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For the most part, do people think these are real arcade machines?
Gunstar Hero:
Whoa. Posted too soon.
Anyways, when people ask for quarters to play your cab, you know that people think it's real. =)
I love it when that happens.
RayB:
I had my neighbor help me move in an old Atari cocktail table from my car and I asked him if he knew what it was and his response was "a projection TV?" (He's in his early to mid 20's).
;D
Carsten Carlos:
--- Quote ---Anyways, when people ask for quarters to play your cab, you know that people think it's real.
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As my cab only works with coins, I always put a big box of them on the table! :)
Of course my friends all knew that I was building that cab, but I'm pretty sure that there's no difference for them to a real arcade cab, except that they don't have to pay. Look & feel are good enough I guess! :D
danny_galaga:
ok, this thread is a bit old, but i had an old housemate drop by the other day. when he saw the cab he said that it looked like new and was it easy to restore :)
ekans:
Funny thread. Same kind of discussion exists in the replica car scene.
I owned a Factor Five Cobra for a few years and it never failed that I would get asked "is it a real car?" or "is it real?" by 75% pf people I talked to.
After a couple of months of long answers explaining how it is modelled after...improvements on the original...make myself sound smart...blah blah blah...I settled for "of course it's real, you can see it, hear it and drive it can't you?"
I see the same thing in the MAME scene. Whether you built it or someone else that worked for a company that marketed them, the cab is there and does what it is supposed to do, therefore it is real.
If your happens to make coffee instead of play games, well that's another story...