MAME
I am building an arcade machine that will play all the old favourites arcade games:
- Galaga,
- Raiden,
- Parodious Da!,
- Arkanoid,
- + 3,750 other titles
It’s using MAME to emulate the variety of aracde games. It plays all the games from Atari 2600, SNES and N64.
Costs to date
| Item | Price | Running Total |
|---|---|---|
| Computer | Free (spare junk) | $0.00 |
| Blue T-molding 60′ (US$0.50/foot) | $40 inc deliv | $40 |
| Slot cutting bit for T-molding | $35 | $75 |
| First TV (68cm Sony – orange-tinged) | $140 | $215 |
| Second TV (68cm Perfect condition) | $100 | $315 |
| Keywiz | $60 | $375 |
| Trackball + Buttons (ebay) | $212 | $587 |
| LCD TopGuns (x2 @ $48 each) [ign.com | play-asia.com] | $96 | $683 |
| Timber | $80 | $763 |
| Drawer runners | $8 | $771 |
| Coin door and coin mechanism | $20 | $791 |
| Cabinet door hinges (x2 @ $12) | $24 | $815 |
| Drill bit for cabinet door hinge | $25 | $840 |
| Piano hinge | $7 | $847 |
| Spade bit | $10 | $857 |
| Hole cutting bits | $25 | $882 |
| Replacement motherboard + XP2000 CPU + Cooler Master Turbine HSF from ebay | $82 | $964 |
| Galaga CPO from Wild Digital | $160 | $1124 |
| 2 x Quick Release clamps @ $10 | $20 | $1144 |
| Sheet of 17mm plywood (1200 x 2400mm) | $60 | $1204 |
| Sheet of 12mm MDF (450mm x 900mm) | $20 | $1224 |
| Ozito router | $85 | $1309 |
| 20 x ‘funky internal‘ nuts and bolts from Fyshwick Fasteners | $20 | $1329 |
| 24 x small L-shaped brackets | $30 | $1359 |
| 4 x 12-slot terminal strips @ $3 each | $12 | $1371 |
PC Hardware
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-7VA
- CPU: AMD XP 2000+
- RAM: 512MB KingMax DDR
- HDD: 120GB
- NIC: 10/100 generic network card
