Westworld
|
Westworld |
|
Welcome to my website! |
||
|
|
I quickly built this website to share my completed MAME arcade cabinet with other arcade enthusiasts. Have a look around and I hope you like what you see. Send me an e-mail at TomnMindy@MSN.com if you have any questions or comments.Here we go!
|
|
|
|
It all started back in 1979...really! I was 10 years old. That's when the babysitter watching my brother & I took us to an arcade in Buffalo, NY called 'Deli Place'. This is where I was first exposed to pinball & pong! If I only knew...Not long after this, the pizzeria down the street boasted Asteroids, then Galaxian. Forget pizza, we'd go there to play vid games! I wonder if my high score is still up there... | ||
|
|
As I grew older, my appetite for arcade games grew. I'm sure it could've been classified as an addiction. Each Saturday when I was about 14, I'd go to the local Putt-Putt arcade to satisfy my cravings. A friend & I rode our bikes 5 miles each way with $5 in our pocket, and a coupon in our other pocket that doubled our tokens at Putt-Putt. We'd spend Saturday mornings by the glow of the likes of Dig-Dug, Tempest, Ms. Pac-Man and Tron, our pockets bulging full of tokens! | ||
|
|
We thought it would be so cool if we could have our own arcade game at our house - heck, we'd never leave. But the closest we ever got at my house was Intellivision and Colecovision. Thanks Mom! I rememember sending in pics of the TV set when Intellivision had their 'Astrosmash' contest. Colecovision was hard to beat for its ports of popular arcade games. | ||
|
|
Fast forward 20 years (yup, I'm 35 now, losing hair and getting thick around the middle). Married with 3 kids. Of course my wife is an arcade addict like myself (that was a pre-requisite for marriage!), and the kids (and Dad!) naturally have access to Super Nintendo, N64, Playstation, PS2, XBOX and computer gaming. But something was still missing... | ||
|
|
Enter stage left a book called 'Project Arcade' by John St. Clair. This book, in about 400 pages, shows virtually anyone how to build a classic arcade cabinet. Huh? You can build your very own arcade cabinet? Send me the book now! Where was this book 20 years ago! | ||
|
|
So I read the book a couple of times and I'm ready. Since it's my first try at this, I decide to use the plans from the book with very minor modifications. These are tried and true plans. Off to Home Depot for supplies with grand visions of Pac-Man and Asteroids in my head. | ||
|
|
Unfortunately, I didn't take many pictures over the course of the project, but there are hundreds of other sites that do a much better job at this then I ever could anyway. Here are a few pics of my progress and the finished product. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
