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I took a trip to the recroommasters storefront to check out the Xtension arcades
Phreakwars:
My boy LOVES his. Yeah the price was a little high, but he got a damn nice cocktail cabinet out of it.
BadMouth:
Although it doesn't get much love here, the x-arcade is a decent control panel.
What deserves the razzes is when people try to shoehorn it into a cab that it isn't properly proportioned to.
I maintain that if you built a cab that was properly proportioned to it, it wouldn't look bad at all.
It would be a fairly narrow cab since the width would have to remain at least slightly smaller than the width of the back of the x-arcade.
dfwdennis:
The X-arcade and Xtension cabinets are a great way for folks to get into the hobby, and for those of us who don't have the time or skills (yet) to build a cabinet from scratch. I love mine, and adding new buttons/joysticks/spinners has given me the skills and confidence that I will need if I eventually decide to build something from the ground up. Mine won't pass for a real arcade cabinet, but it sure is a lot of fun!
Jamesbeat:
I think those things are more for the causal user who wants something cool for their man cave rather than a hobbyist who enjoys the building process almost as much (or more in some cases) than playing the games.
I suppose I get it, but they just don't do it for me, especially at the prices they are charging.
paigeoliver:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on March 12, 2016, 10:26:06 am ---What deserves the razzes is when people try to shoehorn it into a cab that it isn't properly proportioned to.
--- End quote ---
Unfortunately it isn't shaped like an arcade control panel so it doesn't look right on anything. Not even X-arcade ever came up with a cabinet that the thing looked right on.
Also, to the original poster, when you say "weird straight button" do you mean the way basically every arcade game you ever played was? That curved layout only existed in Japan and only even existed there so cabinet makers could support both Capcom and SNK titles without stamping separate control panels for them, it had nothing to do with ergonomics or superior game play.
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