and it's been downhill since. Plenty of generic cabinets made that could be used instead. Ugh.
You have your opinion, I have mine. If someone put a vintage comic book through a paper shredder, some people would be upset. That's a lost piece of history. If someone packed their fireplace with Nolan Ryan rookie cards, some people would be upset. That'd be lost history.
That's what this is here. Most vintage arcade machines are already destroyed. They just destroyed another one. MORE than enough generic non-dedicated cabinets out there.
Some gaming history was just lost.
Great job, very sad that a real Centipede cabinet died in the process, but the original vinyl looked pretty wrecked anyway.
End result looks pretty good, you obviously solved the monitor issue as you were playing Raiden in portrait mode - will it looked like it anyway.
I am just about to buy a Twin Cobra cabinet, and have a 48-in-1 Jamma board that I can put in it (plus play the original game). The cabinet is a little rough, but I will be looking to clean it up, perhaps getting a decal set.
DAMN nice Challenger in the driveway! Is that yours, Jesus? Or is the beermeister's?
I wanna know how chocolate beer tastes!?
+Stefan Triffitt Imagine liquid happiness and you are pretty close :)
Sounds good; tried finding some locally can't find any:( I loooove baileys
chocolate wine is ok imo
Baileys is amazing, i prefer the original, always thought it was chocolate but then you had chocolate baileys come out, fuck it i like them all, even the mint one.
Try drinking chocolate chip cookie dough flavored beer and it taste like alcoholic chocolate milk without any dairy.
metal jesus after watching you guys do this im gonna make one from scratch at work and post you guys a little reply video you may enjoy it im gonna use a CNC machine to cut out the piece's i need to put one together from scratch for shits and giggles thanks for the inspiration :D
how do I build a MEME Arcade?
Nothing beats the original monitor, i do preffer the original PCB but looking at the prices its best to buy a Pandoras Box 4.
Awesome Porcupine Tree shirt, In Absentia is one of my favorite albums ever...though I have a hard time listening to it due to playing Trains over and over. Oh the arcade is awesome to ;) hehe.
Holy crap - how come I missed out on this video completely whilst being subscribed for the longest time?
Excellent machine - thinking about doing similar for my workshop/garage area.
when your dad makes a youtube channel
can you do a 2015 refresh of this project? showin new options, hardware options etc...
+cudencuden not much would have changed, the software is the same and all the games dont require much computing power, theres no real point using anything amazingly new except for a better quality monitor and joystick.