I use a 5rpm geared dc motor running off standard 12v hard drive plug to rotate my mame monitor. Painted a plexiglass cover screen black with a center circle to see the monitor through, and with the monitor mounted in a plywood 'wheel' also black, it really blends the screen edges in whether horizontal, vertical, or on the move. Really does make a difference in how much screen space you get in both orientations. I use a 3 way switch on the control panel for rotations, and limit switches to stop the screen when it reaches the proper angle. I like seeing different engineering ideas for these cabinets, keep em coming!
@@MetalJesusRocks Hello, the idea you have is fun and the project looks great. Would it have been too costly or too trouble to build a second arcade cabinet?
@@MetalJesusRocks I truly admire your design: it works, and there isn't much that can go wrong. On mine, I only wish that someone would figure a way to connect a Raspberry Pi so that it would auto-rotate the screen depending on the orientation heading for each game in mame. That is way ahead of my learning curve, but a fella can dream.
Few suggestions that might make the arcade cabinet even better. I'd mount the mini pc to either the top of the inside of the cabinet. Or mount it on the side next to the power surger. Along with doing some cable manegement to clean things up. Doing so would give you even more space inside the cabinet. With the rest of the space I'd add either storage for handheld systems. Like the Steam Deck, Gameboy, Game Gear ect. Or add a mini cooler for beer or coke. Along with adding a Mister for that sweet FPA experience and mount it the same way as the mini PC. Side note but wireless HDMI is a thing. Haven't tried it myself so don't know how well it works or if it would introduce lag. But it might make it less likely for you to disconnect the cable from the monitor when your turning it. A few other things that might be of interest. Are rechargable AA and AAA USB batteries. I use them all time for gaming on my old handles like the Gameboy. It's nice because I never have to go to the store to pick up batteries. Plus I don't have to modify my Gameboy. I also personally use the AAA ones for all my remotes like my TV and Nvidia Shield aswell. I also really like the super small USB drives like the Sandisk Ultra Fit. I've got a lot of the 512 GB versions that I use for a bunch of things. Including my PS5 & Xbox One. And because it's so small it makes it super easy to move those consoles. Of course I have an internal SSD in my PS5 aswell. But I store almost all my PS4 on the flash drive. To give me even more room for PS5 games on my console and SSD storage. And I've never run into any issues playing PS4 games off that USB drive.
A mini cooler in there would be awesome. Especially if you could get some kind that dispenses bottles like a vending machine. Then of course add a bottle opener on the side even though most bottles are twist off now days.
I love hearing people explain why they love scan lines. I appreciate it. I love raw pixelart. so I don't use it. But I enjoy hearing folks enjoy it. and I respect it.
Yeah so cool custom made arcades. Fun thing to see that you manage to upgrade it again ! 👌 Put some Gun4IR light-guns on that machine .. you will love it 😎
cool video you made me decide to do a little MAME build too :) trying to decide on a raspberri pi one that only plays super retro or something more powerful.... have a good weekend!
Raspberry Pi is a great option. I have one connected to that big CRT you see in the background. I'll go over that more when I do a big Game Room Tour at some point.
That was a great solution for the monitor rotation. I had a random thought regarding the potential cable snagging. I wonder if you could inplement some kind of light tensioning that gently keeps the cables pulled down but has freedom to move temporarily then tighten back up - Think like those retractable key chain pulleys? (edit for typo)
Nicely done! However for me the perfect arcade cabinet would be very simple: Hardware: - Dynamo Showcase Pedestal Cabinet (my generation of arcade cabinets) the one with the metal looking board, better than the granite one, but I like both - Sony Trinitron KV-36FV310 (as monitor) - Sanwa Denshi LED blue player 1, Sanwa Denshi LED player 2, (ball tops and buttons) Software (list of games): - Capcom: CPS I, CPS II, CPS III - Konami: X-Men Based, Mystic Warriors Based - Namco: System 11, System 12, System 23, System 246 - Nintendo: Vs. System, PlayChoice-10 - Sega: Model 1, Model 2, Model 3, Naomi 1, Naomi 2 - Sammy: Atomishwave - SNK: NeoGeo MVS - Sony: ZN-1, ZN-2 And that's it! Only my top 20 arcade system boards. That would be enough for me, and the perfect arcade cabinet with 4:3 games. No console games, no computer system games, no handheld games. That's what kiosks are for. And if I want 16:9 stuff, like Sega RingEdge, RingWide, RingEdge 2, Taito Type X, Taito Type X2, NESiCAxLive then those titles would be for the Viewlix.
