| Item
| Source†
| Unit Cost
| Quantity
| Sub-Totals
|
| (KOC1) Ms. Pac-Man replica cocktail cabinet (unassembled kit, stained) |
www.arcadedepot.com |
$220.00 |
1 |
$220.00 |
| (CP1B) Blank control panels |
www.arcadedepot.com |
$18.00 |
2 |
$36.00 |
| (GC1-8) Glass clips (8 count) |
www.arcadedepot.com |
$35.00 |
1 |
$35.00 |
| (50-6084-00) Super Joystick, 4-way/8-way |
www.happcontrols.com |
$7.99 |
4 |
$31.96 |
| (40-0375-00) Coin door assembly, pinball style |
www.happcontrols.com |
$88.49 |
1 |
$88.49 |
| (49-1337-VP) 19" Vision Pro VGA monitor, shelf mount |
www.happcontrols.com |
$303.75 |
1 |
$303.75 |
| (58-9111-L1PLY) "1 Player" pushbutton, horizontal µswitch |
www.happcontrols.com |
$1.81 |
1 |
$1.81 |
| (58-9111-L2PLY) "2 Player" pushbutton, horizontal µswitch |
www.happcontrols.com |
$1.81 |
1 |
$1.81 |
| (58-9166,9100,9122,9155,9111,9133,9144-L) Pushbuttons, horizontal µswitch (assorted colors) |
www.happcontrols.com |
$1.72 |
16 |
$27.52 |
| I-PAC4, PS/2 interface 56-inputs |
www.ultimarc.com |
$65.00 |
1 |
$65.00 |
| Altec-Lansing AVS300 speaker system |
Sams Club |
$21.45 |
1 |
$21.45 |
(PCTU) Pac-Man cocktail table underlay, Namco licensed
(Want to print your own for less? Click here) |
www.twobits.com |
$65.00 |
1 |
$65.00 |
| Custom glass/plexi for table top |
N/A |
$45.00 |
1 |
$45.00 |
| (LCG1) Smart Strip (current-actuated power strip) |
www.bitsltd.com |
$29.95 |
1 |
$29.95 |
| 6"x9" Speaker Cover (Midway style) |
www.arcadeshop.com |
$9.00 |
2 |
$18.00 |
| Combined shipping & handling |
N/A |
$96.00 |
N/A |
$96.00 |
| Total |
$1086.74 |
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Well, I did go a wee bit over budget. I know some might say, "you could buy a real Pac-Man table for that!" And,
yeah, you may be right. However, for an original (or re-release) cocktail cabinet in the thousand dollar range, I figure
you'd probably have to put quite a bit of money into it in order to make it look nice and shiny new. Also in my corner, the
fact that I can play more than just Pac-Man. Running the cabinet on a MAME-based PC offers the benefit of flexibility. Not
only that, but since I built the machine, I will be familiar enough with it to make repairs fairly easily. Finally, since it's
made of all new parts, I don't have to worry (too much) about ancient arcade parts going bad in the near future.
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Perhaps this can be done cheaper. If you think you know of some creative ways to cut corners, let me know and I might possibly
add the suggestions for the benefit of others. I can think of a few, such as finding an old cocktail cabinet at auction for
cheap, getting one with working some or all working parts would be the holy grail. If you can find a working monitor, coindoor,
and/or controls - you might be able to cut costs significantly (although then you're stuck with trying to get MAME to display on
a standard arcade monitor). So there are pros and cons I suppose.
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Hope this info can help some other cabinet-maker-to-be get an idea of the finances that will be poured into the project.
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