Turtle Box - Severdhed inspired pedestal cabinet

[Louis Tully]

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[Malenko]

so, is the TV mount rotatable for some mega huge Galaga action?

[severdhed]

looks good....42"?

your build makes me wish i would have installed a 4 player coin door

[pbj]

48".  It came down to juggling finances, functionality, pricing, and getting it in time for a New Year's party.  It was about $340 shipped.

In 4:3 mode, it's the equivalent of a 29" vertical CRT or 39" horizontal.  No need to rotate this thing. 

Main irritation is that non-HDMI inputs are a thing of the past on 2014 TVs.  I bought a combo Component & VGA -> HDMI converter that solves that issue nicely (thankfully it defaults to the component input when plugged in).  It does have composite but it looks terrible at that size.

Showed it to a guy in his 40s, first words out of his mouth were "does it play Galaga?"

 

[yomer]

The 39" TV always bugged me.  It was an excellent size but didn't impress people like I wanted.  Instead of trolling the Internet so hard, I spent a lot of 2014 idle time grinding "free" money.  I decided to wrap up the year with an upgrade.

And here we go:



The TV is basically the same width as the control panel.  My mother in law is in town and throughly disapproves of the excess - so I know it's mission accomplished.

Spend the extra $200.

The picture is a bit dark to really appreciate your work. Do you have a thread or more pictures to share? I'm currently deliberating on building either a 2 or 4 player arcade CP. I'm looking for an optimal 6/7/8 button layout for P1 and P2 to be able to handle all possible control schemes. What has worked for you?

[pbj]

Here’s a brighter pic for you. I’ve moved and this is no longer in a junky garage.

 The TV has been mounted to a rolling stand and I bolted a sound bar to the bottom of it.  It’s a Roku TV so there are plenty of apps for it and it’s used regularly as a jukebox or movie player.  I still using an Xbox but I bought an Xbox -> HDMI cable so there’s none of that weird converter box crap.

If I was able to change anything, I would move all the controls about one inch up from where they currently are.  When it’s custom, there’s no need to dig your palms into the edge of a control panel.  I was trying to make this comfortable for four obese men to play simultaneously and succeeded, though.

I don’t play anything new on it, so have no complaints about six buttons for players one and two and four buttons for players three and four.

 

[Malenko]

Mars Matrix?