Where's my best bet to try and find an old cheap arcade box?

[mitchafi]

Well I've decided I'd like to have a MAME cabinet in my room for some old school fun' n' games. Problem is, I can't make a box, and I don't know where to buy one. Any old thing would do pretty much, but where do you get these things? I've been looking for amusement companies on google but I would probably need something local or shipping would be too expensive.

 

[Evadman]

There are a few members here that make them for themselves, maybe you could buy one from them? Ask MAME. (a member here.) If he doesn't know, no one does.

 

[vi edit]

Ebay has some decent deals on stuff...look under the collectibles section. It'll be a lot cheaper than buying local and after the shipping you should still come out ahead.

 

[TitanDiddly]

eBay!

 

[mitchafi]

Looking on ebay. The boxes are a little more than I was expecting but I suppose those are just the going prices.

 

[bloinkXP]

Post in the newsgroups that you are looking for a empty cab. They will help.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=rec.games.video.arcade.marketplace

 

[hevnsnt]

Not ebay.. !!!!

Get in your local Yellowpages and lookup arcade repair shops.. I got a very nice Digdug machine for $75.. Just call and ask if they have any old cabinets that they wouldn't mind getting rid of.

 

[mitchafi]

I looked in the yellow pages and there was nothing listed for arcade repairs so instead I looked up amusements and found this: www.bmigaming.com. Turns out they have a showroom like 10 minutes from my house. On the site they didn't mention anything about selling plain cabinets but I didn't expect them to. Anyone ever deal with these people? They say they are really big

 

[mitchafi]

Anyone ever deal with bmigaming?