lemonflavoured Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Hi all and seasons greetings! This is my first post and i wanted to share my cabinet and the story of how i came to love GameEx!I've been into MAME and emulation for as long as i can remember, it's always fascinated me and is one of the primary uses for my PC. As a kid i often got overly excited by Arcade games, i remember playing Toki in a pub and was amazed by the graphics. As i've grown up i've always toyed with the idea of owning an Arcade machine, however living in the UK our house sizes are generally pathetic so collecting cabs is not currently an option. About a year ago i started looking into building an arcade cab for myself and quickly found the BYOAC forums which i read religiously for months before starting my project. Initially after seeing a youtube video demonstrating HyperSpin i fell in love. It seemed amazing, all the flash graphics and the wheel system but months on after building my cabinet and adding various emulator systems to it i have soon discovered it's shortfalls. I don't like how the XML system works and relying on tons of AHK scripts and various work arounds for the shortfalls started to get annoying and not to mention that if you had ANY missing art for a particular wheel it just looked terrible. At this time i had become aware of GameEx but had not investigated it. The final thing that convinced me to give it a try was HeadKaze's quick response to some CPWizard issues i was having and i thought, "if his support is this good then i can imagine GameEx is going to be awesome". I am now in love with GameEx, it's so easy to use - no messing about with loads of stupid tools just to get basic things set up. I especially love the "Recommended Game" feature for mame. My cabinet also features a dynamic marquee system which i had to write custom AHK scripts that intercepted commands to LEDBlinky. Now i use gamextender! Job done!Here's my cab on IMGUR, i hope you all like! i'm going to make a predator theme at some point for GameEx just to blend it all in.http://imgur.com/y1lCkjK,LAwY5bE,x7en0E4 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansolo77 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Love it! Makes me wish I had it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Thanks for the post and story. Now go tell your friends! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stigzler Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Nice build! Rotating monitor? Also - is that Marquee an LCD!??? You gotta share your build post!Good work, chap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonflavoured Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 Yeah, it has a rotating monitor and lcd marquee. I'm going to start building another soon with a more traditional theme. Tom, i will! If you make gamextender remember it's window size and position Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Nice build buddy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stigzler Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Wow. Have you got a build thread somewhere? Where did you get a Marquee sized LCD?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazzleHP Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Here's my cab on IMGUR, i hope you all like! i'm going to make a predator theme at some point for GameEx just to blend it all in.http://imgur.com/y1lCkjK,LAwY5bE,x7en0E4That is quite possibly the best looking cab i have ever seen Bravo! *jelly* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
u-man Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Yeah, it has a rotating monitor and lcd marquee.very interested in the brand/model of the lcd marquee, as i want to do the same for my cab. but the sizes i need are either very expensive or hard to find . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonflavoured Posted December 29, 2013 Author Share Posted December 29, 2013 The marquee LCD is a litemax ssd2313. They are retail display units and you have to buy from a local distributor. If you're in the UK I can give you some details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoCouto19 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Incredible art all over the cabinet. I faced the same challenges with HyperSpin. I then came over to GameEx and have been very happy with the product and support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Always glad to hear that @DeCouto19! Welcome to the community. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tthurman Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 A little late to this post, but that's some nice work!Funny how everyone that gets into this hobby seems to make the FE community rounds, and many of them seem to end up back here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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