I love this! Came out great guys. Weird timing as i've been planning my own build this week. It will be a summer project. It will be a simple one at first. But planning ahead for LCD marque and dual lightgun upgrades for the future. I've always been inspired be your machine MJR, so thank you!
When you do add that trackball, you're going to love that extra space between players on the control panel. Also, I know it was taken out before, but a working coin door would be cool! You'd just need 2 new coin mechs (unless you still have the old ones and they work) and run wire from it to your new control panel board. I love having one on my cabinet, and I have an optional button combo if I don't feel like putting in quarters.
Yes, the HDMI to DVI would be the most logic choice for the optimal picture, then it puts the signal through without any conversion. But then, i like to use VGA for emulation because you then can reduce the sharpness a bit to soften the scan-lines. 🙂
I was making myself a Vectrex-ish barcade with a 7" rotating monitor using a simple servomotor but I messed up so much on painting that I just stopped... You video inspired me to go back.
You CAN use the rotating stand. I did something similar with a junker cab and cut thin slots in the side to allow the monitor to rotate. Another way would be use a slightly smaller monitor that will rotate in the space you have... you really don't need a wide-screen monitor to play arcade games. If you only need a little bit of space (say less than 20mm total) use a router to cut a groove into the sides but not through the wood. Or another way is get a Taito Egret II (or build something similar from scratch). It has a built in rotating 29" CRT. That's the holy grail as far as arcade cabs go and I'm taking mine with me into the grave lol
Over the years it amazes me how similar my tastes are with yours Justin. I'm not talking generally but specific little things. Like you, some years ago I toyed with the idea of looking out for a wrecked arcade cab I could gut, restore and stick my own solution in there. Although I've yet to find something suitable, I ended up still first going with a PC based MAME setup with a screen and a "desktop" cabinet thing. Because I saw this as a work in progress and didn't know exactly how it'd bear out, I ended up building a decent joystick and button setup from an old Pandora's Box too. Then later on I junked the PC and simply run it these days off a Raspberry Pi as it's INCREDIBLY simple to get it up and running, add games and so on and I'm lazy. Couple that with a monitor I picked up cheap and a swivel mount so I can rotate it easily for those portraitwise games. So far, I've kept this setup for a few years now and I'm quite happy with how it works out. Keep up with stuff like this Justin, as it floats my boat.
Hello MJR, great stuff mate :-) I also picked up a minipc and bought bigbox, so i am also planning to build another bartop arcade.. currently I already build one years ago using retropie..love it!!! ps, the geometry drunken master paul reffered to can be avoided by creating vertical slides (about 2-3 cm in width) on both sides of the arcade cabinet (painted black you won't even notice them). where the rotating mount can be used so you dont have to fumble with the cables while reinserting the screen.. simply turn the screen, the slides allows for the screen to rotate through them.. thats what i would have done .. anyway loving your movies bro , I hope you make another nice trip .. regards from the Netherlands 🙂
Awww man nice! I came up with the rotating monitor mame cab idea like 15 years ago but never actually implemented it. Wanted to find an elegant solution but couldn’t find one. I love your K.I.S.S. approach.
Currently expanding my arcade room, got 4 cabinets now. One a Street Fighter themed mame cabinet. Starting to convert the Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 into another mame cabinet. Both running off Raspberry Pis. UMK3 has its CRT being repaired now. Street Fighter needs a CRT to replace the flat screen, cause that's how I roll. This video is perfect timing.
I'm Convinced everyone should have some sort of Arcade Cabinet in their home. Wether you wanna Build One from Scratch, or buy a Commercial Cab, or an A1UP. As long as you have a dedicated place to change up how you play a game is really awesome.
I built my own name cabinet because of the original video. I've built 1 full size, 2 bar tops and a mini since then. Really cool to see an update video.
Very cool! I might do the same with my monitor when I build my cabinet. And GRS makes some awesome products. I have the track ball, spinner, Tron joystick and Star Wars yoke.
