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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #40 on: July 11, 2016, 03:51:00 pm »

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #41 on: July 11, 2016, 05:01:25 pm »
Might I suggest building a blanket fort around your TV and calling it a day?

^this -- Or mount the TV on your Parent's master room walk in shower wall and invite a couple of your friend's to join you in there and see if any of them are still willing to come over to your house and play !!

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #42 on: July 11, 2016, 05:34:46 pm »
While this isn't my cup of tea and something I would never build, you have to give OP credit for creating quite the popular thread. I would love to see this thing get the full treatment with a good build log. I'm actually looking forward to the  the build post pops up in project announcements and I'm not really sure why... maybe it's because so many people say it's a bad idea yet OP stands firm - I don't know.

So, my first piece of positive advice is that if you want to get a seat from a vehicle, you could consider an older early 90's full size truck seat, they were like mattresses. That's all I got right now.

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #43 on: July 11, 2016, 05:39:44 pm »
Build it! Build it! Build it!

Build it!

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #44 on: July 11, 2016, 06:19:44 pm »
Get some heated seats for winter. 

Come to think of it, why bother building another structure just to move the seats into it?  Just leave the seats in the car and mount the TV on the hood.  It'll sort of be like going to the drive through.  Put the consoles in the trunk.  Cup holders? Check.  Stereo system?  Check.  Battery backup?  Check.  Man, it would practically build itself!

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #45 on: July 11, 2016, 08:36:49 pm »
While this isn't my cup of tea and something I would never build, you have to give OP credit for creating quite the popular thread. I would love to see this thing get the full treatment with a good build log. I'm actually looking forward to the  the build post pops up in project announcements and I'm not really sure why... maybe it's because so many people say it's a bad idea yet OP stands firm - I don't know.

So, my first piece of positive advice is that if you want to get a seat from a vehicle, you could consider an older early 90's full size truck seat, they were like mattresses. That's all I got right now.
I guess I'd be more excited/confident if I thought that the OP had a real plan, like designs or renders. Those photos he's posted don't do it for me.

He should totally do what he wants to do, but I just question the feasibility of it. Having said that, I'm sure someone will post, "Well, how feasible is it to have a 2 x 2 foot six foot tall box in your house...? , etc...

Do what you want,  OP. Shine on.
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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #46 on: July 11, 2016, 08:57:19 pm »
Here, OP, I'm at Sea World right now and I saw this. Start looking....

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #47 on: July 11, 2016, 10:49:17 pm »
For years I've seen people build control panels wider for fear of players accidentally elbowing each other. But now you're building a cockpit bring everyone closer together in a confined space to play on consoles designed for ease of 'spreading-out'. Kudos!

But seriously, for consoles you get yourself a nice unit for your display and hardware. Get a decent couch and you're done. Don't go nuts building fancy wiring rigs for controllers because then you're just asking for something else to break that needs fixing.  Plus I don't think your friends are as keen as hanging out in a wooden box to play old Nintendo games as you are. Just a hunch on that one.

And I do personally have a set-up with all consoles connected to various switches and all plugged-in. Next time I move I'm doing away with that completely. It's not like it takes more than 10 seconds to just plug the A/V wires when necessary. Because honestly, one little wire gets tangled or needs replacing and suddenly you find yourself inadvertently yanking out half the set-up.  I think having the console collection nicely displayed is much more impressive than tucking it away in a large wooden enclosure.

But what do I know - maybe you're going to something mind-blowing with it all that I haven't thought of.
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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #48 on: July 12, 2016, 12:04:20 am »
Step 1: Pull a love seat 3 feet from TV.
Step 2: Throw up some card board over the top of the TV to something propped up behind the couch.
Step 3: Invite three grown man to play the one game you think this would work best with.
Step 4: Ask your self is this really what you want?

If yes go for it. If not lots of members just gave some really good ideas above.

Good luck.

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #49 on: July 12, 2016, 01:59:37 am »
Get some heated seats for winter. 

Come to think of it, why bother building another structure just to move the seats into it?  Just leave the seats in the car and mount the TV on the hood.  It'll sort of be like going to the drive through.  Put the consoles in the trunk.  Cup holders? Check.  Stereo system?  Check.  Battery backup?  Check.  Man, it would practically build itself!

Now that is a rather cool idea!

