DIY Arcade System

Alex

Want to build your very own arcade system? Here's a step-by-step guide on how to make your own high-quality MAME (multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) system by Todd Moore:

There are many factors to consider--You could drop $3,000 and buy a complete arcade system that plays maybe 100 games, or you could assemble your own for about half the price and play thousands of games. The choice was an easy one for me.

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I just use an old xbox and tv inside a home made cabinet. Probably cost me $200 in supplies (including the $30 xbox off eBay) from home depot. I still need to get the "arcade" joysticks for it.

Rob
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I agree with Sid. Looks like Todd just bought pre-built items and just put them together. My MAME machine probably only cost $600 to build that has everything but the trackball compared to his set-up.
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Wow, you can do it a WHOLE lot cheaper than $1500. I've got about $350 into my setup built from (new) parts purchased off Ebay. Maybe his price includes buying a dedicated computer, though... MAME rules, especially for aging teenagers of the 1980s like myself.
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Very cool! I had no idea what the heck he was talking about for the most part, but the visuals were cool, and I was able to sorta figure out what was goin on!
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Ahh, the crux of the global warming cult: slap together some shiny graphics, start screaming about the world coming to an end... and people who haven't ever studied environmental science will shrug and say "Ooh, pretty colors. He must be an expert".
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I wish he made some actual conclusions.... So basically the east coast always has a layer of CO2 in the atmosphere, does anyone know how that is affecting us? You think it's making the weather colder/warmer?
I have no idea what happens when sunlight has to pass through a layer of CO2...
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Gee, I must have missed the part where they said "global warming." And here I thought they were simply examining the production and transport of CO2 with a new and better method than was previously available, and pointing out trends in what they observed. Next time I'll just assume that because the words "greenhouse gas" appear in the description that it must be global warming propaganda.
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To anyone who believes we are causing global warming: remember that we came out of the ice age long before the first factory was built.

There's nothing wrong with trying to reduce pollution, but it should be done honestly and without scare tactics.
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as spock would say "fascinating". (get it? vulcan?)

i thought it especially interesting that the co2 emissions off california went south towards mexico and the east coast went north to the arctic. but then again i suppose that is due to tradewinds....

i'd really like to see this done world wide.
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@ sparge: clear statements explaining the connection with Purdue's CO2 research and global warming are found on their Hestia page:

http://www.purdue.edu/climate/hestia/index.shtml

"Climate change is happening, will likely accelerate, and is being driven primarily by rising carbon dioxide levels caused by the combustion of fossil fuels. Although this is common knowledge,... "

@kid_icarus: if you have a look at the above link to the Hestia site, you'll see that plans are in the work to do this worldwide

@Nastia: the purported goal of the project is to produce data that scientists & policymakers can use to make further decisions. So I think their "conclusion" is the gridded model itself shown in the video. Also, they believe that C02 warms the atmosphere via the greenhouse effect.
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