M.A.M.E. Arcade Machines

My 1000-in-1 arcade machine !

Thanks to the MAME arcade emulator, I decided to be the first
kid on my block to have my own MAME arcade machine. This was an
ongoing project, with about 2 weeks initially spent on the thing.
It played 1000 various classic games (Pac Man, Frogger, Centipede,
Moon Cresta, etc) specifically made for vertical monitors.

While I've seen many of these machines, I've never seen one in a
dedicated vertical cabinet.

It's powered by a noname motherboard and a Pentium 233 CPU overclocked
at 250mhz (Hey, pretty fast back 8 years ago).

How much did it cost ?

I've been asked this a few times, so here's a rough estimate ...

Motherboard/CPU ... $60 (Yahoo! Auction - NEW)
RAM - 24 Megs ... $00 (Had it lying around)
Hard Drive 800 Meg ... $29 (Auction)
Keyboard ... $15 (Blew up the first one)
Video Card ... $15 (Ebay)
Sound Card ... $00 (Had one lying around)
Cabinet w/monitor ... $35 (Arcade auctions are awesome when they run late !)
Plexiglass ... $20

Anything else used was found in my various part boxes and junk machines.

While it took an initial 2 weeks to build, I spent months tweaking it.

I initially only intended for a few dozen classics (the basics, Pac Man,
Invaders, etc but just kept adding on until I hit over 1000 vertical games.

(My machine AND MAME - Thanks MAME team !!!)

Sadly, I sold the MAME machine to a friend not too long ago ...







The GUTS that make it work !