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Console games on a cab?
Bear Hugger:
Im building my cab next month and want to know what you all think of using console games alongside MAME on a cab? Does it kill the illusion of the whole 'Arcade' to you or your friends, ruins the atmosphere? Whats your take with having non-arcade games
Darkstalker:
I think you should do what you want to do in this regard...It's your cab afterall...
RayB:
Depends on the kind of console you're talking about. If it's a modern one that requires an analog gamepad, I'd say don't bother. But if you're talking Super Nintendo or Sega Genesis, then go for it. I used to have a SNES hooked up in a cab and I LOVED it. Playing with a joy and real arcade buttons was way better for *most* games.
danny_galaga:
i personally dont think so. but then its up to the individual. some people have internet and everything on their cab and the full however many thousand games. others just have the one game to recreate a particular machine. im in between but closer to the one game philosphy. i have maybe 160 games but thats all. no internet, no word or excel. just any arcade game that suits a cocktail...and i draw the line at 1991. except one game that is '92
yeah, so to me my machine isnt an exact copy of a particular machine, rather it is an exacting machine that still recreates the feel of a dedicated machine.
abrannan:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on June 23, 2004, 07:13:57 am ---i personally dont think so. but then its up to the individual. some people have internet and everything on their cab and the full however many thousand games. others just have the one game to recreate a particular machine. im in between but closer to the one game philosphy. i have maybe 160 games but thats all. no internet, no word or excel. just any arcade game that suits a cocktail...
yeah, so to me my machine isnt an exact copy of a particular machine, rather it is an exacting machine that still recreates the feel of a dedicated machine.
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You aren't running Excel on your cab? Then what's the point of building one? I put Excel in mine and I have all of my friends over for some mad spreadsheet action! I highly recommend "Alan Greenspan's Extreme Checkbook Balancer: Underground" if you want to throw down some sick Debits and Credits, yo.
*ahem*
I'm not sure if this poll is referring to having an actual console in your cab, or just running console emulators side by side with MAME. Either way, I say Yea. The cab I have in progress now will be a Dreamcast Cabinet, and I'm pulling things together to add some of the classic NES and SNES games to my MAME system.