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Mr. Dude:
I would suggest doing something like this since there is very limited space in a dorm room....

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=16635
HagHore:
You're wanting 4-player action at minimal cost.  Get an XBox, mod it, install XBox MAME.  27" TV with S-Video in.  Build an empty cab to host the TV/XBox, this will take the place of your regular TV stand.  Then just figure out if you want the controls built in to your cab or if you want 4 separate panels hacked into XBox controllers.  (you could do the same with a PS2 as suggested earlier, or even with a Dreamcast as I believe there is a MAME version for DC)
LD1984:

--- Quote from: nipsmg on March 31, 2004, 09:39:24 am ---Sorry to burst your bubble-- but NO WAY an arcade machine beats a stripper pole.

--- End quote ---

What if I'm dancing on the stripper pole? Will the arcade machine win then?

I'm still talking this over with my roommate for next year. We know that it will take up space. We also have some plans to make more space so that we can all just hang out. If we get bunkbeds instead of two twin beds, then that frees up a ton of room. Without bunkbeds, the normal room in the dormitory next year could fit two beds, desks and a couch with all the trimmins.

I just have to wait to see the room.
hulkster:
a little OT...but im curious....what college is this?  or if you dont feel like revealing that info, what state is it in?  the reason im asking is because of your screen name.  just humor me and tell me what state you are in.   8)
paigeoliver:
Ok, here is the skinny.

Cocktail would be out of the picture. I own cocktails, I own uprights, and a cocktail takes up the space of 3 uprights.

What you need is this.

A standard classic cabinet. Nothing oversized.  Nothing with control panels wider than the sides of the cabinet.

A single classic 19" upright DOES NOT take up that much space. It is just a chunk of floor 2 feet wide and 30" deep, with another 18" needed in front when someone actually wants to play. That is NOTHING space wise. That is like an end table.

You COULD go with a mini cabinet, but you would lose 2 player simultaneous action. And anyway. a mini cabinet only saves you a couple of inches in each direction.

As far as it being on the second floor. So what? I live on the second floor, behind a complicated 180 degree turn stairset, and do you have any idea how many full sized cabinets I have? I rarely go a month without moving one in or out. Sure it isn't any fun moving them in, but it only takes a couple of minutes, and then it is over with. These things are no more difficult to move around than couches are.

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