April 26, 2024, 04:42:56 am
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Would love to hear people's thoughts re. 1-button vs the full 6-button setup.I'm leaning towards the 1-button (with a few utility/coin/start buttons stashed on the side) for weirdness factor alone, especially since that's what's traditionally on the Polybius cabs. 6 would be cool but I already have a fully playable cab so playability is not hugely vital with this project.What do you think?
guess it depends what games you are planning to use on it, that will decide how many buttons you need what size screen are u going to use 15",17" or 19" ?
Seems pretty pointless to build a functioning arcade cab that is just going to sit on a shelf.Why not just build the shell? It would save time and money and still serve the same purpose.
Quote from: Mike A on August 13, 2021, 07:09:00 amSeems pretty pointless to build a functioning arcade cab that is just going to sit on a shelf.Why not just build the shell? It would save time and money and still serve the same purpose.Fair point but it'd be cool if you can pull it off the shelf, plug it in and it works I have a Taito cocktail cab with no innards that I use as a coffee table, people are always disappointed when I tell them it doesn't actually 'work'.
I would make this a vertical (3:4) cabinet. Most of the single player classics are built for it. 4-way joy and probably 2 buttons because of Qix and some others.
Seems like maybe you should rebuild the Taito machine first!
I think a neat gimmick for a Polybius cabinet would be to put a camera in it facing the player, super-impose an image of the player on the background to give them a creepy feeling that they are being watched.
Excellent point! Vertical it is. 4-way is a good shout too but I'm sticking to one button just for the novelty.
Game suggestions for vertical 4 way + 1 buttonBurger Time, Dig Dug, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior, Donkey Kong 3, Frogger, Galaga, Galaxian, Gorf, Jr. Pac-Man, Mappy, Moon Cresta, Ms. Pac-Man, Pengo, Phoenix, Pooyan, Pac-Man, Space Invaders
Make sure you get the joystick far enough from the edge. I slam into the sides while playing. annoying and painful.