Looks perfect for the job, even room to add storage inside the case and make a very tidy set-up - nice one akina86!

ITS ALIVE! It was a complete success! i was able to splice and dice the NEO GEO X base station to do my bidding! i will post some photos and a video of it in action this weekend. for now, here is the intro it will be using to replace the pimame intro:

awsome! i'm just waiting for my neogeo pad from playasia to arrive then i can commence something similar. great job. Also can you use neogeo roms with pifba or is it a certain mame set? any help appreciated.

Okay! i got everything up and running! it was actually easier than i thought it would be. i came home from work the other night and had this done in about an hour and a half. i could have had it done faster if i didn't waste time looking for my nice looking cables to use. i will probably go back and tidy things up later. but, as promised, a video! i skim over the details of the project and give a short demo. this has been a fun project. to think, i went from getting my Pi in the mail about 3 weeks ago, to now having it customized to my tastes is a testament to the work that's being done here. i couldn't have done this without Pimame and all the information here. thanks everyone.

here is the video: