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worth building two mame cabs: 19in vertical & 25 in horizontal?
sharpfork:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on November 12, 2012, 03:43:36 pm ---You might actually want to consider a 25" vertical cabinet. Many classic vertical titles are quite impressive on larger screens.
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Agreed. I have a 25" vertical and a 27" horizontal and I am very happy with the combination.
markc74:
Gotta agree with the 2 cabs idea if you have the space for it. After my Terminus cab died an undignified death in the shed I built a quick vertical cab and love it - it just feels better playing vert games on a cab designed for it - also they don't need to be anywhere near as big and don't need too many controls. Here's mine which is only 155cm x 52cm x 66cm.
I'm going to building another 25" horizontal cab in spring and I'm definitely planning on keeping both.
mgb:
--- Quote from: markc74 on November 13, 2012, 04:33:17 am --- After my Terminus cab died an undignified death in the shed I built a quick vertical cab and love it
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Terminus has died? I'm sorry to hear that. That was a great looking cab.
if i had the room for two cabs I would definitely have both a vert and horiz cab. Personally I like the idea of 3 cabs, one horiz, one shmup vert with 8 ways and one vert for dedicated 4way.
I never much cared for vert games on a horiz screen. I went the opposite way and installed a 27 inch vertical as most of my favorites are vertical games and I can still play horizontals on it.
markc74:
Unfortunately yes - in making Terminus I neglected to fix the shed roof which meant when I had to store it to make way for a new baby it got badly water damaged. Managed to save all the electronics and controls which will be used in the new and improved cabinet I have planned - as well as a nice new marquee monitor and servo controls...
/end of thread hijack
In my mind there are three main advantages to dedicated vertical cabs
1. Size - they don't need to be anywhere near as big as a do-it-all-horizontal cab
2. Controls - you can focus on just what you need which makes it nicer to use. 1 4-8 way switchable stick, 3 buttons and a trackball and you've got 99% of the good stuff covered
3. Screen res - I never managed to get the 'taller' games that run at 288 pixels to look very good on a horizontal cab as it was always cropping the top/bottom of the screen unless you scaled it (sacrilege!)
If you have the space and time to do it. Defo. You won't be sorry!
Gaaargh:
Definitely worth doing!
My 1st cab was an upright with a 15" horizontal in it. (later upped to 17"), the 1st time I played Arkanoid on the 19" vertical in my cocktail I was blown away.
I figure I can get a 21" or 22" in my upright before I run out of space, and am gathering plans for making a vewlix with a 32" widescreen.
Thumbs up for purpose-built cabs.