Useful Links
rbecker5@charter.net
TalkingOctopus on AOL IM and BYOAC Forums
Arcade Building
Build Your Own Arcade Controls (BYOAC) - The best arcade building resource on the net.
BYOAC Message Board - I think the boards might even be more useful than the site. Search old posts, or make your own.
CitznFish's BYOAC Newbie FAQ - Links to forum posts dealing with common arcade building problems.
Scott's Unicade - A nice example w/ plans and step by step pictures.
1UPArcade - A unique rotatable control panel.
MameStation - A two piece cabinet.
Frosty's Arcade - My favorite home built cabinet. A two piece cab with a rotating control panel.
Jakobud - Plans for original arcade machines like Centipede and Defender.
MAME
MAME's official site - Go download the latest MAME. NOW!
NoNameMAME - MAME w/ a bunch of cabinet friendly features.
MAMEWorld - A MAME news and resource site.
Unofficial Hiscore.dat - The most comprehensive high score saver.
MAME Catver.ini - Defines game categories that can be used to generate custom lists in MAMEWAH.
Arcade Utilities - ROM auditing and info utilities.
Front Ends
MAMEWAH - The front end that I use
MAMEWAH setup - A program that helps configure MAMEWAH
GameLauncher - The front end that I almost used
Console Screenshot Database - Screenshots for frontends. I contributed some of the SNES & Atari screens.
MAME Screenshots - These ones are without the white border.
Good Tools - Use these tools to rename and audit your console ROMS.
General Arcade
The Killer List of Videogames - Arcade Museum
Game Room Magazine - Monthly Magazine
Arcade Flyer Archive - Download Arcade Flyers
GameFAQs - Arcade Walk-throughs, Move lists and Codes.
SHMUPS! - Short for Shoot 'Em Ups. Shooter reviews.
Shoruken - Fighting game community.
Neo-Geo - Neo-Geo Lives! Community ect...
Vendors
Happ Controls - Where I got all of my arcade controls.
Hagstrom Electronics - I got my keyboard encoder here.
EMDKay - I got my marquee printed here.
Classic Arcade Grafix - A great place to get your artwork printed.
Wells Gardner - Arcade Monitors.
The Real Bob Roberts - He sells a lot of arcade parts for reasonable prices.
Oscar Controls - The place to go for a spinner or joystick restrictor plate.
E-Bay Arcade Machine Listings - Buy an arcade on E-bay.
Art
Arcade Art Library - The best resource for high quality arcade art.
Capcom Wallpaper - Where I got my Marvel Vs Capcom 2 Characters.
Art of Greg Martin - Outstanding Outer Space Wallpapers that I use w/ MAMEWAH.
Frosty's Vector Art Tutorial - Excellent tutorial for making high quality custom art with Adobe Illustrator.
Brands of the World - Vectorized Product Logos.
Video Game Fonts.
1001 Free Fonts.
Dreamcast
Kevin's Arcade Sticks - Instructions for Connecting the DC to Arcade Controls.
Utilities
Shot Reporter - Lists games that are missing a front end screenshot.
Iso Buster - Rips CD-ROM images to the hard disk.