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Anyone from the UK fancy swapping / trading or even building a mame cabinet in return for my PS3? Requirements: UK Only Im only looking for mame cabinets with 2 player - 6 buttons controls and maybe a trackball but thats not a must Must be fully working and look good. Details about my PS3: PS3 60GB UK Backward Compatible Model + 20 Games It been played no more than 10 times, I have the box and might even have the recipt. Titles: GTA IV GT Prologe Kain & Lynch Sonic The Hedgehog Tony Hawk PES 2008 Ridge Racer 7 Motorstorm I might have more than that but im too lazy to look lol. + About 10 games on the HD, purchased from PSN, including: Pixel monsters Theme Hospital Destruction Derby Crash Bandicoot I will also throw in the Bond Blu-ray DVD

Sorry should have read the rules, have had a look over them now. Thanks for pointing out the mame version think i was running 0.124, updated to the latest one and everything is working great!

I have the latest full mame set 0.125roms or something which was 16gb I also have the full CHD's which was about 70gb But for some reason I still cant play street fighter 3 (stage 3 or simialr to that name?) or tekken 2 / 3? any idea's? I have tested all of the versions I have, I know some of the roms wont work but Im sure I have read that these are working titles. Also.... where is alex the kidd in miracle world! is that only on the sega? thought it would be an arcade game

emphatic, I have looked at that case actually and was looking at the cost of doing it with the pre-built cabinet or with a shall and there os not to much difference actually but I think i feel like getting my hands dirty and turning an old cabinet around. I have just purchased a beast PC that will power this puppy! QUAD Q9300 - 10Ghz RAM: 8GB HDD: 1TB GFX: 8600GT 1GB HDMI OUT

Thanks for the reply's, gives me some reading to do I have the just of it, think i will get the jamma cab I have been looking at and start with that. Does anyone know any where can I find a list of essentials / needed items & recommended items. e.g. Controls J-Pac / I-Pac etc... and where I can find the instructions / diagrams etc... on how to do all the wireing? Thanks

Hi All, After being bored the other day I was randomly searching ebay for gadgets etc.. I was looking at the mame / jamma cabinets and decided i would search around for how to setup a pc and how to convert the cabinets into mame cabs. hence which bought me here, I was looking at a few of the frontends but GameEx seems the most updated and advanced frontend so I quickly donated to the project and played around until I got it working perfectly on my office pc, now i only currently have MAME running but will be expanding to test the other emulators such as Zinc in the next week but I wanted to ask a few questions before I went ahead and jumped into the deep end and purchased a cabinet. 0. First of all, Im a complete newbie to cabinet building... is it hard or can the average joe reading and following guides build one? 1. Which Cabinet 1a. Should I buy an empy cabinet? or 1b. Should I buy a Jamma Cabinet e.g. Killer Instinct.. 1c. or other solution? The reason I ask this is because I have seen cabinets for sale ones that are empty and ones that are jamma cabinets and when reading regarding converting the cabinets i read about using a J-Pac etc.. to connect a jamma cab to a PC? 2. Supplies / Suppliers - UK 2a. Does anyone know some good suppliers for the things i will need to complete the project, that deliver to or are located in the UK? I have been looking on ebay where I have found some intresting bits & pieces but had a little search on google and didnt find much. 2b. The same for cabinet kits? etc.. 3. Which Monitor? 3a. Arcade Monitor? or 3b. PC Monitor + ArcadeVGA? 4. Which Controller? + How Many Buttons? I have been looking around at other cabinets and noticed that some use standard controls and others use the X-Arcade base I have also noticed that many have different buttons e.g. 3/4/6 etc.. for each player so what would you recommend 4a. Happ Controls 4b. X-Arcade Controller 4c. 3/4/6/other buttons I think for now thats all my questions, I will add some later if I think of any. Thanks for your time and look forward to your responses.