I can see setting up a dedicated "Retro-fy" button that toggles the shaders/scanlines. Set up a hotkey in RetroArch, then set that button to the hotkey in whatever key mapping software you like.
Very nice. I thought about having my 65 inch OLED rotatable with a mount too, for certain types of games. Thats the main screen I use for my gaming set up. A mini PC can be good for emulation, I think. The main limitation for me is that I have something like 30 terrabytes of roms and set up that covers most of the history of gaming on one machine, as well as modern PC games. The biggest issue becomes having enough storage. I recently upgraded so that I can emulate the Switch with 4K upscaling and as a result ended up with a pc thats a little more powerful than current gen consoles. So now Im messing around with modern PC games for the first time. I fully embraced emulation back in 1999 with a pure emulation PC and video output to my CRT tv as well as soddered controller adapters that my friend made so I could use SNES and other old controllers on the emulation set up. We even managed to find an old arcade cabinet that was trashed and removed the entire top portion where the joysticks were. He modded that to work as well but it was super bulky since it was a 2 player set up. Not ideal for lap play. This was before we had such easy access to everything.
For anyone doing something similar, you can have a permanent no-lift rotation if you cut slots in the sides of the cabinet to allow the screen corners to pass while rotating.
That's a super smart way to switch the screen for vertical monitor setups! I still like my 27" crt in my cabinet over the new displays... still looking for a decent Trinitron :)
If you want a trackball, the most recent X-Arcade Tankstick version has a trackball and two spinners. It won't fit in that cabinet, though. You want to go with something like a Golden Tee.
I like using RetroBat on PC especially with the on screen bezels and using Batocera with a Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB board also with the on screen bezels! But your custom MAME arcade cabinet upgrade definitely looks rock and roll! Awesome work Metal Jesus Rocks and Drunken Master Paul! You guys rock!!! 🤘🤘🤘
Great videos guys and thanks for all the details and how-to. Definitely feeds my ideas and thoughts for my next MAME update and want to do similar and make it also my main gaming PC. I also built my first cabinet using an empty full-size upright arcade cabinet from a local arcade repair shop that had some nearly empty cabinets. It still has a Phillips 19" CRT in it that still works great, so i'm not sure i'm ready to bail on that yet, but definitely ready for a more modern PC that can do it all, along with going to a more modern interface like LaunchBox. Thanks for all the work and the show and tell!
I considered it..but it's WIDER than what is currently there and I don't really like that look. Makes it kinda look homemade and weird. But that's just me.
LEGENDARY DMP & MJR FINALLY together again 🥰 ALWAYS a BLAST to watch you two together. When will you bring us A LOT of new episodes of "gamer eats" ?????? I'm still waiting years later, but no luck...... Lost all my hair on my head, but I'm waiting patiently and still hoping. 🥰
A suggestion might be to use some sort of elastic/retracting cable management for the monitor cables. Like those used for holding vr headset cables. Another suggestion might be to use an adjustable monitor arm to make the moving and turning of the monitor easier.
They do make really good cheap monitors that are super thin for putting into a game cabinet so that you can rotate the screen without hastle. I have one in my own name cab
You can do a rotating mount with a NEMA motor and Arduino control via a simple button on the side, and at the same time install a macro on the system that sets rotation to vertical and back to horizontal in the OS
I have been thinking of building a MAME cabinet. I like what you did with the monitor. We have those monitors at work and were getting rid of them. I hope they are still there so I can grab one 🙂
So funny I bought exactly 2 of these Dell Monitors last week. I think they are very awesome with all the Input options etc. And they are so cheap, it's amazing. I painted one Oyster Wihte and one NES Style
Route your cables together with MANY cable ties (every 4-6 inches) then towards the back attach a small piece of string (maybe 8 inches) and tie a handful of washers to the end of that string. Now you have a counterweight to pull the cable back in for you when you flip the screen and because it's has so many ties it wont be able to snag on your controls.
Like the idea! I was expecting it to end up with a monitor arm attached inside to support it and swivel it on, seems like that would make the job of turning it much easier!