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #50 on: July 12, 2016, 07:54:40 am »


Love it. Nice one, PBJ.  :lol


I guess I'd be more excited/confident if I thought that the OP had a real plan, like designs or renders. Those photos he's posted don't do it for me.


I totally agree - some nice drawings or renderings would be a great first step. Also, I think this will need some proof of concept work once OP has some rough sizes figured out. I liked the idea suggested earlier of using large cardboard to mock some of it up.

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #51 on: July 12, 2016, 06:35:18 pm »
When I read your initial description, I thought of those 'three-seat' cabinets that have Star Trek, etc, shooting games, like you eventually posted an image of. I think you could build one of those. Bigger, as in lounge size for all, that's a big cabinet. Even a convertible version would be monstrous. Where are you going to put this?

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #52 on: July 13, 2016, 01:12:10 pm »
Don't forget the whole part of will this ever move from its first spot. Doorways, disassembly, finishing in place could all be issues.

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #53 on: July 13, 2016, 01:30:19 pm »
Do you have your own place? It would be much cooler to make a bad ass home theatre that you can play your games in. I think it was DaOldman that posted a really awesome one a while back.

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #54 on: July 13, 2016, 03:11:55 pm »
This thread has been epic. I hope it lives forever.

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #55 on: July 14, 2016, 03:53:01 am »
For some reason i'm now picturing something with lots of plexiglas to let light in like a window.  Maybe some shutters or curtains to block that light when its not needed.  A couple of flat stands on each end of the "couch" like bench seat to hold drinks..........

maybe a door to keep out extraneous noises, with an overhead light in the center of the ceiling for when you need to get up and go grab some new snacks.
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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #56 on: July 14, 2016, 10:07:35 am »
Here, OP, I'm at Sea World right now and I saw this. Start looking....


Thanks for the pic, that's the closest thing I've seen to my idea so far.

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #57 on: July 14, 2016, 10:14:11 am »
Step 1: Pull a love seat 3 feet from TV.
Step 2: Throw up some card board over the top of the TV to something propped up behind the couch.
Step 3: Invite three grown man to play the one game you think this would work best with.
Step 4: Ask your self is this really what you want?

If yes go for it. If not lots of members just gave some really good ideas above.

Good luck.
You know what, to keep this thread going for you guys, I might just try that.
For those asking about where this will go, that is a problem. I had a house, which would have been perfect, but sold it and moved to an apartment. One of my friend's, whose house I have been storing all of my retro gaming stuff, is mildly interested in the idea and has a wood shop in his basement. Lastly there is a semi-finished second floor in my mom's house that isn't being used except for storage, and I could put it there for when there are family parties. As for me, I'm moving down to Florida in a couple of months to an apartment where this would be totally unfeasible. I may just end up building a "regular" stand up cab for a first project to see if I even enjoy building and using these things. I had another idea for a Dreamcast cabinet with a computer monitor to hook it up VGA and one of those external HD modded DC's.

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #58 on: July 14, 2016, 10:15:25 am »
So, my first piece of positive advice is that if you want to get a seat from a vehicle, you could consider an older early 90's full size truck seat, they were like mattresses. That's all I got right now.
That's a coincidence because when I was browsing Craigslist for car seats, I came to that same conclusion, trucks from that era have nice looking bench seats.

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #59 on: July 14, 2016, 11:59:15 am »
Based on OPs last post I must say I am sorry folks, as much as we would all like to see the train wreck, this thing is never going to be build.  OP you are a tease :)

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #60 on: July 14, 2016, 01:23:51 pm »
1. Don't put this in an apartment.
2. Does your friend have a wife? If so, it ain't going there.
3. Second floor of mom's house? Is there anything more cliche?

Like people have pointed out, just build an awesome kick-ass gaming room and call it a day. Cockpit cabs usually are designed with one game in mind, and it "works". Cramming three dudes in one to play Call of Duty and cut farts after eating pizza all night? No so much.
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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #61 on: July 14, 2016, 01:54:19 pm »
3. Second floor of mom's house? Is there anything more cliche?

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #62 on: September 11, 2016, 07:49:52 pm »
Are you still planning this? I just found this pic on the Googles and it reminded me of this.

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #63 on: September 11, 2016, 09:06:51 pm »
I can say this, if Ijust about anyone here wandered into an arcade, and saw this massive four person theater-recliner seating Simpsons cab (CPs for p3-4 are on the back on 1-2's seats) housing a 40"+ something TV, Any would be willing to throw two quarters i. the thing and give it a play. But like the six player X-Men cabinet, you have to have the space for such a thing.

