Game Time!!

For the entertainment portion of the basement not only is there a touchscreen game for the bar, I also have these two arcade games! As noted before the Hat Trick machine is from my high school days. It is already in working order, however I did create new control panel graphics for it just because it makes it look a little nicer and I have those kinds of skills.

Next to it will be sitting my brand new MAME cabinet. It will play most of the classic games you know and love. And by most I mean jam packed with 260 games from Donkey Kong and Tempest to Mortal Kombat and Dragon's Lair. I was lucky enough to get a second Hat Trick cabinet (minus monitor and any electronics) that I was able to convert to a MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator). I had to design the control panel layout to fit in the tight space, but also had to include all the controls needed: 2 joysticks with 6 buttons each, a spinner (tempest) and a trackball in the center (centipede, golden tee). It ended up fitting pretty well, and I made the awesome graphics for it to fit the hockey theme. All that's left is to put the computer inside and wire the panel to it. Then it's game on, bitches!!