Fun fact the 7840hs is as fast as a 5800x from 2020. Within the span of 4 years, laptop chips became as fast as (some)desktop chips for a half the power. We did not get that during the intel domination era. 10 years of 4 cores with a minor bump in performance each generation. And ultracrap mobile parts.
Thank you for the shout-out . I know you will love these products
Glen's Retro Show product are arcade quality without the Arcade Price
i have the star wars yoke :)
the Tron Stick is Killer. Can't wait for the Full Size. will it be a little bit tighter?
I don't know about that. I have a GRS trackball, and a Suzo Happ trackball. The Happ feels like an arcade quality unit; the GRS does not.
DMP did a great job cutting that board to shape. It looks really good.
I think so too!
I'm impressed I can barely draw a straight line let alone cut one with a power tool. Great job mj I'd love to spend a week vaca at your house.
Use P-Clips to stop those wires from coming out the back of the monitor
Love this now "Trilogy" of videos from creation of the MAME cabinet in 2012, to upgrades in 2017 to this newest upgrade in 2024. !!!
Drunken Master Paul's lack of safety gear whilst routing is impressive. Nicely done. 😂
Hey, I was wearing safety glasses! I just make them look good.
You don need no steenkin ppe gear wot you talkin bout???!!! Real men don't worry bout that!!!😅
Health and safety note: If your PPE is 'steenking' you should replace it with something clean.
Honestly from my experience, the best handymen I've ever seen didn't give a toss about PPE and were having a beer or a cigarette while working.
@@brutaljustin1349 You mean ol' One Eye'd Lefty? Love that guy!
I use a 5rpm geared dc motor running off standard 12v hard drive plug to rotate my mame monitor. Painted a plexiglass cover screen black with a center circle to see the monitor through, and with the monitor mounted in a plywood 'wheel' also black, it really blends the screen edges in whether horizontal, vertical, or on the move. Really does make a difference in how much screen space you get in both orientations. I use a 3 way switch on the control panel for rotations, and limit switches to stop the screen when it reaches the proper angle. I like seeing different engineering ideas for these cabinets, keep em coming!
Damn..that sounds next level. Love it!
It really is that simple. LOL...
@@MetalJesusRocks Hello, the idea you have is fun and the project looks great. Would it have been too costly or too trouble to build a second arcade cabinet?
@@MetalJesusRocks I truly admire your design: it works, and there isn't much that can go wrong. On mine, I only wish that someone would figure a way to connect a Raspberry Pi so that it would auto-rotate the screen depending on the orientation heading for each game in mame. That is way ahead of my learning curve, but a fella can dream.
3:08 Turn, turn, turn. Up! Up! Up! Pivot, Pivot, PIVOT!!!" 😆
"SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UHHHHHGGGP!!!"
I love the bloopers for that scene! 😂
You've seen the light regarding scanlines - welcome to the club! :-)
It took a while...but I'm convinced.
Welcome to the cult, you mean
Retrotink 5X Pro got me into the scanlines club. It's just night and day in an LCD after you tinker with it a bit and find the perfect balance.
Some rubber bands, light bungie cord, etc. will hold the cables up and out of the way while you pivot the monitor.
From Drunken Master Paul to Drunken Mad Genius Paul!
In my head I had Ross's famous quote: "Pivot" "Piiiiiivot"
I like how this cab has the lower buttons that can be used for run in Mortal Kombat 3 🤘
This is what I love seeing, DIY projects for new ideas and new ways of using something
Check out DMP breathing in all that particulate from the MDF he was routing 😂😂😂 that dude is metal AF 🤘🏼
Wow that's an amazing idea to flip the monitor like that, and it looks dope. Good job guys.
Great work! I would suggest a wood shelf inside the cabinet for that mini PC. It could be done as part 2 of this video.
That wood shelf makes total sense. Also the Mini pc comes with mounting brackets I could have used...but it doesn't really need them right now.
They have TV wall mounts that have a scissor like extension and rotation. Then you wouldn't have to muscle the screen!
That would be even better!
@@MetalJesusRocks looking forward to the 2025 update😀. I love the craftsmanship on this. Looks amazing
@@MetalJesusRocks It probably wouldn't be the hard for Paul to upgrade it in that way either.
Yeah, but the arcade doesn't have much space to do that
It looks very good ❤❤❤. Great job!!! The only thing needed on the cab is MJ side art.
