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pocketbikez:
a friend of mine came over today and i showed him the new driving cab for the first time. after showing him the basic controls for outrun he started a game. a few moments later he was slamming the gas pedal, he would shift real hard, and he was rough on the steering wheel. i immediately thought that i would never treat my cab like that but i also realized that this is how some people really handle an arcade machine. i guess some people think they are indestructible or something. i almost said something but it was a fine line between hardcore gameplay and abuse.

i guess im overly careful with my cabs because of all the work that went into them.

has anyone else had a maniac abuse their cab?
telengard:

--- Quote from: pocketbikez on September 12, 2004, 09:15:47 pm ---a friend of mine came over today and i showed him the new driving cab for the first time. after showing him the basic controls for outrun he started a game. a few moments later he was slamming the gas pedal, he would shift real hard, and he was rough on the steering wheel. i immediately thought that i would never treat my cab like that but i also realized that this is how some people really handle an arcade machine. i guess some people think they are indestructible or something. i almost said something but it was a fine line between hardcore gameplay and abuse.

i guess im overly careful with my cabs because of all the work that went into them.

has anyone else had a maniac abuse their cab?

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I hate to say it but I'm pretty rough on games and in my case I am absolutely sure it is not abuse.  I slam shifters, joysticks, etc.  I'd probably call it a hard jerk rather than slamming now that I think about it.  However, there are probably different degrees of being rough.  Most of the time for me it is when I need to make a quick move etc.  Not sure why really.  I'm very retentive about the condition of my things but something just seems to make me not notice when I'm playing games.  This is why I have very secure modules on my panel.   :)

I can relate though in that when I have people over I cringe when they are rough.   They are probably in that same 'zone'.
daywane:
I used to run Alladins Castle in a mall (Masa AZ)
we would get a new cab shiped in from Japan.
Before I could put it out on the floor I would have to replce all the controlls and beef it up.
Americanize it  ;D
thats just how we americans are. we expect everything to be industrial strong.
also I think most people now are used to old worn out junk and slaming the buttons is how you get the buttons to work.
I have 4 cabs and I still beat the crap out of em.
If you got real arcade contolls , thay should be ok.
I have never worked on a shifter. never had to.
telengard:

--- Quote from: daywane on September 12, 2004, 09:38:45 pm ---I used to run Alladins Castle in a mall (Masa AZ)
we would get a new cab shiped in from Japan.
Before I could put it out on the floor I would have to replce all the controlls and beef it up.
Americanize it  ;D
thats just how we americans are. we expect everything to be industrial strong.
also I think most people now are used to old worn out junk and slaming the buttons is how you get the buttons to work.
I have 4 cabs and I still beat the crap out of em.
If you got real arcade contolls , thay should be ok.
I have never worked on a shifter. never had to.

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Alladin's Castle... cool.  Those were Bally run arcades right?  We had one in the Liberty Tree Mall (Peabody MA).   Great arcade.  It was the only place I saw the game Satan's Hollow and Cloak and Dagger.
the3eyedblindman:
Sometimes playing an arcade machine and getting a quarter stuck in the slot has cause me to pound and kick at the coindoor, sometimes if i lose at the game im playing i slam my hands hard on the control panel, alot of times playing golden tee people abuse the trackballs, ect. I guess people dont really take much consideration into this, its just natural, people dont really take the time and think about the machine itself. Your friend playing your cab prolly just treated it like any old arcade machine, and got into the game, not really thinking my friend just built this thing and put a ton of money into it.
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