[TMM]

Hi,

My my, how I LOVE arcade machines... there's nothing quite like them is there?

I once bought a friend of mine a machine on eBay as a wedding present, cost me about ?50, and it was an old original arcade machine - I don't know exactly what it was as at the time I wasn't as knowledgable with games, but basically it had a SEGA system built into it, and it had several cartridge slots that you could put games in (the games were missing, but were easily obtainable at the time on eBay). It had 2 arcade stick and button sections for 2 player and was decorated all over with the various SEGA artwork.

I believe his aim was to get it all restored and working but we sort of lost contact over the years. Any ideas as to what it could be? (I am sure I'll recognise a picture of it)

I do have plans, and by plans I mean literal blueprint style plans, to make my own arcade machines out of retro consoles basically. Effectively they'd consist of a wooden frame and support structure, with some fancy artwork all over, a monitor sat behind some protective glass, and arcade sticks plugged directly into a console inside it - the aim would be to make the console easily accessible so you can just stick a game in (perhaps include some storage for games inside it so you can have all your games lined up neatly) and then 1 plug leading out the back to the mains, with lots of ventilation built in to keep the inside cool (not needed so much with 1 console, but the plans then evolved into fitting the machine with a snes, a megadrive, an n64, a dreamcast and all sorts and having control sockets on the front so you can plug in and play with ease!

One day I might get around to it but I don't have the space or room in the mean time... I'd quite like to make an xbox 360 arcade machine, or simply a guitar hero arcade machine - output feeding to 3 or 4 monitors in a semi-circle so each band member has their own screen (obviously it would stream the entire game) and the band would be all set up around it!

Regards
TMM