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Review: redoctane.com Arcade Style Case and playstation pcb

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Howard_Casto:
You guys saw the pics and didn't think they were crap right out of the gate?  First off the design is terrible.  You NEVER put the sides exposed like that, you are supposed to have the control panel top cover the sides.  They could have pulled it of if they hadn't put that ridiculous bevel (knocked off corner) on the cp.  Those are for big panels, little panels never have the bevel because it wastes valuable space.  Also you can tell quite plainly from the pics that the "t-molding" on those cabs isn't official.  Even with the flat t-molding when you photograph it you get a nice sheen showing the contour.  With this it looks like a painted line.  

And finally the pcb, I don't think I even have to comment on it, it looks so patched together.  

Basically you paid an insaine amount of money for a shop to go and buy scrap pieces of pre-surfaced material and slap it together with a hacked playstation pcb.  


I'm sorry to rant but for ages people have said "how cool" these things look and all the while I've been thinking that they look like utter crap on a stick.  Your findings just prove what I've said all along.  

MameMaster!:
....you know for $20.00 this is a quick and easy way to get a decent sized box for making your own stick. With a little wood putty you could fill the holes and have a blank slate for a custom controller......

....me thinks this may be worth investigating further!

.....and no, I don't have carpentry skills...so this would be good for me.

The MameMaster!

menace:
 Normally I ignore these posts but Howards Be-littling little rant there desrved some kind of response


--- Quote ---You NEVER put the sides exposed like that, you are supposed to have the control panel top cover the sides
--- End quote ---

Supposed to?  who says? you?  most two player cabs have the sides jutting above the panel top--now granted its not ideal but I wouldn't say they've broken some design taboo.


--- Quote ---Also you can tell quite plainly from the pics that the "t-molding" on those cabs isn't official
--- End quote ---

Where is this official design book? can I get one? When I look at the pics it is not as plain as you seem to suggest, but then I don't have the 'official' design manual so there ya go..


--- Quote ---all the while I've been thinking that they look like utter crap on a stick.  Your findings just prove what I've said all along.  
--- End quote ---

Were you thinking it or saying it?  I wish we were all as enlightened as you but some of us lowly peons like to try something first, maybe experiment a bit.

Like most people were saying it may not be the end all controller but it does represent a starting point for the budget conscious.

sorry to rant ;D

mastahkaz:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on November 06, 2003, 01:33:22 pm ---First off the design is terrible.  You NEVER put the sides exposed like that, you are supposed to have the control panel top cover the sides.  
--- End quote ---

I'd have to disagree with this comment too, i think CP's with side coming up a little bit over the cp top look better and give a more stable build.  The MAS sticks are like this, and to me they are the best custom sticks you can get (design & function).

armad1ll0:
RedOctane cases...

Look, about the sides to not come up over the surface of the cp... I don't like it when it does cause if you slide you hands across I don't want to feel anything. This is not the case with these cases. Look carefully before you open your mouth. If you've never even held one of them, how can you go off on such a rant too... from a little picture.

That "flat T-molding" is not T-molding but just some tape for some cheap graphic effect. You can peel the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- right off... another error from a casual glance... The initial posting even mentioned that it was tape...

That small lip 1/8" is for acrylic to seat in there. This way the acrylic looks framed by a 3/4" boarder all over. Maybe this isn't as nice as it meeting flush all around but it's definately not a design taboo.

INSANE AMOUNTs OF MONEY? They sold them for $25 after coupon at one point.... wood PSX joystick for $25... I don't care how bad some of the parts were... $25 ... "insane amounts of money...." Someone must not ever go out for a decent meal or they would spend "insane amounts of money"

about Capcom overlays?  Uhhh I work at Capcom and Hugo gave them to me...

They sell them though. But you can't just roll one up and mail it out cause you don't want to bend the things.

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