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Since I first saw Dave Spicer's arcade emulator, Sparcade ('95/'96), which
played Galaxian and Pac-Man, I had wanted to build a cabinet to play these
games the way they were meant to be. Sitting at your desk or on the floor just isn't
the same as being at a real stand up machine with a real arcade joystick or trackball.
Here's a
posting
I made to Usenet in '97 asking some newbie questions. I'd wait much longer
to start though...
Finally, in late 2001, I had enough free time to build my own. And what a project it
has been. It took a little over 3 months to get the entire cabinet finished and
it's now mostly done. I did the work on 3 fronts: in the living room, our 3 season
porch, and in the basement so I was quite popular. All work on the new
house stopped in favor of my new obsession. It was at times frustrating
but the finished product is *WELL* worth the time and effort. It's now
pretty much done except for the occasional update which I log
here.
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