stopping in to say howdy

[Firebat]

Hi all... names Eric and I am ready to start building my cabinet... I have been into gaming ...well...since Atari, Colecovision, ADAM...shewww....that was awesome back then...LOL... Anyways... I think I got the skinny on everything I need except a couple of things...

First a little background. I am a 3D Grafx Artist in Maryland and I have been doing animations, renderings for over 15 years...I got excited when I saw the Heavy Metal arcade unit that someone made a while back and just haven't got around to building the cabinet yet... DIY will be funner and cheaper, so that is the route I will be taking FIRST...LOL...

I want to imcorporate a set of guns for Police Trainer and gun games alike. Are there any hurdles I will need to go around?

Space Ace, Dragon's Lair... What will I need to do special to play these games? I understand about the movie files... I think I can get around that.

Golden Tee? What versions are out and what will I need?

Computer?? I have an old P4 2.4 with 1gb... Will that do the trick... I dont want to build a machine and then find out I cant play some of the kickbutt games that I want...

Do you guys build your own sticks, buttons. I really want a quad machine, but I am torn...How many times am I REALLY gonna have four people playing. :-)

anyways...I have a lot more, but I will surf the forums and pop in every now and again.