Author Topic: Interesting cab! (Read 12354 times)

Brutal E · « **Reply #40 on:** February 18, 2010, 08:43:32 pm »

Build Your Own Angry Children $:-\$

H4CK3R · « **Reply #41 on:** February 18, 2010, 10:57:46 pm »

Bring Your Own adolescent Child...

I scare myself sometimes...

shateredsoul · « **Reply #42 on:** February 27, 2010, 03:55:27 am »

WTF, guess he showed us...

and he got a haircut too! damnit.. looking all professional now, he could use some soldering lessons though

BigThumbToe · « **Reply #43 on:** February 27, 2010, 05:10:59 am »

Holy Crap! Can anyone say MIT in his future. how many kids do you know his age actually know what soldering is let alone know how to do it. When I was his age I was still building forts using sheets and boxes, tieing it together with socks and rubberbands.

councilface · « **Reply #44 on:** February 27, 2010, 08:19:15 am »

Fair play to the lad. Well done son.

Nacimroc · « **Reply #45 on:** February 27, 2010, 12:43:34 pm »

Got to hand it to his father! Seen his kid was interested in it so went out and bought him a cab!

lilshawn · « **Reply #46 on:** February 27, 2010, 01:22:38 pm »

lol that was awesome... Arcade games is my job and even I dont have a cab.

i'm going to go cry now.

SavannahLion · « **Reply #47 on:** February 27, 2010, 03:36:10 pm »

WTF? What a jump. Is the kid just playing us?

Ond · « **Reply #48 on:** February 27, 2010, 05:31:21 pm »

Quote from: councilface on February 27, 2010, 08:19:15 am

Fair play to the lad. Well done son.

+1 Absolutely. Kids on youtube issues aside. His attitude, his enthusiasm and his interest in DIY Arcade is what impresses me, not his cardboard cab or his latest acquisition. When he makes it onto this forum and I'm sure he will, he'll have my support just like anyone else who is keen on the hobby. So I say he's off to a great start, persevere kid, from humble beginnings can come great things.

<--------Non alcoholic cider

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #49 on:** February 28, 2010, 10:54:29 am »

A little info:

I posted this video over on KLOV and it took off. Shardian made contact with his father telling him he'd donate some parts for the kids project. It think he had some sticks and buttons he was going to donate. Evidently the post to "pop" spurred his ole' man to pick up the new cab for his kid....

...bravo Shard!

Personally, I find it refreshing to see this kids creativity. Sure, the lines of his original "boxcade" could have used some help, but that credit card credit switch was THE BOMB! This kid is also pretty damn good in front of the camera for his age.

javeryh · « **Reply #50 on:** February 28, 2010, 11:07:45 am »

Quote from: Nacimroc on February 27, 2010, 12:43:34 pm

Got to hand it to his father! Seen his kid was interested in it so went out and bought him a cab!

I agree - this kid is off to a great start (I still wouldn't post videos for the world to see though - he's too young).

200X · « **Reply #51 on:** February 28, 2010, 02:04:07 pm »

This kid is the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.

nickynooch · « **Reply #52 on:** February 28, 2010, 02:17:06 pm »

It's rad to see the progression as it happens. Props to that kid!

Dizzle · « **Reply #53 on:** February 28, 2010, 02:44:49 pm »

Quote from: Nacimroc on February 27, 2010, 12:43:34 pm

Got to hand it to his father! Seen his kid was interested in it so went out and bought him a cab!

Yeah, posting videos on the internet aside, kudos to the dad for honing in on his kid's interest.

A lot of parents might have missed the opportunity.

shateredsoul · « **Reply #54 on:** February 28, 2010, 02:47:27 pm »

Well, personally I think it's okay if it's the dad managing the account.

RayB · « **Reply #55 on:** February 28, 2010, 05:43:06 pm »

Quote from: BigThumbToe on February 27, 2010, 05:10:59 am

Holy Crap! Can anyone say MIT in his future. how many kids do you know his age actually know what soldering is let alone know how to do it. When I was his age I was still building forts using sheets and boxes, tieing it together with socks and rubberbands.

