Has anyone here ever built their own arcade machine. I hear on the internet it's really easy but I would like to hear it from someone here. (Y'know, make me feel better). I just thought it would be cool to play an Arcade Perfect version of Mortal Kombat 1 and 2 and so on.

How do u want to retrieve scores from within the game without the game source code?

I don't understand what you mean. What I heard you can do is build a cabinet and then stick a computer inside with an emulator installed on it.

I've been meaning to build an arcade for some time. What I thought I'd do is buy the sticks and buttons from the Internet (eBay had a few up for auction last time I checked) and then wire them up with the proper schema and plug them into USB ports.

You could then write a nice console application to switch between the different emulators.

It's really a worthwhile project.

You make it sound so easy

Wish i could do that. I would love to make one.

I used to have a cabinet with a wrestling game in it, this was quite a long time ago though. Good times

But then it broke :'(

But it would definetly be a worthwhile project

Yeah i have a old basketball one, trying to thiink about the name.......maybe BasketBrawl or something like that. Used to play that alllll the time. My dad rented a shop for hius business<furniture retoration> came with like 20 different acrade games......Hurricane came and they were all gone, Except that basketball one. Is there any way i could switch the games? Ifnot i co0uld just take it out and put in a computer? how would i set up the sticks?

Believe it or not , i just bought a magazine yesterday that tells you how to build an arcade machine.

What magazine and can you scan the article etc.