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3:00AM Mark Wilson | I do not know what Frankenstein has to do with arcade cabinets, nor do I care. Because this Frankenstein MAME cabinet reaches basement gaming nirvana. More »
The Dr Frankenstein MAME Cabinet
3:00AM Mark Wilson | I do not know what Frankenstein has to do with arcade cabinets, nor do I care. Because this Frankenstein MAME cabinet reaches basement gaming nirvana. More » 
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How To Make Your Very Own Badass Arcade Cabinet For Cheap-ish
1:00AM Adam Frucci | Arcade games are a touchstone of many of our childhoods, holding memories of hours spent burning through quarters and chasing high scores. Now, MaximumPC has a guide for making an epic MAME arcade cabinet for cheap. So very tempting. [MaximumPC]
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Coffee Table Makes Retro Gaming a Contemporary Experience
10:30PM Mark Wilson | Half MAME cabinet, half pretentious furniture, this new coffee table by Surface Tension mixes worlds to adultise your gaming habit. Available in walnut or oak, the table features a 19-inch LCD, Shuttle PC with dual core CPU, integrated USB and HDMI outputs, 100W of speakers and two sets of high quality buttons and joysticks. With this hardware configuration, you can play games on the table or output the experience to your HDTV. More »
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Video Game Bar Tackles Two Life-Hindering Addictions at Once
5:20AM Mark Wilson | At first glance, it’s just an ordinary bar playing some sporting event on television. You think, that’s not really anything special. I’ve seen bars before. Heck, I’ve vomited on bars before. And what is that? Oak? I’ve certainly vomited on oak. More »
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IKEA + Apple = Mamebook Cocktail
4:00AM Mark Wilson | A MAME (arcade) cabinet will easily cost you several hundred to several thousand dollars. But one modder used a little ingenuity to take an old PowerBook with snapped hinges and fit it into an IKEA RAMVIK shelving unit. The result is a tabletop arcade machine รก la Galaga and Pac-Man that fits in a modern home. Here’s the funny shot that tells you it’s an Apple: More »
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Dreamcade Vision 29, Big Screen Arcade Cabinet
4:10AM Mark Wilson | My arcade cabinet fever just can’t be thwarted—a disease that sits in remission until a new model pops up in my RSS. The limited edition Dreamcade Vision 29 is particularly interesting because it features a large, 29-inch arcade monitor perfect for burning your eyes out during marathons of Missile Command. Though the unit falls well short of authentic with its PC-based emulation, the long games list may change your mind as practicality enters the equation: More »
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Bond With Your Family, Build Your Own Arcade Machine
4:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | Want to become the coolest parent ever? Turn off the computers, put down the television remote, and do a little DIY with your kids this weekend by building your own arcade machine. While you assemble the pieces, regale little Tommy or Gina with the tales of your Space Invaders past. And when they look up at you, little eyes shining, and ask why you couldn’t just get an emulator, tell them they were both adopted. [IGN via Kotaku] More »
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Video of Classic Star Wars Arcade Running on a Oscilloscope
2:37AM Jesus Diaz | Here’s an exclusive video of the classic Star Wars arcade running on an oscilloscope thanks to a sound card and a specially patched version of MAME. We talked with James Brown—the author of this hack, not the Godfather of Soul—about how he did it and the possibilities for his hack. Among them: connect it to a real laser cannon. Full interview and details after the jump.Jesus Diaz: Stunning hack, James. First question: can you run Asteroids on this? James Brown: It should run any of the vector games that MAME handles. I’ve only tried it with Star Wars and Asteroids though. I have a poor quality video of Asteroids running on it: More »
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Man Fits Home-Made Gaming System to IKEA Dining Table
10:20PM Addy Dugdale | Eric Gradman built his own MAME gaming system from a 15-inch LCD, Happ controls and an Ultimarc I-PAC, and fitted it into an extendable dining table that he bought from IKEA. “There’s always someone who doesn’t feel comfortable around large groups of people, and so he sits at the table playing video games,” he says. The full photo-set is on Flickr, but you can see some of the pics in our gallery below. More »
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