![]() ![]() I won’t repeat what the other half said when she got home from work that day, but thankfully at least the other 2 surplus cabs - a Radio Times quiz machine and little bartop thing which I really wish I’d kept - had already made their way to the tip. It turned out that the seller’s company was involved in clearing out a local arcade years ago, and that he was now selling his house and needed to get rid of the 3 empty arcade cabs that had somehow ended up in his garage. ![]() After making arrangements with the seller, who happened to be about 10 miles away, I booked a day off of work, and a friend with a big estate car was roped in to help collect. I stuck in a bid - and won all 3 for £13.07. So I found myself on ebay, of course, and found a nice little lot of 3 empty cabs. So what better time to finally fulfil a dream that I’d had for many years - to own my very own arcade cabinet. ![]() I was living in my own house for the first time ever (well, technically my girlfriend / future wife’s house, and it was rented) and we were both working full time jobs. So let me take you back, over 10 years ago, to January 2009. Join me on my 12 year (and counting!) arcade cabinet restoration project - where I take a bare cab from a real arcade and completely reburbish it - twice! - to transform it into my dream MAME cab setup. Watch on YouTube: Fitting Out My Dream MAME Arcade Cab - The VideoStar MkII - 12 Years & Counting! ![]()
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