Dad builds his daughter her own custom arcade machine |
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It's equipped with a simple Windows98 machine that boots up to a MAME custom skinned with Bella's Arcade theme. You can play by inserting a coin in the slot, or if you push a button on the coin slot, which could prove useful if little Bella wants to save up some cash.
It's a real cute story. "I had my dad's help lifting it up the stairs and I think I destroyed my back but it was worth it," the dad said. "My daughter LOVES it and she is so excited to have an arcade machine of her own in her room - her reaction was thanks enough."
Another cool mod:
Via Bella's Arcade
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windows 98? thats sweet
This has nothing to do with the PSP Glenn M., and it's not exactly news worthy anyway seeing as people have been doing this for years.
Its news worth, seeing how its awesome!!
Jealous that your dad didn't make you a pink arcade cabinet for your 6th birthday?
it's not psp update/news related. anyways, nice info and news though. :)
That's sweet :) I wish I could have something like that one day.
Her name is written all over it with hundreds of great games.
Anything with cool computer mods and such is news.
why does it need to be about psp update? i thought this was worth my time reading. thats a real cool custom made machine and i respect that he made it for his daughter.
Even though I read the article before I watched the video, for some reason I wasn't expecting to hear the Windows login sound. That made me laugh.
Any idea what was going on when the screen got all scrambled? Was that for effect or something else?
but im pretty certain that was XP.
or maybe this guy set up an elaborate troll.
My cousin got into this cause he was a gamer around the time of all these arcade classics, He built an upright arcade machine running Mame32 on it with all the arcade roms as well as one of those old school arcade coffee tables, turns out there's a whole lotta fans that do this...
How excellent is that! I bet she's thrilled.
Thats ADORABLE. God bless that father. Hope the kid loves that gift... its amazing.
Windows XP after the boot screen.
So this is an illegal system, since I doubt this guy has a license to run software developed for specific arcade systems/consoles on a PC. This isn't something I'd want broadcasting, never did the same when me and my dad built an "arcade" unit. And it's hardly PSP news?
Touché.
Then sue him. The games aren't made any more, and how do you know that he doesn't own all of those games for the actual system? Hm?
I work at a daycare. It's great to see parents that are dedicated to their kids like this.. I see too many parents that are quick to drop theirs off in somebody else's hands.
By the way..
snowblindu (3 months ago)
That isn't windows 98 is it?
javeryh (3 months ago)
Haha - no, good catch... I realized I said "98" instead of "XP" after I posted the video.
Copied from the video's comments. javeryh is the man who built the machine
Since you are asking this question I assume you arn't old enough to know. But back in the old days when those arcade machines were real and not just emulated, the mashine did a system check during boot-up. During this it checked its roms, cpu and memory. That scrambled screen you are refering to was such a check. Some other games showed a grid or a checklist that got marked as each part was checked ok.
If I'm not mistaking the machine started 'Mr Do's Castle' during boot up. So the scrambled screen was Mr Do's Castle's rom check.
Holy Snafu!
He probbly forgot.
Having backups of games you own is legal.
And also, I really doubt that Parker Bros. are going to sue him when they have millions of dollars and he is just doing something completely awesome for his daughter.
Booted up with the XP welcome and the XP task bar on the side... It looks like an LCD screen, collectively I think there is ~(in today's value) $550 in there?
But hey, I think he did a good job :)
This has absolutely jack ***** to do with the PSP - which I might point out has absolutely ***** MAME support anyway!
MAME Cabs have been projects for years and whilst this one is most certainly cute, it's not original or new. Go over to BYOAC and you can see 100 or more examples of this as well.
QJ is starting to lose the plot in what's 'newsworthy' on a PSP site. I think they just don't even give a crap if the content is relevant anymore as long as they can keep the post count up.
Cute cab. Zero relevance.
because it's http://pspupdates.qj.net dip*****, not http://anythingremotelygamingrelated.qj.net
give us another story when they've put a ps3/360 into the cabinet..... oh wait, scrub that one, coz the 360 would just overheat being in a confined space!! lol
Bella's dad needs to work on not breathing like an emphysema patient
i gotta agree with the others that this is not PSP news at all... i don't know why everyone has to say it so rudely, though.... "waah." why not just enjoy it, it's a cool story.
I also have to say, this is one great dad!!! I've thought of doing something like this for my daughter, but now that she has a Wii, she wouldn't be interested in an arcade machine anyway... :(
Although when I finally get a Ps3, I may have to build something like this so I can lock it up, and have it not get stolen (like all my other gaming goods in the past!)
I bet she feels like the nerdiest...I mean coolest girl in the whole world with that amazing arcade system in her room. kudos dad!
also, news on pspupdates is ALWAYS old.
instead of dedicating that much time building her an arcade machine that dad should have spent more time with her daughter (playing with her outdoors, ect.). It's a shame some parents have lost concept of whats really important to a kid's childhood. Fortunately I had parents who spent time with me when I was younger...
its cool, but my favorite gamer story of all time was the 4 year old who learned to drive using gta 4 lol....
not if its a jasper and good air flow (vents and PC Fans)
also how can you make a insert coin on a xbox/ps3? that would take the fun out of money making. lol
It suprises me to see there are still people that don't realize qj.net isn't just about psp news... I'm definitely reading this story on the ps3 qj, miscellaneous gaming news goes to every page of qj, the ps3, psp, xbox, ds, mobile, EVERY PART, idiots, stop complaining that its not relevant to the part of qj that you're on, its not about ps3 games or a new firmware, but I'm not complaining, thank you glenn for giving me some interesting news, and yes, the 4 yr old that learned to drive thru gta was amazing, lmao. Thanks QJ, continue being my favorite site
I didn't even know that misc. news goes through all over the qj network. Then again, like i said, nice info and good news though. :)
i'm glad you realize why i put the article everywhere on the site.. thanks, and you're welcome!
I guess sometimes I jus happen to have common sense, unlike tons of people, thanks and you're welcome as well!
Not that its important but I think this is the first time Qj staff has replied to me directly, w00t! Stay awesome guys
Serving the not so obvious common sense on a regular basis to those that need it.
this dad rocks to make a arcade cabinet for his kid she is lucky
another spoiled girl
Actually, here in New Jersey one of the arcades on the boardwalk has an Xbox 360 with Guitar Hero 2 (WHICH TAKES TWO DOLLARS TO PLAY for FIVE minutes) and two guitars.