Arcade game cabinets have that classic shape, topped off with the arcade joysticks able to withstand serious punishment, which were always perfect for games like Street Fighter 2, or Ghosts and Goblins. Well old arcade cabinets that are no longer is use do have other uses, you can rip the innards out and replace it with a MAME PC arcade game box, which gives the the power to have multiple games all in one box, rather than just be limited to your one JAMMA PCB board

Hardware emulation isn’t a new thing nowadays, and as PC's have got more powerful you find more game systems are getting emulated even so close as to be just one generation behind the current game consoles. Well the real big name in emulation for me is MAME which stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator and it first appeared back in 1997

One of my all time favorite arcade games is the 1988 Data East classic Bad Dudes Vs Dragon Ninja. How can you not love a game that manages to get dude in the title, because trust me they are a very rare breed. In Japan Bad Dudes Vs Dragon Ninja was just called Dragon Ninja but for me that just makes the game lose the rarity of its name, because lets be honest there are 365 gazillion (yes that’s a specific count, honest) games with dragon in the title

Ever wanted you own arcade cabinet? Ever wondered if you have the patience to cut all that wood or posses the DIY skills to manage it? Ever looked for any easy way out? If the answer to all these questions is yes, then you may well like this article. I first stumbled upon this mini tabletop MAME conversion using an IKEA cabinet about a year ago. As soon as I saw it I knew it was going to be a great read and I was already worried I would be trying to make my own pretty soon