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Cool topic but extremely difficult to narrow a list down to 10. I'll let the magazine editors sort out most influential, these are my favorites: 10. Star Control (Genesis) When I was starting to lose interest in games, this one brought me back BIG TIME! 9. Freedom Force (PC) If you're a fan of the Silver Age of comic books, you must play this game! 8. Star Wars (arcade) Combined my two favorite things in the world when it came out, Star Wars and video games. 7. Super Mario Bros. (NES) For me the first deep video game, my brothers and I would stay up all-hours trying to find hidden secrets. 6. Crossbow (arcade) I was obsessed with this game and I still love it. 5. Mike Tyson's Punchout (NES) WOW! Better than the arcade. 4. Rally X (arcade) After all these years it's still a blast! 3. Aliens vs. Predator Gold (PC) The reason I bought a PC and the only game that scared the crap outta me! 2. Castlevania III Dracula's Curse (NES) The best of the series IMO, I love this game! 1. tie Dodge Em/Warlords/Combat (2600) Playing against friends/family doesn't get much better than this, Invisible Tanks with Rubber Bullets!!! Honorable Mention: Wargames (Colecovision), Street Fighter II (SNES), Missile Command (2600), Pac-Man/Ms. Pac-Man (arcade), Kung-Fu (NES), Burgertime (arcade), Haunted House (2600), Super Star Wars (SNES), Crazy Climber (arcade), Defender (arcade), Asteroids (2600), Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin (Genesis), Tron (arcade), Centipede (arcade), Joust (5200), Arkanoid (arcade), Jungle King (arcade), Moon Patrol (5200), Pengo (5200), Rygar (NES), Tailgunner (arcade), Swimmer (arcade), Vanguard (2600), Madden 95 (SNES), Mario Bros. (5200), Wrecking Crew (NES), Super Mario Kart (SNES), Tapper (arcade), Zombies Ate My Neighbors (SNES), I'm also a fan of the Zelda games but I never had the time to play them all the way through.

I would ask this guy for documentation and specs for this machine. Ask him if he's a member of BYOAC and if he posted this project there. At the very least he should be able to assist you via email in the upgrade process which shouldn't be that hard because most of the work has already been done. If that fails then you should register at BYOAC yourself and post these pics because some of those guys are masters of this hobby.

Adding more buttons would be a matter of getting them from from ebay or an arcade parts seller, drilling the holes and wiring them to whatever encoder the other buttons are wired to. More info here: BYOAC As far as changing the settings for the games in MAME, plug a keyboard into the MAME PC, hit tab, then go to dip switch and change there. From the looks of the pictures it doesn't seem like too bad a deal. Is the screen a PC monitor, TV or real arcade monitor? its a pc monitor. I started examining it and it doesnt have games past 1986-87. it has gauntlet and gauntlet 2, but they operate at a slower pace. games like rygar, 720 and paperboy are not on there. so, I guess the computer itself isnt powerful enough. can i upgrade it? Well, A mame cabinet is just a fancy computer case, so it's probably as simple as removing the old computer and replacing it with somthing a little more modern. ah....but the problem is I wouldnt how to start. I mean, the settings on the cab have it when you boot the cab up, it goes through basic settings then goes straight to the mame game menu. But how is the cab booted up, is it a button or is it just plugged in? If it's a button or switch you would just rewire to the new PC, any pictures of the interior would be helpful. It sounds like there is a frontend in there which is just a program that lets you select games and bypasses a PC OS. Also since it's an original arcade cab it wouldn't be very hard to put in a real arcade monitor. It's only a matter of connecting it to a video card that supports the resolutions of those older games.

Adding more buttons would be a matter of getting them from from ebay or an arcade parts seller, drilling the holes and wiring them to whatever encoder the other buttons are wired to. More info here: BYOAC As far as changing the settings for the games in MAME, plug a keyboard into the MAME PC, hit tab, then go to dip switch and change there. From the looks of the pictures it doesn't seem like too bad a deal. Is the screen a PC monitor, TV or real arcade monitor?

I'm interested as well. Any word on when they will be back in stock?

Maybe you should take him up on his offer. I'm not sure what shipping would cost but you've got nothing to lose it seems.