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Thoughts on converting an Arcade1up cabinet
Zebidee:
For people that just want one cab, because of space or whatever, a two player 8-way joystick/6 buttons arrangement is usually the best compromise for *most* games.
Point is, even without going into highly specialised cabs, you could easily find yourself wanting 4-6 cabs just for basic stuff. Control panels that try to incorporate everything, "frankenpanels", do not work. Cabs with specialised controls/selected games work better.
I'm looking forward to doing some more simple dedicated controls cabs, like single joystick, dedicated 4-way (vs 8-way etc.), JUST trackball, maybe some shooter/light guns. Oh and a driving cab. Maybe more than one driving cab, as they have different control configurations. Dedicated cabs, whether for just one game or group of games, are always more special.
Gilrock:
Glad you narrowed it down to just arcade games, pinball, and console emulation... :)
PL1:
The wiki link I posted above is good. I check for things like that before posting. ;)
--- Quote from: Wagmi on May 05, 2022, 06:47:07 am ---I tried accessing some stuff from the homepage. The wiki link on the homepage seemed broken, and the newbie guide seemed a bit dated. Images weren't loading up. I haven't had time since my last post to browse the rest of the forum, but I'm hoping to make my way through all the info eventually.
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Yes, the info on the http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade.htm homepage is very dated and the wiki link there points to the now non-existant "newwiki" domain.
When Saint loaded the new and old wikis on the new server several years ago he loaded them on the wrong domains. :embarassed:
- We've been waiting for over 3 years for him to fix it by loading the wikis to the original domains (related post here) and configuring the wiki so we can upload images. :banghead:
The good news is that the wiki link at the top of each forum page points to the (mostly-working) version currently on the "wiki" domain.
If you click on a link there and it comes back "not found", change the domain from "newwiki" to "wiki" and it will work.
For example, to see the list of multi-player games, change this URL . . .
--- Code: ---http://newwiki.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?title=Multi-Player_Games
--- End code ---
. . . to this.
--- Code: ---http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?title=Multi-Player_Games
--- End code ---
Scott
Wagmi:
--- Quote from: Mike A on May 05, 2022, 08:55:58 am ---That is a good start.
Too many people want to play every game ever made on one cab.
They are always disappointed.
Picking a game list will determine what controls you need.
You may be surprised to find out that some weird joystick is only used for one game you want to play. It may not be worth it to include that control.
It is worth it to spend some time figuring this out. Crowded control panels are uncomfortable and intimidating to guests.
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I definitely don’t want to do that. As far as the PC goes, sure, I want to have everything I need loaded on there, but I want the cabinet dedicated to just arcade games and a TV for all console, and maybe steam games. I don’t know if the latter part could done wirelessly or what, but that’s not my focus atm.
Wagmi:
--- Quote from: Gilrock on May 05, 2022, 11:17:34 am ---Glad you narrowed it down to just arcade games, pinball, and consoles emulation... :)
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But I don’t want to emulate consoles on the cabinet :dunno. As far as arcade games, I figured listing the genres I was interested in would help. Without having played the thousands of games available, I don’t think I can be more specific.
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