Side art is something I'd like to add in the future for sure. 👍
Few suggestions that might make the arcade cabinet even better. I'd mount the mini pc to either the top of the inside of the cabinet. Or mount it on the side next to the power surger. Along with doing some cable manegement to clean things up.
Doing so would give you even more space inside the cabinet. With the rest of the space I'd add either storage for handheld systems. Like the Steam Deck, Gameboy, Game Gear ect. Or add a mini cooler for beer or coke. Along with adding a Mister for that sweet FPA experience and mount it the same way as the mini PC.
Side note but wireless HDMI is a thing. Haven't tried it myself so don't know how well it works or if it would introduce lag. But it might make it less likely for you to disconnect the cable from the monitor when your turning it.
A few other things that might be of interest. Are rechargable AA and AAA USB batteries. I use them all time for gaming on my old handles like the Gameboy. It's nice because I never have to go to the store to pick up batteries. Plus I don't have to modify my Gameboy. I also personally use the AAA ones for all my remotes like my TV and Nvidia Shield aswell.
I also really like the super small USB drives like the Sandisk Ultra Fit. I've got a lot of the 512 GB versions that I use for a bunch of things. Including my PS5 & Xbox One. And because it's so small it makes it super easy to move those consoles. Of course I have an internal SSD in my PS5 aswell. But I store almost all my PS4 on the flash drive. To give me even more room for PS5 games on my console and SSD storage. And I've never run into any issues playing PS4 games off that USB drive.
A mini cooler in there would be awesome. Especially if you could get some kind that dispenses bottles like a vending machine. Then of course add a bottle opener on the side even though most bottles are twist off now days.
I love hearing people explain why they love scan lines. I appreciate it. I love raw pixelart. so I don't use it. But I enjoy hearing folks enjoy it. and I respect it.
Yeah so cool custom made arcades.
Fun thing to see that you manage to upgrade it again ! 👌
Put some Gun4IR light-guns on that machine .. you will love it 😎
I totally geeked out over this and love the rotating monitor. 🔥🏆👍💯😀
your game room looks awesome
In the background of the video, you can see the game room changing as well. Making big changes there too. I'll do a video on that soon.
great choice of shmups. I saw gunbird and deathsmiles in there 👊
Oh yeah! I love me some Psikyo and Cave shooters.
Drunkmaster Paul is a master of many trades!
Nice innovative monitor idea! I love it! 🤘🏻
Thanks! 👍
I literally just bought Moon Patrol from the PlayStation store last night - how cool
Reggie pretending to be chilled but really hogging the whole space to get an advantage over his opponent. master of the dark arts
cool video you made me decide to do a little MAME build too :) trying to decide on a raspberri pi one that only plays super retro or something more powerful.... have a good weekend!
Raspberry Pi is a great option. I have one connected to that big CRT you see in the background. I'll go over that more when I do a big Game Room Tour at some point.
That was a great solution for the monitor rotation. I had a random thought regarding the potential cable snagging. I wonder if you could inplement some kind of light tensioning that gently keeps the cables pulled down but has freedom to move temporarily then tighten back up - Think like those retractable key chain pulleys? (edit for typo)
That's a good idea. Also attaching the cables better to the BOTTOM of the monitor would probably work too.
Always nice to see DrunkinmasterPaul!!
Been watching for 10 years
Old school baby! 🤘
Feel the power of the metal.
🤘
That's so damn cool. I love how you took an old arcade and made it over three separate times. Talk about being frugal.
Insert “GameSack” TATE MODE !!! SOUNDCLIP 14:09
Always one of my fav guests.
Did you say he worked on leisure suit Larry as well?
Paul was in charge of the Adventure queue at Sierra, so Leisure Suit Larry, King's Quest, Space Quest, etc...
Nicely done!