I didn't end up at MIT or anything even close to that. It's soldering 2 wires. COME ON! It's only slightly more complicated than glueing crap together.

shateredsoul · « **Reply #56 on:** February 28, 2010, 05:47:13 pm »

seriously.. does him saying that bother you that much?

severdhed · « **Reply #57 on:** February 28, 2010, 11:12:35 pm »

very cool...it is good to see a kid take interest in arcade games. my kids are only 1 and 3, but i really hope that they show an interest like that when they are older. my 3 year old loves to play world class bowling, and my 1 year old loves to pound on the buttons on my DK cabinet...so there is hope.

i have noticed that when our friends come over with their kids, they are often drawn to the cabinets...even though they haven't grown up playing those types of games...it is just awesome to see a kid get into a project like this, and even better to see that his dad is cool enough to support him.

DJ_Izumi · « **Reply #58 on:** February 28, 2010, 11:19:50 pm »

...Daddy never got me an arcade cab.

shateredsoul · « **Reply #59 on:** February 28, 2010, 11:24:55 pm »

.. screw the cab, I wish I had their home. Someday...

Harakiri · « **Reply #60 on:** March 01, 2010, 03:50:32 am »

Is it just me or this kid went from zero knowledge to basic electronic and soldering skills overnight?

I mean there's nothing wrong with that, i encourage his curiosity but, that cabinet has a CRT inside. If he doesn't take precautions that might be a potential risk. I strongly believe that his father and his uncle are wise enough to supervise his experiments but just in case, somebody warn that kid before he gets into trouble...

DillonFoulds · « **Reply #61 on:** March 01, 2010, 10:49:32 am »

Quote from: Harakiri on March 01, 2010, 03:50:32 am

I mean there's nothing wrong with that, i encourage his curiosity but, that cabinet has a TERRIBLE ARCADE ADDICTION inside. If he doesn't take precautions that might be a potential risk. I strongly believe that his father and his uncle are wise enough to supervise his experiments but just in case, somebody warn that kid before he gets into trouble...

Harakiri · « **Reply #62 on:** March 01, 2010, 07:39:25 pm »

Quote from: DillonFoulds on March 01, 2010, 10:49:32 am

Quote from: Harakiri on March 01, 2010, 03:50:32 am
I mean there's nothing wrong with that, i encourage his curiosity but, that cabinet has a TERRIBLE ARCADE ADDICTION inside. If he doesn't take precautions that might be a potential risk. I strongly believe that his father and his uncle are wise enough to supervise his experiments but just in case, somebody warn that kid before he gets into trouble...

Never played D&D Arcade but i will give it a try some of these days...

DillonFoulds · « **Reply #63 on:** March 02, 2010, 12:04:10 am »

maybe he has one actual cabinet now, but soon he's gonna want a cocktail, and then a dedicated machine, and then a pinball machine... that's what i'm facing now

ammitz · « **Reply #64 on:** March 02, 2010, 06:15:34 am »

What a positive story

jtslade · « **Reply #65 on:** May 12, 2010, 05:44:28 pm »

This is awesome. I totally will be the type of father that buys my daughter an arcade game. And btw I need to start planning her mini sized arcade game I'm the theme of the bella's arcade. If you have seen that beautiful cab.

Beretta · « **Reply #66 on:** May 12, 2010, 06:18:52 pm »

it's cool to see the kid progressing on his project, im sure he's gonna have a lot of set backs but he's learning.

it's great to see someone that age actually interested in arcade games.. most kids his age could care less.

Jakobud · « **Reply #67 on:** May 12, 2010, 10:27:21 pm »

I don't know why you guys are all ragging on his cabinet. Is it bad compared to some of the ones on BYOAC? Sure. But this kid is young and he is at least headed in the right direction. I'd encourage him and point him to certain things to help him if anything.

He probably doesn't have access to or the know-how to use powertools and woodworking tools. He probably has no freakin clue at all that you can actually buy real arcade joysticks and buttons to wire up to your PC. And of course he probably doesn't have the allowance money to purchase it all. He's just using what he has available.

