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Interesting cab!
DJ_Izumi:
--- Quote from: HanoiBoi on February 12, 2010, 01:14:13 pm ---If he is interested in building, we could determine his needs, chip in some money ($5 via Paypal to a veteran BYOAC'r) and purchase and ship his buttons, ipac, joys, etc. and teach him the ropes.
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Ya know, I see a potential problem with a forum comprised mostly of middle aged men finding a 14yo boy on the internet and buying him things...
jtslade:
did someone say he was 14. He sounds more like he is nine or ten..
Yes I agree his parents must be on board with a BYOAC fund for parts.
Could call it Project NeXt Gen Mame Cab
as in the next generation of kids.
Bobulus:
Leave him (and his parents) alone, guys. I'd let him do his own thing. He's having fun. He doesn't need arcade accurate controls until he, himself, is interested in them.
Seriously, the best way for a kid to learn is to take a project like this and let him make his own plans, own mistakes, etc. Having a bunch of dudes on the web show up and tell him the 'right' way to do things is a sure-fire way to suck the fun out of it.
Personally, I'm wondering how he got his 'coin slot' working. Mouse hidden inside so that the 'credit card' touches the button?
DCsegaDH:
--- Quote from: Bobulus on February 12, 2010, 01:53:39 pm ---Leave him (and his parents) alone, guys. I'd let him do his own thing. He's having fun. He doesn't need arcade accurate controls until he, himself, is interested in them.
Seriously, the best way for a kid to learn is to take a project like this and let him make his own plans, own mistakes, etc. Having a bunch of dudes on the web show up and tell him the 'right' way to do things is a sure-fire way to suck the fun out of it.
Personally, I'm wondering how he got his 'coin slot' working. Mouse hidden inside so that the 'credit card' touches the button?
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I think the coin slot is a pretty cool idea for someone his age.
helpmebuild:
The project is ambitious for someone who likely has access to every console on the market either at home or a friends place.
The simple fact that he enjoys arcade games coming from a generation that doesn't even know what an arcade meant to people in generations past is a true testament to the fact that some of these games are timeless.
I think that despite the look of the "cabinet" and the aesthetics being amateur-ish in nature, the sheer fact that he took initiative to do something like this should be applauded. He's young, and lets face it, could be doing much worse things at that age. To design and execute something like this is impressive in my opinion.
And considering that 10 years ago some of the cabinets being done by adults in their garage in the infancy of this type of thing didn't look a whole lot better, and cost a small fortune, I think he deserves some kudos.