However for me the perfect arcade cabinet would be very simple:
Hardware:
- Dynamo Showcase Pedestal Cabinet (my generation of arcade cabinets) the one with the metal looking board, better than the granite one, but I like both
- Sony Trinitron KV-36FV310 (as monitor)
- Sanwa Denshi LED blue player 1, Sanwa Denshi LED player 2, (ball tops and buttons)
Software (list of games):
- Capcom: CPS I, CPS II, CPS III
- Konami: X-Men Based, Mystic Warriors Based
- Namco: System 11, System 12, System 23, System 246
- Nintendo: Vs. System, PlayChoice-10
- Sega: Model 1, Model 2, Model 3, Naomi 1, Naomi 2
- Sammy: Atomishwave
- SNK: NeoGeo MVS
- Sony: ZN-1, ZN-2
And that's it! Only my top 20 arcade system boards.
That would be enough for me, and the perfect arcade cabinet with 4:3 games.
No console games, no computer system games, no handheld games. That's what kiosks are for.
And if I want 16:9 stuff, like Sega RingEdge, RingWide, RingEdge 2, Taito Type X, Taito Type X2, NESiCAxLive then those titles would be for the Viewlix.
That one is soooo sick 🔥🔥👌, Master Jesus 🤟🤟
Glad to see the Drunken Master back at it!
Great video dude :D
I love this! Came out great guys. Weird timing as i've been planning my own build this week. It will be a summer project. It will be a simple one at first. But planning ahead for LCD marque and dual lightgun upgrades for the future. I've always been inspired be your machine MJR, so thank you!
Awesome! Thank you!
Thanks for this vid guys. I was having a rough day but this put a smile on my face!
Glad to hear it!
Honestly, the scanlines look great. It must be great to have friends who share such interests.
That is an awesome MAME cabinet. Thanks for all the great content over the years.
Nice video and thanks for sharing and uploading this one too!
So sweet I love this project, I want to take this on myself
You should have used the DVI port instead of VGA. DVI is actually digital, VGA will always look a bit worse due to digital to analogue conversion.
I considered that and might switch in the future...but honestly, the games looks pretty dang good as is. I was surprised.
MJR you should just upgrade your current controller to their Tank Stick model that includes a trackball and a spinner
And get a sticker to cover their ugly logo!
You can pretty easily add spinners yourself. Glen can hook you up!
When you do add that trackball, you're going to love that extra space between players on the control panel. Also, I know it was taken out before, but a working coin door would be cool! You'd just need 2 new coin mechs (unless you still have the old ones and they work) and run wire from it to your new control panel board. I love having one on my cabinet, and I have an optional button combo if I don't feel like putting in quarters.
Cool build, I am envious. However, I would have used an HDMI to DVI cable for that. Why introduce analog to the video signal path?
Yes, the HDMI to DVI would be the most logic choice for the optimal picture, then it puts the signal through without any conversion.
But then, i like to use VGA for emulation because you then can reduce the sharpness a bit to soften the scan-lines. 🙂
I was making myself a Vectrex-ish barcade with a 7" rotating monitor using a simple servomotor but I messed up so much on painting that I just stopped... You video inspired me to go back.
You CAN use the rotating stand. I did something similar with a junker cab and cut thin slots in the side to allow the monitor to rotate. Another way would be use a slightly smaller monitor that will rotate in the space you have... you really don't need a wide-screen monitor to play arcade games. If you only need a little bit of space (say less than 20mm total) use a router to cut a groove into the sides but not through the wood. Or another way is get a Taito Egret II (or build something similar from scratch). It has a built in rotating 29" CRT. That's the holy grail as far as arcade cabs go and I'm taking mine with me into the grave lol
Over the years it amazes me how similar my tastes are with yours Justin. I'm not talking generally but specific little things.
Like you, some years ago I toyed with the idea of looking out for a wrecked arcade cab I could gut, restore and stick my own solution in there. Although I've yet to find something suitable, I ended up still first going with a PC based MAME setup with a screen and a "desktop" cabinet thing. Because I saw this as a work in progress and didn't know exactly how it'd bear out, I ended up building a decent joystick and button setup from an old Pandora's Box too.
Then later on I junked the PC and simply run it these days off a Raspberry Pi as it's INCREDIBLY simple to get it up and running, add games and so on and I'm lazy.
Couple that with a monitor I picked up cheap and a swivel mount so I can rotate it easily for those portraitwise games.
So far, I've kept this setup for a few years now and I'm quite happy with how it works out.
Keep up with stuff like this Justin, as it floats my boat.
Wow I can’t believe I’ve been watching your videos for 12 years.
