Dreamcast and 15 inch monitor cab suggestions

[Truz]

I was playing Ikaruga today on my Dreamcast hooked up to a 15 inch pc monitor rotated vertically, and it got me thinking that a cab for this would be awesome. I was thinking something small like a bartop. It would be a vertical cab so i could play ikaruga and a few other vertically rotated dreamcast games that also support the vga box. Also i have been playing these games with an x-arcade solo that i got a while ago, so i could just take that apart and put the controls in the cab just to be easy.


But i do have one problem, i dont have any wood working skills at all. How hard would it be to make a bartop like this. How hard is it to make the cuts and put the stuff together. I take it hardware stores like home depot cant make complicated cuts for you.  My first mame cab was just a cocktail cabinet kit from dreamarcades.com (which i love) but i thought maybe i should try my hand at building my own. Are there any plans or instructions out there for something like this?

[stellarola]

You stole my idea. 


http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,30476.0.html

[spiffyshoes]

Wow, I've been thinking about doing the same thing.

[Truz]

heh, stellarolla i had noticed your project in a search i ran, was just going to post about it.

[jcrouse]

http://www.bishopzone.com/bishopzone/projects/tabletops/tabletops.html

Awesome cabinets,
John

[Truz]

http://www.bishopzone.com/bishopzone/projects/tabletops/tabletops.html

Awesome cabinets,
John

yea i know those cabs are beautiful, wish i could make something that good.

[SnowsDream]

This is off the subject of CABS to a degree, but related to the Dreamcast.

Alot of video game stores right now may still have a few dreamcasts left but they are not on display and they go for a really cheap price. I own 2 now and will get a third later. I bought mine at a video game store called "EB Games" for 15 bucks! that was an awesome price. And if you wanna make a bar top, but not loose your DC in the process that would be a great way to gain a second one.

[Truz]

i already have 2 DC's so i already have one to spare. I got one at launch and then the other a few months after, its probably one of my favorite systems ever.

[pmc]

Maybe a silly question, but how do you tell the DC to rotate the image for the vertical format? Does your VGA box do that? Mine doesn't.

- pmc

[jerryjanis]

It's an option within the game itself.