FAQ

arcadeshopper.com has placed many arcade games in new happy homes and businesses. We can locate your favorite game and get it shipped directly to your door.

We also sell real arcade cabinets that you can hook to your PC, Xbox, Playstation and more. Allowing you to have the arcade experience at home using emulation software, regular games, or what-ever you like!

I charge for packing because I want the products to arrive in good condition and the only way I can ensure that they do arrive with the most protection possible is to purchase quality crates and boxes for the kits and to custom wrap and protect the assembled cabinets. This takes a lot of physical labor, quite a bit of time and of course money to buy the materials. Since some people would like to pick up their cabinet, I can’t fairly roll the cost of packing into the product price.

Kits are $75.00 for packing, assembled cabinets are $100.00 for packing and strapping to a pallet for shipping or $175 for building a wooden crate

Shipping runs approximately$135.00, there may be additional charges depending on:

• If the delivery is to a residence there are additional charges assessed by the freight company for residential delivery
• If a loading dock or fork-lift are not available to off-load the cabinet from the truck then a lift-gate charge is assessed by the freight company
• If your address is in a rural area there may be additional charges assessed by the freight company

I include shipping insurance on shipments when available to cover any damages that may occur during the shipping process. You should carry your own shipping insurance to be safe. There is a $75 crating cost added to all cabinets shipped. I used to buy special boxes but they ended up costing the same as the crate and crates protect much better than cardboard.

If you have artwork you’d like on your marquee please send it to me and I’ll produce a custom marquee for your cabinet for a reasonable cost.

I also have a number of styles that you can choose from for your cabinet. They are in the artwork section of my online store.

• 27″ cabinet dimensions 29″w 34″d 70″h
• 27″ cabinet marquee dimensions 8″h 27″w
• 27″ interior dimension 27″w
• 19″h x 27″w monitor view area dimensions

Shipping runs approximately $250.00, there may be additional charges depending on:

• If the delivery is to a residence there are additional charges assessed by the freight company for residential delivery
• If a loading dock or fork-lift are not available to off-load the cabinet from the truck then a lift-gate charge is assessed by the freight company
• If your address is in a rural area there may be additional charges assessed by the freight company

I include shipping insurance on shipments when available to cover any damages that may occur during the shipping process. You should carry your own shipping insurance to be safe. There are additional packing costs for each cabinet shipped.

At this time I only offer the designs listed on the web site. You are welcome to modify them at your leisure when you take possession. I offer blank control panels without pre-cut holes for you to make your own custom designs.

No it is not the same thing. What you find on Ebay for $800 is not anything close to my cabinets. I only use all new parts, new computer-aided-design and computerized routed cabinets and all of my displays are VGA resolution or better. What you find for that price on Ebay are usually used junker cabinets that someone has converted to MAME. Standard resolution (CGA) monitors converted for use with MAME and substandard computers utilizing non-intel processors which may have incompatibilities with Windows, MAME and any other applications you may run.

My designs have better control panel layouts (in my opinion) and they offer more for your dollar than you get from buying that junk.

Frankly I’d much rather have a new system than something that’s jury-rigged together.

Yes I sell bare-bones cabinets and kits. Check out the catalog for more information.

Sure if the monitor is 27″ or smaller and your putting it in my 27″ cabinet. If you are putting a monitor into the 19″ cabinet, 19″ is the maximum that will fit easily. .

My cabinets are designed to fit a 27″ “Universal Mount” arcade monitor by default.

With some work you may be able to jury-rig most any monitor to fit. However, you are on your own when it comes to figureing it all out.

I have had customers ask if production television sets would fit, and frankly I have no way to test everything out there. The ArcadeCenter line is designed specifically for a television set

A good rule of thumb is that the 27″ cabinet box is 27″ wide inside, and that’s your limit. Measure first!

The ArcadeCenter line is designed for a television set. My other emulation cabinets are designed for universal mount ARCADE monitors and any modification from that design is without support or warranty.

Of course, I’m happy to sell you any component separately. Email me with your request and I’ll respond with prices.

All of my emulation cabinets are compatible with Xbox and PlayStation controller inputs with the optional adapters that are available at extra cost.

You can purchase the X-arcade option control panel which has adapters for all of those system’s and MORE. And the ArcadeCenter X includes an X-arcade and all adapters.