Simply looks fantastic, DMP did an amazing job 🔥🔥🔥
Hello MJR, great stuff mate :-) I also picked up a minipc and bought bigbox, so i am also planning to build another bartop arcade.. currently I already build one years ago using retropie..love it!!! ps, the geometry drunken master paul reffered to can be avoided by creating vertical slides (about 2-3 cm in width) on both sides of the arcade cabinet (painted black you won't even notice them). where the rotating mount can be used so you dont have to fumble with the cables while reinserting the screen.. simply turn the screen, the slides allows for the screen to rotate through them.. thats what i would have done .. anyway loving your movies bro , I hope you make another nice trip .. regards from the Netherlands 🙂
Nice way to start weekend! Paul did Great woodworking!
Awww man nice! I came up with the rotating monitor mame cab idea like 15 years ago but never actually implemented it. Wanted to find an elegant solution but couldn’t find one. I love your K.I.S.S. approach.
Currently expanding my arcade room, got 4 cabinets now. One a Street Fighter themed mame cabinet. Starting to convert the Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 into another mame cabinet. Both running off Raspberry Pis.
UMK3 has its CRT being repaired now. Street Fighter needs a CRT to replace the flat screen, cause that's how I roll.
This video is perfect timing.
I'm Convinced everyone should have some sort of Arcade Cabinet in their home.
Wether you wanna Build One from Scratch, or buy a Commercial Cab, or an A1UP.
As long as you have a dedicated place to change up how you play a game is really awesome.
I built my own name cabinet because of the original video. I've built 1 full size, 2 bar tops and a mini since then. Really cool to see an update video.
Very cool! I might do the same with my monitor when I build my cabinet.
And GRS makes some awesome products. I have the track ball, spinner, Tron joystick and Star Wars yoke.
Nice set up!! Also. the dusty beer crate is right up my style I dig
Got to have the scan lines, I always use a HDMI scan line generator because not every system has a scan line option like Demul.
Nice job!
I can see setting up a dedicated "Retro-fy" button that toggles the shaders/scanlines. Set up a hotkey in RetroArch, then set that button to the hotkey in whatever key mapping software you like.
That looks awesome. What an ingenious customization. Thanks for sharing.
Very nice. I thought about having my 65 inch OLED rotatable with a mount too, for certain types of games. Thats the main screen I use for my gaming set up. A mini PC can be good for emulation, I think. The main limitation for me is that I have something like 30 terrabytes of roms and set up that covers most of the history of gaming on one machine, as well as modern PC games. The biggest issue becomes having enough storage. I recently upgraded so that I can emulate the Switch with 4K upscaling and as a result ended up with a pc thats a little more powerful than current gen consoles. So now Im messing around with modern PC games for the first time. I fully embraced emulation back in 1999 with a pure emulation PC and video output to my CRT tv as well as soddered controller adapters that my friend made so I could use SNES and other old controllers on the emulation set up. We even managed to find an old arcade cabinet that was trashed and removed the entire top portion where the joysticks were. He modded that to work as well but it was super bulky since it was a 2 player set up. Not ideal for lap play. This was before we had such easy access to everything.
Love the MAME videos. Peak MJR!!! Trackball will be premo! Should add some side buttons while you’re at it for VPX!
Man, can't believe I've been following MJS since 2012 ❤
heck yeah! 🤘
For anyone doing something similar, you can have a permanent no-lift rotation if you cut slots in the sides of the cabinet to allow the screen corners to pass while rotating.
Yesssss. Let's go I had off mowing today due to rain or id be listening this at work but now I can see as well wahoo
That's a super smart way to switch the screen for vertical monitor setups! I still like my 27" crt in my cabinet over the new displays... still looking for a decent Trinitron :)
Nearly 1m subs, nicely done!
Same idea, but with a hydraulic arm system and cable sheathing to keep wires in check. Great build overall
If you want a trackball, the most recent X-Arcade Tankstick version has a trackball and two spinners. It won't fit in that cabinet, though. You want to go with something like a Golden Tee.
