I don't recall this being mentioned before, but I've found that Happ
Controls (
http://www.happcontrols.com) has everything you need to build a
proper MAME setup. The buttons are reasonably priced. The trackball will
give you a bit of heartburn. The spinner is a must-have. Don't buy a coin
door from Happ. You can get them on eBay for about $30 + shipping.
If you go to my main Web page, below, and follow the link to the MAME
project, you can see how I did it. Right now, I only have the control panel
done, but this winter I hope to build the cabinet, modelled after the
Defender cabinet. There are several good upright plans out there, but look
for Lusid's Defender-style plans.
Rich
Rich Cini
Collector of classic computers
Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project
Web site:
http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/
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Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 1:50 PM
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Subject: Re: Space Invaders returning to arcades...
On 5 Dec 2003, Jules Richardson wrote:
> Last time I had a serious look at this (and had a homebrew cocktail
> cabinet machine up and running with a 15" screen) there were ROMs and
> plans aplenty out on the 'net for download. One problem I found was that
> I could find nowhere in the UK to supply the 'proper' big round
> pushbutton controls as used on the old arcade machines - all the ones
> sold here were too small.
Did you also look for elevator buttons? Same size/style. Perhaps you can
hit up an elevator manufacturer?
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