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| Jack Burton:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on September 20, 2011, 05:52:30 pm ---How is that at all saving money? 35 bucks for one set of controls? Plus, who would want to play a PS3 on a 19 inch CRT? --- End quote --- Two chimps is $70. One Ipac2 is $40. So for an extra $30 you're adding the functionality of a completely separate platform to your cabinet. One of which no games at all are emulated yet, and only a handful are available for PC. Want to play any modern fighting game, shoot em' up, or beat em' up for PS3 on your cab? This is the best way. You could also go alternatively use two PS360 boards for about the same price and have access to both ps3 and xbox 360. Then you would have a LOT more choices with all the japanese shmups and xbox live arcade games. As far as playing on a 19" monitor goes... :dunno wouldn't bother me. |
| honkey:
--- Quote from: Jack Burton on September 20, 2011, 06:24:48 pm --- --- Quote from: Donkbaca on September 20, 2011, 05:52:30 pm ---How is that at all saving money? 35 bucks for one set of controls? Plus, who would want to play a PS3 on a 19 inch CRT? --- End quote --- Two chimps is $70. One Ipac2 is $40. So for an extra $30 you're adding the functionality of a completely separate platform to your cabinet. One of which no games at all are emulated yet, and only a handful are available for PC. Want to play any modern fighting game, shoot em' up, or beat em' up for PS3 on your cab? This is the best way. You could also go alternatively use two PS360 boards for about the same price and have access to both ps3 and xbox 360. Then you would have a LOT more choices with all the japanese shmups and xbox live arcade games. As far as playing on a 19" monitor goes... :dunno wouldn't bother me. --- End quote --- Ok, I am lost. Are you saying you can just wire arcade joysticks and buttons to this board instead of an Ipac? You guys are way ahead of me! 2 weeks ago, I was just excited that I could play Galaga, Ms. Pac-man, and Metal Slug all on one machine without spending $1,500. Then I found out how much potential building a cabinet has and I realized I had to do so. |
| Donkbaca:
Yup, you can wire it up just like an Ipac. Its meant for people that make their own fight sticks for PS3 and XB360, but since its USB and there are drivers for it you can plug it into a PC. Don't see why you would do this though. The PS3 and Xbox are designed to be played in HD on widescreens, don't know why you would spend doulble the price for encoders and an extra 200 bucks for a PS3 so that you could play it on a 4:3 screen CRT standard def screen with no analog controls. I have an xbox 360 in my cab, but I have a 21.3 inch 4:3 LCD and a VGA cable for the 360. There is a big difference between a 19inch screen and a 21 inch screen, and it would look like garbage on a standard def screen. If you want to do that, go right ahead, I'm not against putting consoles in cabs, I just don't think that this is the right build for one. As far as interfaces go, if you want it cheap and simple get a used ipac/keywiz. or get one of those cheap 2 player chinese encoders for like 25 bucks. |
| Jack Burton:
The OP says he is using a Viewsonic monitor, so he'll be able to use HD resolutions on both consoles. I think the Xbox 360 even has the ability to do 4:3 HD modes. The lack of analog controls would not matter for most of the arcade style games you'd play on a ps3 or xbox 360. None of the fighting games or traditional shmups require them. They would be nice on Geometry Wars though! I couldn't trust any of the Chinese encoders. I've read far too many rumors of input delay or dropped inputs. Maybe there's nothing to them, but I'm personally going to stick to things which have been tried and tested like the Ipac or Cthulhu series. The one console game that I would really, really like to play in cocktail build is Pac-Man Championship Edition. |
| leapinlew:
honkey, What I did was build 1 machine that played what I wanted well. If you are into the arcade classics, build a cabinet that plays classics. As you can tell from all the different replies, there are lots of ways to skin this cat. My suggestion is to keep it simple. You can always add the side control panel or build a different machine. |
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