“He did the MAME, he did the Monster MAME”

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September 25th, 2009 6

By way of the Steampunk Workshop comes this awesome classic horror-themed MAME cabinet by Doug Haffner. Doug is a fan of steampunk, Harper Goff (designer of Disney’s Nautilus for 20,000 Leagues) and Kenneth Strickfaden (set designer and prop builder for Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein). He decided to combine his love for all three in a MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) cabinet and home jukebox.

The work here is impressive, but especially cool are the Lithopane portholes on the sides, grayscale images of the Frankenstein monster and his bride CNC-carved into Corian plastic (used in counter tops). Once carved and back-lit, you get this cool glowing halftone effect.

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6 thoughts on ““He did the MAME, he did the Monster MAME””

The Vamp says:

September 25th, 2009 at 6:39 pm

Pure Monser Classic Awesomeness!!
Tech Dude says:

September 27th, 2009 at 8:29 am

Awesome Cabinet!! Everything is awesome except the x-arcade control panel. Transfer the guts onto your own panel and it would be perfect.

vt-pete.livejournal.com says:

September 27th, 2009 at 11:40 am

Better yet, get some funky brass elevator buttons and mod that HAPP joystick to fit the look.

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“He did the MAME, he did the Monster MAME”

By Gareth Branwyn