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Need help with my Christmas list
Karpro:
I've been lurking here off and on for years since we built our new house and I started finishing the basement. The basement is just about done, finishing bar area now. Every year the wife and kids ask what I want for Christmas and every year I tell them nothing, well this year I said I want the pieces to build a control panel for an arcade machine and the wife said "awesome, get me a shopping list"! It seems the more I read the more confused I get. I'm leaning towards a four player panel, primarily for mame. I'll be playing mostly 70's-80's one and two player games but have a teenage boy that will want to play fighters, etc with his pals. I'd like a trackball as well.
Do any of the vendors offer prepackaged components or can you guys help me put together a list of the best currently available components to have her purchase? Sorry if this has been asked and answered multiple times but like I said the more I read the further I got confused.
Edit: Looks like the four player is probably not worth the bother.
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: Karpro on November 18, 2014, 03:30:58 pm ---I've been lurking here off and on for years since we built our new house and I started finishing the basement. The basement is just about done, finishing bar area now. Every year the wife and kids ask what I want for Christmas and every year I tell them nothing, well this year I said I want the pieces to build a control panel for an arcade machine and the wife said "awesome, get me a shopping list"! It seems the more I read the more confused I get. I'm leaning towards a four player panel, primarily for mame. I'll be playing mostly 70's-80's one and two player games but have a teenage boy that will want to play fighters, etc with his pals. I'd like a trackball as well.
Do any of the vendors offer prepackaged components or can you guys help me put together a list of the best currently available components to have her purchase? Sorry if this has been asked and answered multiple times but like I said the more I read the further I got confused.
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I say go 2 players. Your son and his friends will play it for a week or two then move on. If you're mainly playing 70s and 80s games, you won't need more than two. :cheers:
Generic Eric:
You can find that on ebay.
Which websites are you familiar with? Check out kadevice.com, arcadeemulator.Net, Groovygamegear.com, ultimarc.com & paradisearcadeshop.com
Get a shopping list ready to get a sense of budget.
Mostly everyone can sell you jumpers for the encoder you choose.
Consider this:
What are your top ten games?
Can you play them on the same control panel?
Are you familiar with the 4 player pedestal that was the hotness this summer?
I'm on the mobile now, so finding the links is tedious; check out the wiki, and the UCAs. Do you have an inspirational cabinet?
jdbailey1206:
Dude. Buy a Tankstick and call it good. >:D
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: jdbailey1206 on November 18, 2014, 03:51:00 pm ---Dude. Buy a Tankstick and call it good. >:D
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:cheers: