Without any size measurements from an actual Dig Dug arcade cabinet I decided to go with some measurements from a Centipede cabinet (available at ) and modify it a bit. I had purchased some MDO a few weeks prior and I had been itching to get those cut down. I took a quick break from working on the control panel and focused my attention on cutting down the sides to the arcade cabinet. Nothing worked.Īt this point I was racing against the clock as I had a bunch of friends coming over for your annual Drunkin' Bike Rides and what would be a better time for testing an arcade cabinet then with a bunch of drunk people? I hooked up my computer and fired up Mame to test come games. I made a frame out of some spare 2x4s I had in the basement and mounted a 32" monitor on it so I could begin testing. What I really needed was a frame for this thing and a monitor. Definitely not like the Dig Dug cabinet you see above. In fact it looked more like a board with some buttons in it and a tangle of wires underneath. So far so good but it didn't really look like much of an arcade cabinet yet. After a few hours of wiring and trying to figure out what the hell I was doing I ended up with a pretty good control panel. I took some old plywood, drilled some holes, sanded it down and started to wire up the control panel. Shortly after everything arrive I started to piece together my test cabinet. Rather than put this idea on the back burner once again I ordered some Joysticks and Push buttons from Ultimarc and I set out to build a test system to be sure I could pull this project off. I would also need a widescreen monitor for new games like Street Fighter IV and Super Meat Boy.īefore I could do anything I had to be sure I could make this thing work. I knew right away that I couldn't make an exact replica of Dig Dug as I wanted to have two sets of player controls on the control panel and I also wanted a trackball for games like Golden Tee, Missile Command and Marble Madness. I really liked the look of the classic Dig Dug arcade cabinet so I decide that I would build my very own Dig Dug arcade cabinet.
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I hit the internet hard and started to learn all I could about how to go about building my own cabinet. Finally after mulling the idea over for about 10 years or so I set out to build my own arcade cabinet.
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I hope I can contribute in my own small way with this post and feel free to ask questions and I'll answer as best I can.įor years I've heard about people who build their own arcade cabinets to play old video games and the idea was always in the back of my mind. The information on this forum was incredible useful in helping me create my first arcade cabinet and I want to thank you all for everything you have done to help the community.
This is my first post on this forum so go a bit easy on me if my pictures are too big or anything like that.
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