You can load whatever you want in my cabinets. Since this is a Windows based PC it will run all the popular games available (depending on the video card requirements of course) and any emulation software out there including Daphne for laser disc emulation and console/computer emulation as well (MESS AND OTHERS) consult emulation based websites for more information on available emulators, my cabinets are compatible with them all.

The trackball and spinner controls act as the windows mouse inputs. The joystick and button controls are keyboard based inputs as far as the computer is concerned. This should work fine with any program out there that supports using a keyboard and mouse as a controller.

There are optional adaptors for Xbox and Playstation consoles for all of my emulation cabinets and the Arcadecenter X supports the gamecube and dreamcast consoles in addition to the PC, Xbox and Playstation.

The cabinets materials are covered with this unconditional guarantee. If you break part of the cabinet after it has arrived in good condition, I’m happy to sell you the replacement wood part that you broke. I purchase insurance during the shipping process to cover any damage that may occur due to handling or shipping issues. You should purchase your own insurance just to be safe.

Any electronic components are covered by their manufacturer’s warranties. For instance the Wells Gardner CRT is warrantied for a period of one year from the date of purchase.  I’m happy to help with any warranty repairs with phone/email support or at my repair depot in Tualatin Oregon for the first year without additional charge. After that my normal labor rate applies.

Here are images and description of the process of prototyping the 27″ cabinet:

I started this project with the idea in mind that I would build mame cabinets for people who don’t just want some hack-job cabinet with spray panted sides. They were looking for a classy brand new cabinet and all new controls and parts. Complete with clean lines and edges and a good working set up for MAME and other emulators.

I based my first design on the cabinet below.

Here is an example of what my 27″ cabinet looks like. Yes I know this is a Simpsons cabinet, I based my design on the Konami 25″ cabinet. The basic shape is the same. My control panels are wider and contain more buttons (see below) and have the trackball installed in the center. The large monitor looks great in this style cabinet which is why I chose this design over the other models. It also allows for lots of room for controls.

MAME will allow for over 4000 games (more every update) to be played, so I chose to design my cabinet to support the most games possible without replacing the control panel. This is one of my prototype 27″ cabinets showing off some arcade games in action, you can see the cabinet taking shape..:

I found that the control panel layout below allowed for the most games without major problems with congestion and issues with games. Four joysticks, six buttons each (to support fighting games), a spinner for pong/breakout/tempest type games and a nice sized trackball with two buttons for the trackball. 

You can click on the images for larger views.

Here it is! The finished product on the production line. Order yours today!

Here is our professional cabinet shop with computerized router in action, carving out the cabinet parts	Here are some of the parts laid out ready for assembly

And the finished product assembled and ready for installation of t-molding, monitor, controls etc.

Frontal view	Left rear view	Right rear view	Control panel/monitor

Here’s the cabinet with T-molding installed, control panel and cp box installed and all the controls. And marquee
Front	Left	Right	Controls and coin door

A close up of my marquee lit up: 

			Monitor installed!

Ok as with any production you discover flaws in your first machine. I found two biggies. And the control panel had to be redone, here’s the newest design and a complete cabinet! Now includes 4 start buttons and a spinner for pong, tempest, breakout and other spinner/paddle games.

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This is my production cabinet, ready to go to the buyer.

Here’s some shots of the prototype Cabaret/Jukebox cabinet:

My cabinets are built to last. They are sturdy, clean, straight, strong and professionally built by professional cabinet makers. Computer aided design assures exact measurements and computer controlled routers ensure quality end product. They are built with industrial grade laminated mdf material. Just like the cabinets in any professional installation. Built to LAST!

You copy them into C:\mame\roms on the mame computer. Consult the offical MAME faq for more information.

Consult the offical MAME faq for more information.

The license for MAME specifically states “Distribution of MAME on the same physical medium as illegal copies of ROM images is strictly forbidden. You are not allowed to distribute MAME in any form if you sell, advertise, or publicize illegal CD-ROMs or other media containing ROM images. This restriction applies even if you don’t make money, directly or indirectly, from those activities. You are allowed to make ROMs and MAME available for download on the same website, but only if you warn users about the ROMs’s copyright status, and make it clear that users must not download ROMs unless they are legally entitled to do so.” Also I am not legally authorized to distribute the ROM images so I of course DO NOT.

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