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| Aceldamor:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on October 27, 2015, 03:09:27 pm --- --- Quote from: yotsuya on October 27, 2015, 02:59:15 pm --- --- Quote from: pbj on October 27, 2015, 02:55:26 pm ---So there's an actual Diablo Mecanico game? --- End quote --- See, I love custom themes like that. To me, it's preferable to using a non-arcade related theme just because you like it. I love spaghetti, I'll never theme anything to it. --- End quote --- This^^^^ Either make up a theme for a visual aesthetic, or base it off a real arcade machine. You don't base it off a game that isn't on the machine or isn't very fun. Why? Because when people walk over and see your nifty Zelda arcade cabinet only to find that Zelda isn't on it and/or Zelda plays very badly on it, you've lost them... they'll never play again. Custom themes are MUCH more preferable to that because you can continue the theme on your front-end of choice and then the theme is presented as a sum of it's parts, not individual games on the machine. Nobody plays on a Penny Arcade themed machine and expects to find a game called "Penny Arcade"... they understand that it's a multi-game machine. *edit* Just for the record, don't make a "Penny Arcade" machine or a machine with the word "MAME" in it. Every time you do William Sessions pumps a kid full of heroine out of spite. --- End quote --- --- Quote from: yotsuya on October 27, 2015, 02:54:06 pm ---I think when you see cabinets themed after college or pro teams, favorite beverages, or TV shows, it's a "mancave" mentality. --- End quote --- I'll agree with part of what you guys said. I'll have to say though, I'm not building an arcade for everyone else, i'm building it for me. Using Howard's example, if I was a Zelda nut and had a themed room in that motif, I might make my bartop look like a piece of the triforce, or at the very least have the art heavily inspired by Zelda; as a bartop with a Mario theme would be out of place in the space. Should it have Zelda on it? Maybe. I would have built it my way and put games on it that I enjoy...again I didn't build this cab to seek other's approval. Perhaps that get's into Yot's "mancave" thing, but not every cab builder is a purist so to speak. They want to make something that is reminiscent of their childhood, for their child, fits the motif of their space, etc. Something like a cab is almost always a center piece of a room, it either completes a room's design, or sets it. |
| yotsuya:
--- Quote from: Aceldamor on October 27, 2015, 04:14:16 pm ---... not every cab builder is a purist so to speak. --- End quote --- True dat. Over the years, I've seen a lot of projects. The ones th at impress me look like they were pulled out of an ops warehouse, preserved for all time. I get Joe Six-Pack wants a Bud Light video game playing machine to go with his blue flame rugs, and I don't begrudge him for that, but that doesn't mean my personal preferences change any. Yeah, I mean, build what you want, but ... you know |
| opt2not:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on October 27, 2015, 04:19:28 pm ---Over the years, I've seen a lot of projects. The ones th at impress me look like they were pulled out of an ops warehouse, preserved for all time. I get Joe Six-Pack wants a Bud Light video game playing machine to go with his blue flame rugs, and I don't begrudge him for that, but that doesn't mean my personal preferences change any. --- End quote --- This is one of the biggest indicators between people who really experienced the arcades and those who are just getting into the hobby 'cause it's the cool thing right now. |
| Aceldamor:
--- Quote from: opt2not on October 27, 2015, 05:35:12 pm --- --- Quote from: yotsuya on October 27, 2015, 04:19:28 pm ---Over the years, I've seen a lot of projects. The ones th at impress me look like they were pulled out of an ops warehouse, preserved for all time. I get Joe Six-Pack wants a Bud Light video game playing machine to go with his blue flame rugs, and I don't begrudge him for that, but that doesn't mean my personal preferences change any. --- End quote --- This is one of the biggest indicators between people who really experienced the arcades and those who are just getting into the hobby 'cause it's the cool thing right now. --- End quote --- I guess....honestly It's all down to personal artistic preference and space...I spent at least 1 day a week in an arcade, i'm sure many of which Yots knows of considering he's a fellow AZer, that doesn't mean I have the space for dedicated repros, nor does it mean I didn't appreciate my time in arcades because I don't want one. I've seen amazing cabs, from restorations, to repros, to originals. I've also seen the quality of every one of those categories go from "um..i'm not sure what i'm looking at." to "Holy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- that is ZOMG WTF amazeballs!". Short of an actual restoration/repro which has to be spot on, literally every other cab is a matter of personal preference as to what is "pretty". Loving this discussion btw, It's cool to know other's thoughts on it, but I think at this point we're hijacking and perhaps if needed to continue we start a new thread. |
| yotsuya:
Yeah, I'm over being critical about stuff. Build what you want. But I ain't handing out gold stars for the sake of it, either. I know what I like. If someone's cab makes them happy, that's all that matters. |
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