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papaschtroumpf:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on June 23, 2004, 03:58:16 pm ---The software is 60-80% of your project. Woodworking and getting the basic cabinet put togther can be done in a week, but it takes several weeks or even months to get the fe and emulators configured just right and properly skinned so that they match the theme of your cabinet.
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You are so right! I think you're never "finished", there are always more emulators to add, more interfaces to tweak, more cool apps coming out (in: Johnny 5, err 6 :) ), and so on...
What makes it compelling is that most of it can be done for "free" since a lot of software out there is generously made available for free, so you just say "well, I've spent xxx dollars on the cabinet, might as well make it worth it by adding ...<fill in the blank: jukebox, casino games, PC-Games, Vectrex games, add in an aquarium screensaver :) ...>
Then you go "well, those dowloaded skins are pretty cool, but what if I made my own set?" and you start hanging around the artwork forum and the photoshop tutorial sites, ....
Well, and then you start thinking "it's too much in one cab, maybe I should make several themed dedicated cabs...."
(OK, enough talking about me :) )