Here are step-by-step design instructions for building a cabinet from scratch. Credit given where known - thanks for the work everyone!
Jeff's Ultimate MAME Arcade Machine Plans
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| Jeff McClain | Jeff has a nicely done set of plans 3D-modeled, based loosely on LuSiD's plans (below). Plans are in jpeg format. Link goes to his web site. |
Kyle's PacMan Cocktail Plans
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| Kyle Lindstrom | Kyle is a person with experience doing design work. He had been looking for a cocktail cabinet to make a MAME machine out of. Finding what he thought was the perfect design, he chose to document the cabinet, producing the most complete set of plans for a PacMan cocktail cabinet I've ever seen. MS-Word instructions (zipped) (823 kb) MS-Word diagrams (zipped) (626 kb) (Both files needed) |
LuSiD's Arcade Flashback Cabinet Plans
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 | LuSiD | I am fairly certain that more cabinets have been designed with LuSiD's plans than any other. As of this posting the plans are on revision 7. They are in PDF format - link below goes to LuSiD's web site. He also has templates used for his control panel available. :) |
Thanks to the efforts of a lot of folks, dimensions of various arcade cabinets can be found here.
| Q-Bert | Contributor | Info |
 | menace | Here's a rough q-bert--I've ommitted coin door and marquee--since they are fairly standard--If you absolutley HAVE to have everything . (go buy one :) j/k) |
| pos. | cm | inch | pos. | cm | inch | |
| A | 85,09 | 33.5 | M | 67,31 | 26.5 | |
| B | 92,075 | 36.25 | N | 81,28 | 32 | |
| C | 100,965 | 39.75 | O | 68,58 | 27 | |
| D | 104,775 | 41.25 | P | 180,975 | 71.25 | |
| E | 137,795 | 54.25 | Q | 64,135 | 25.25 | |
| F | 158,75 | 62.5 | R | 7,62 | 3 | |
| G | 175,895 | 69.25 | S | 76,2 | 30 | |
| H | 68,58 | 27 | T | 73,66 | 29 | |
| I | 142,24 | 56 | U | 13,97 | 5.5 | |
| J | 70,485 | 27.75 | V | 31,75 | 12.5 | |
| K | 61,595 | 24.25 | W | 60,325 | 23.75 | |
| L | 80,01 | 31.5 | ||||
| Marquee glass 60,5cm (60,325cm?) x 16,5cm (23,75" x 6,5") | ||||||
| Centipede | Web site | Info |
| See website | Jakobud.com | Jakobud's opened a section on his web site with cad/pdf/jpg dimensions of arcade cabinets. First up, Centipede. Visit his site for plans and details. |
