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Wow, I finally finished my cabinet!! The cabinet name is 'Metacarpal Madness.' Which was because I broke the 4th metacarpal in my right hand trying to drill out starter holes for the coin door. My wife came up with it. I think mostly out of mocking me, but it stuck! haha I think it turned out pretty good. I have a main power button on the control panel and also a bottle opener on the side. That was a must! The control panel can be removed for ease of moving through doorways. I can post more on it if people like it. I uploaded a few photos of the end result. I am now looking into some finishing touches. Are these things really ever done!?! They are a nice hobby though, that's for sure. I have always wanted to get a spinner and a couple of aimtrac guns from ultimarc. But, with my daughter in daycare our funds are a little tight. I already have a wii and 4 rechargeable wiimotes, which i actually use to play mame on my ipad at times. I am wondering if anyone can direct me to a site of reference where I can get a step by step guide on setting up the use of wiimotes in mame, as well as using them in the Nestopia emulator among others. In the end I think I will have a spinner on the control panel and purchase the wheel attachment at ultimarc. That way I can at least play a little pole position or APB without too much trouble. I put 2 USB ports on the outside of both sides of the control panel, in anticipation of the aimtrac guns and other USB items (ipod, etc) Max

I recently purchsed a bluetooth USB dongle and I am about to start attempting to make my wiimotes and PS3 controllers work on my computer. I've been reading quite a bit of tutorials on the subject and they all seem to vary slightly from one another. I am wondering if anyone can direct me to a good tutorial for using Wiimote with MAME/Emulators, using PS3 controller with MAME and building your own wireless sensor bar. I have MAME .144 and I saw there were issues with MAME versions after.117 if you want to use the wiimote as a light gun? It all seems slightly confusing and I am just looking for a step by step on how to make it work. I think I will eventually buy the arcade guns or the guns on ultimarcs website. I just think it might be fun to use the Wiimote on NES games and such. If anyone knows of anything. Thanks!