It sounds like you might be another to give an arcade pedestal style a shot (over an enclosed cockpit, and hey, you can always use sheets to make a tent fort over the thing & your buddies or buddettes - or go fancy like a four poster bed), as a pedestal will meet all your needs w/o the cramped space issues of a cockpot, and pedestal can be rolled up to any super comfortable couch/seating you settle on.

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #64 on: September 19, 2016, 05:40:38 am »
OP If you still want to do this then you will need a device like this:

https://www.focusattack.com/akishop-ps360-multi-console-joystick-pcb/

Unfortunately I don't think there is anything that will allow the switching of consoles on the fly but at least you will only need one controller.

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #65 on: August 21, 2017, 10:09:14 am »
Nailed it




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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #66 on: August 21, 2017, 04:56:03 pm »
Build it, build it, build it!

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #67 on: August 22, 2017, 01:31:40 pm »
This thread is everything. 

A back-pain generating multi-man fart chamber only seems worthwhile if it includes entertainment... presumably that's where the consoles come in. 


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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #68 on: August 22, 2017, 01:38:53 pm »
 :cheers:

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« Reply #69 on: August 22, 2017, 03:46:15 pm »
   Farts....OMG, that's funny! :laugh2:

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #70 on: August 22, 2017, 04:03:18 pm »
lmao farts amirite

So I'm definitely not building this multi-console sit-down enclosure arcade cabinet thing any time soon, as I am living in a super tiny house now that's basically a few sheds put together. I even got rid of my 32" CRT that I had planned on using, it was probably too big any way. The dream will live on though. For the future!

In case anyone is curious, that little monitor in the cardboard is a JVC professional CRT monitor with I believe 700 TV lines and RGB as well as component and S-video hook up capability. It's only 14" though. It makes N64 look much better than my Framemeister and 50" plasma do.

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #71 on: August 22, 2017, 04:27:12 pm »
   Dreams don't live on, they lead to bitter disappointment of things that could have been.... In a small space your options are challenged, However the BYOAC is about building controls, Soooo...Dream on friend ;)

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #72 on: August 23, 2017, 12:45:01 pm »
I may consider a small standing cabinet or a candy-style cab with multi-consoles, just not the expansive fart incubator you guys keep calling my dream.

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« Reply #73 on: August 23, 2017, 05:36:16 pm »
This dude is living the dream.

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #74 on: August 24, 2017, 12:41:48 am »
Step 1: Pull a love seat 3 feet from TV.
Step 2: Throw up some card board over the top of the TV to something propped up behind the couch.
Step 3: Invite three grown man to play the one game you think this would work best with.
Step 4: Ask your self is this really what you want?

If yes go for it. If not lots of members just gave some really good ideas above.

Good luck.
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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #75 on: August 24, 2017, 05:03:30 pm »
I do love how close your couch is to your 55" TV.  So what happened to the option of building it at your friend's or your mom's house?

You'll feel better if you just let the farts out and start screwing some boards together.

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« Reply #76 on: August 24, 2017, 05:35:12 pm »
I do love how close your couch is to your 55" TV.  So what happened to the option of building it at your friend's or your mom's house?

You'll feel better if you just let the farts out and start screwing some boards together.

I've learned from this site that it's better to fart in your car.
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« Reply #77 on: August 24, 2017, 06:18:01 pm »
I do love how close your couch is to your 55" TV.  So what happened to the option of building it at your friend's or your mom's house?

I moved to Florida, leaving those options behind in New Jersey.

Lulz it's a 50", best plasma for gaming. Usually I push back the couch a few inches.

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Re: 1st post, is my project feasible
« Reply #78 on: August 25, 2017, 05:55:17 am »
Haha you guys, lots of opinions. One salient point is that no, I have never actually played a cockpit arcade cab so maybe I should try that before starting to make something.
Honestly I think I'm just weird and want something here that most people don't find appealing. That's ok.

Sooooooo...hows it going then???

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« Reply #79 on: August 25, 2017, 10:38:09 am »
Haha you guys, lots of opinions. One salient point is that no, I have never actually played a cockpit arcade cab so maybe I should try that before starting to make something.
Honestly I think I'm just weird and want something here that most people don't find appealing. That's ok.

Sooooooo...hows it going then???

 :P

Well it's obviously not going.