"Retro Style" cab with no keyboard drawer

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g-rock26:
Here is my rendition of a retro cab....just had to build something like this. It has a Wells Gardner 19" SVGA monitor with a pretty decent computer. The yellow laminate was used out of frustration with the "NORM"...I wanted something different. I think the controls work well (I just finished it today so I only got to test it for a little while) but I might switch the 4-way joystick and the topfire around since I am a righty. The marquee was one that I had laying around and will be changed. I will also add side-art to it as well. All in all it was the one of the most fun cabs to build so far for me. It is compact and has a metal control panel that is on a piano hinge so no need to ever take it off. I put Pivot-pro on there so that I can view the monitor normally. For some reason the games will not fill the screen unless I turn it off...something that I have to figure out.

Oh! and NO KEYBOARD DRAWER! or coin buttons...that's for you BYOAC hard-cores! ;)

(although it does have a wireless keyboard just in case)

Anyway let me know what you think...with any improvements you think it needs.

Brax:
I love the overall look of it. Vintage looking cabs are my favorite. I'd choose more of a colour theme if I were you. It looks very haphazard. Blue, yellow, green and red. Martha Stuart will be turning over in her jail cell! Yellow and blue works... I would have went: yellow cab, blue marquee, yellow buttons, blue trackball, blue spinner, and maybe a custom blue balltop. That would be beautiful.

It's not bad, just a little busy.

helios:
I agree with Brax on this one-- Nice Design, but too many colors. You know-- a can of high-quality spray paint goes a long way.... j/k

g-rock26:
I'm going to change the marquee and add side-art. The color scheme is a matter of what spare parts I had laying around. I do have a blue trackball though. I will change the trackball to blue (backlit) change the spinner top to blue (I'm pretty sure I have one) and then change the ball top to blue and see what it looks like. Thanks for the advice!

-G

AlanS17:
Why was this moved from Announcements over to here? This clearly belongs there. I can understand if you want people to see it, and I don't mean to rag on you, but... that's what Announcements is for...

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