For the one who will be king
Is the watcher in the ring
It is You, oh
It is You
I like using RetroBat on PC especially with the on screen bezels and using Batocera with a Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB board also with the on screen bezels! But your custom MAME arcade cabinet upgrade definitely looks rock and roll! Awesome work Metal Jesus Rocks and Drunken Master Paul! You guys rock!!! 🤘🤘🤘
Seeing the Dell Logo not removed or not blacked out would drive me insane
Sounds like a YOU problem..
Get a grip on that asap
I could look to see if it can be turned on in BIOS?! Not sure.. but also not a big deal to me...
I was referring to the logo on the monitor case@@MetalJesusRocks
Ah. yeah, that could easily be removed. Or blacked out. 👍
Great videos guys and thanks for all the details and how-to. Definitely feeds my ideas and thoughts for my next MAME update and want to do similar and make it also my main gaming PC. I also built my first cabinet using an empty full-size upright arcade cabinet from a local arcade repair shop that had some nearly empty cabinets. It still has a Phillips 19" CRT in it that still works great, so i'm not sure i'm ready to bail on that yet, but definitely ready for a more modern PC that can do it all, along with going to a more modern interface like LaunchBox. Thanks for all the work and the show and tell!
Get the tank stick that has the track ball and spinner in it
I considered it..but it's WIDER than what is currently there and I don't really like that look. Makes it kinda look homemade and weird. But that's just me.
LEGENDARY DMP & MJR FINALLY together again 🥰
ALWAYS a BLAST to watch you two together.
When will you bring us A LOT of new episodes of "gamer eats" ??????
I'm still waiting years later, but no luck......
Lost all my hair on my head, but I'm waiting patiently and still hoping. 🥰
This video is freaking awesome, those mini pc has come very far in performance. IGPU will only get better. I love those old school PC games.
amazing ep. lovely and passionate guys
A suggestion might be to use some sort of elastic/retracting cable management for the monitor cables. Like those used for holding vr headset cables. Another suggestion might be to use an adjustable monitor arm to make the moving and turning of the monitor easier.
This is awesome - if you added a VESA rotating arm bracket, it might help with the positioning and ensuring the cables are wrapped out the way.
Metal Jesus became a boy again the first time he was playing absolutely love it😂
One of my favorite trackball games is Quantum. I found out about it on Atari 50 and I got SUPER ADDICTED to it.
They do make really good cheap monitors that are super thin for putting into a game cabinet so that you can rotate the screen without hastle. I have one in my own name cab
For another upgrade you can use a monitor arm that extends out, rotates then folds back in. That would give you support for the cables.
Awesome video. Thanks for showing us the updated cabinet, loved watching it all come together. And great to see more of Drunken Master Paul. 🤙
You can do a rotating mount with a NEMA motor and Arduino control via a simple button on the side, and at the same time install a macro on the system that sets rotation to vertical and back to horizontal in the OS
I have been thinking of building a MAME cabinet. I like what you did with the monitor. We have those monitors at work and were getting rid of them. I hope they are still there so I can grab one 🙂
Really solid monitors and honestly, they look REALLY GOOD still. I was impressed.
So funny I bought exactly 2 of these Dell Monitors last week. I think they are very awesome with all the Input options etc. And they are so cheap, it's amazing. I painted one Oyster Wihte and one NES Style
Bro, drunken master Paul hasnt aged well in 12 years. Hope all is well!
Route your cables together with MANY cable ties (every 4-6 inches) then towards the back attach a small piece of string (maybe 8 inches) and tie a handful of washers to the end of that string. Now you have a counterweight to pull the cable back in for you when you flip the screen and because it's has so many ties it wont be able to snag on your controls.
Like the idea! I was expecting it to end up with a monitor arm attached inside to support it and swivel it on, seems like that would make the job of turning it much easier!
Fun fact the 7840hs is as fast as a 5800x from 2020. Within the span of 4 years, laptop chips became as fast as (some)desktop chips for a half the power. We did not get that during the intel domination era. 10 years of 4 cores with a minor bump in performance each generation. And ultracrap mobile parts.
Great upgrade! Great video! You guys need to make more videos again. Gamer Eats perhaps?? Keep up the great work!
I miss your iconic intros...please bring them back!! 🎸💀
I would recommend putting modern games on the internal storage because of loading times. Loading times can get quite big from external storage.
Good project and cool video MJR!👉🙂👈
Nice set up 😊
Thanks! 😊