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Gamesomnia - inspired by Knievel's Woody Cab
ragnar:
--- Quote from: mrtuesday42 on September 27, 2010, 07:08:48 pm ---ah. the pictures made it look super small to me. but 5' 11" isnt too bad. what if you textured the main like 6/7 buttons that you use? you could do what we do for surf boards, take some salt and some resin and put in the buttons, then rinse, and you have a nice texture left behind :D
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That's interesting. Any good articles with detailed instructions on how to do this? Good thing I bought 2 extra buttons as spares ;D I can use them for testing.
andrewbean90:
love it
ragnar:
So, I watched the ESPN Fab 5 documentary. It was pretty good. Reminded me of being young (I'm 35 now) and what those 5 kids represented.
So today (24 hours later) I was playing NBA Hangtime (1996,97):
NBA Hangtime
And I played as the Mavericks which has Juan Howard and Chris Webber on the team. And I won!
To all you that remember 1991 and the Fab 5, it was awesome! To all others. If you only knew ;-)
Best thing that happened on this cabinet yet. had some fun playing Popeye tonight and some more Dig Dug. Dig Dug is awesome.
Next cab, should I move is going to be a 4 player cab that can also play fighting games like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter. No u360s on that but this is all 8+ months out
Epyx:
--- Quote ---The very top is about 5' 11" tall. In hindsight I do wish that it was a few inches taller. Maybe 6' 3".
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Nice work so far! :cheers:
As for the height...any chance of being able to add caster wheels? You could get a few from Home Depot to add an inch or two? Or build a small stationary base?
ragnar:
Epyx,
Thanks for the comment.
The height works out nicely. If I could do it again, I'd make the marquee higher. Other than that, I would not change a thing. But the screen height and control height is perfect in my opinion.
The only problem is that i probably game once a week for a few hours. Too much other stuff going on.