Creating a MAME Arcade Cabinet

I am a big fan of 80's vintage video games. I actually own 4 of them. They are nice to have, but are a challenge to maintain, move, and use. They don't fit into the normal household decor, and the chances of having a game that others like playing when they visit is difficult. The idea of building a single Super Video Game has always been something I have wanted. I made an attempt at this 5-6 years ago with Steve, but found our efforts to dashed. Mostly because of joystick inputs, and not choosing a powerful enough computer.

Now there are several vendors that make all the key components. For around $1500-$2000, you can have a brand new, full sized, Multi-Arcade Machine Emulator in your house. Here are the links I found, and I will update when proceed further.

Pre Built

http://www.hanaho.com/products/HotRodJoystick/support.html - "HotRod Mame Joystick - The one I own"
- x-arcade

http://www.dreamauthentics.com/ - Premade Cabinets

http://www.slikstik.com/default.aspx?Affiliate=16 - SlikStik - MAME Joystick

http://www.cybertechdesign.net/mameroom/ - MameRoom - Ultimate Arcade II

http://www.cybertechdesign.net/mameroom/order_uaII.asp - Ultimate Arcade II - Prices

Searches

http://www.google.com/search?q=mame+joysticks+keyboard&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&start=10&sa=N - google search "mame joysticks keyboard"

Building Your Own

http://www.arcadecontrols.com/arcade.htm - Site on how to build your own cabinet

http://leafstation.com/ - "MameStation - building your own game"

http://leafstation.com/ms2home.html - "MameStation II - The best home built Mame Cabinet"

http://yourpage.blazenet.net/ditto/cabinet.htm - Some dudes cabinet

http://www.dragonslairii.com/arcade/MAMEv1/CP.asp - Home made console

http://www.geek.com/hwswrev/hardware/game/mamejoy/ - x-arcade vs devestator joysticks