The plan

Hello and welcome to my blog recording my attempts to build a full size arcade cabinet running MAME and other emulators. My desire to do this stems from happy memories of spending a small fortune in pocket money at various dingy arcades and holiday results. During the 80's 90's and 00's I've racked up a fair few hours (days? months?!) playing hundreds of games. However, a 30 something man tends to stand out a little in today's arcades (if you can find a local arcade at all that is) plus I don't have as much spare time as I used to. So therefore what would be better than my very own arcade system in the comfort of my own home??!

Now, I've always been a little wary of people with blogs - are their lives really THAT interesting to merit telling the world about?? So it's fair to say that I do feel a little dirty writing this. However, without the internet and the wealth of information it contains I would never be able to even contemplate my arcade project. Therefore I figured that other people with similar ideas might somehow stumble onto my blog and find something useful here.