I'd say good job to him and I hope he someday hopefully discovers BYOAC and see's the resources on here to help him accomplish his goal.

EDIT: Just saw his new cabinet from craigslist and his freakin soldering video. See? Smart and determined kid. Just needs (needed?) a push in the right direction.

jtslade · « **Reply #68 on:** January 31, 2011, 10:55:16 pm »

I missed this a while back... The force is strong with this one.
Yes i know his dad helped, but its a big deal if you read the thread.

Lutus · « **Reply #69 on:** February 04, 2011, 11:25:16 am »

Potty mouth!

DeLuSioNal29 · « **Reply #70 on:** February 04, 2011, 03:28:29 pm »

Quote from: RayB on February 09, 2010, 02:49:08 pm

I felt the same, after the first video. I compared it to what I could do at that age, but I guess not everyone's both a geek and artistic.

However he redeemed himself with part II. Showed he wasn't just taping up cardboard and satisfied leaving it at that.

I look forward to seeing what else he does.

+1 I was surprised to see that he improved it with part II. I'm keeping an eye on this one...

I think if he can do this at this age, when he gets older and gets money, he's probably going to build a kick ass MAME cabinet. He may even build something decent now if he gets an adult involved to help and guide him.

Kudos to the kid...

D

DeLuSioNal29 · « **Reply #71 on:** February 04, 2011, 03:36:36 pm »

After reading the rest of this thread, I'm glad to see that he upgraded his project. LOL. I wish I had thought of that when I was a kid... Would have entered this hobby a lot sooner.

Good for him!

D

kegger · « **Reply #72 on:** February 04, 2011, 04:15:34 pm »

Quote from: RobbyMac on February 06, 2010, 10:54:38 pm

Kudos to this kid. Many his age don't even care about arcade games let alone building anything.

+1

Donkbaca · « **Reply #73 on:** February 04, 2011, 04:20:45 pm »

Yeah, except when we were his age you couldn't get a beater cab for 50 bucks to fix up, nor did we have the internets to explain how to fix things...

Mr.Ian · « **Reply #74 on:** February 04, 2011, 11:22:18 pm »

This kid is awesome. Love the credit card slot

Considering his age and limited funds, material, tools etc etc. I think he has a project i bet all his friends are jealous of

He has the makings of all things great

Smeghead · « **Reply #75 on:** February 05, 2011, 10:29:49 pm »

no props, no mercy.
If he was 6 years old maybe but a kid that old can at least cut a straight cut in cardboard

His dad made a nice cab at least

Gray_Area · « **Reply #76 on:** February 05, 2011, 10:44:26 pm »

I was going to say that it looks like Renegade ripped the character movements off of Double Dragon....except Renegade was a year earlier, had better looking graphics, and apparently didn't have the slow down that DD had.

shateredsoul1979 · « **Reply #77 on:** October 13, 2011, 10:34:44 am »

i was curious what happened to this kid, :'( how fast they grow

Cynicaster · « **Reply #78 on:** October 13, 2011, 12:37:30 pm »

Quote from: shateredsoul1979 on October 13, 2011, 10:34:44 am

i was curious what happened to this kid, :'( how fast they grow

Ha, that video is from April, I bet that mixer thingy is already collecting dust in a closet somewhere (unless the cleaning lady is tending to it, that is).

I'd be a lot more impressed if he was plugging a Stratocaster into that amp and writing songs.

As for his first MAME attempt, his heart was in the right place, but I guess I would have assumed that by the age of 13 (or whatever) most people would be able to rock a utility knife and straight edge...?

Spock · « **Reply #79 on:** October 13, 2011, 04:45:31 pm »

Come on guys, this kid did more than most of us when we were that age. In fact, at his age I was praying to win a Street Fighter II TE cab from Nintendo Power. Didn't win it of course, but fulfilled that childhood dream later. If I had what this kid has back then, my head would have exploded with excitement.

Now, I'm sure we can offer him some tutelage to bring him along...


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