OregonPacman
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Finally doing a MAME, need some control panel advice.
Got this cabinet free a while back. The hardware doesn't work and the monitor is toast (bad tube). I decided that after 10 years, it was finally time for me to do a MAME. I have the cabinet stripped down right now, so I am pretty much ready to build it up. I am trying to round up a computer and monitor for it. I will probably use and I-PAC but I don't know what I am going to do for controls yet. I want to got with a single stick with 2 buttons ambidexterous. The problem is that because this was a touch screen game, there is no control panel to speak of. I have thought about adding some sort of metal or wood box to the front but I am not great at that kind of thing. The service door is directly below the "hood" that flips up for monitor access. So it looks as though I would have to bolt something to the hood itself.
Any thoughts would be helpful. I can provide better pictures tomorrow.
Got this cabinet free a while back. The hardware doesn't work and the monitor is toast (bad tube). I decided that after 10 years, it was finally time for me to do a MAME. I have the cabinet stripped down right now, so I am pretty much ready to build it up. I am trying to round up a computer and monitor for it. I will probably use and I-PAC but I don't know what I am going to do for controls yet. I want to got with a single stick with 2 buttons ambidexterous. The problem is that because this was a touch screen game, there is no control panel to speak of. I have thought about adding some sort of metal or wood box to the front but I am not great at that kind of thing. The service door is directly below the "hood" that flips up for monitor access. So it looks as though I would have to bolt something to the hood itself.
Any thoughts would be helpful. I can provide better pictures tomorrow.
