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Examples of subtle, aesthetic, furniture-esque living room cabs?
kcoleman:
I am almost finished with my cocktail cab.
kcoleman:
--- Quote from: Flinkly on April 02, 2005, 07:13:47 pm --- have your bro use some thin routered wood to give the edges that same rounded effect, but without t-molding.
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Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Martoon on April 03, 2005, 11:30:21 am ---Thanks for all the ideas and info so far, guys. That's a big help. So far, I'm leaning toward either a cocktail or a cabaret sized armoire-looking thing.
I think cocktails are cool, anyway. The only problem I have with a cocktail is that I want a versatile cab (2 sticks + trackball + spinner + buttons), and cocktails have such limited CP space. I'd almost have to do a 3 sided.
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3-sided wouldn't be a problem, though. One REALLY nice thing about cocktails is that you can have dual sticks on the long side for horizontal games and individual on the short sides for vertical games, so you can use MAME's auto-rotate commands and get the advantages of a rotating monitor without the complexity.
Another thing you might consider is running the glass out so it extends over the top of the controls and the controls are recessed under the glass. This will make it look more like a table when covered up.
Here's a thread on building one:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,26020.0.html
and here's a thred on buying them, at the end I point out my favorites:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,15890.0.html
Note that the only (really limited info I can still find on Smack's cab is here:
http://www.beerisgoodfood.com/mame/cocktail/home.htm
--- Quote ---If I did the cabaret armoire, it would have everything hidden behind panels, kind of like Buzzdalf's, but smaller, and with the monitor tilted back. The CP would need to flip up instead of slide out, because of the tilted monitor.
And of course, all of the sliding and flipping would be motorized, so I could press a button and it would turn into an arcade machine while playing the "Transformers" theme song. :)
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Another cool idea would be making it look like a roll-top desk, but with a CP and Monitor when you rolled the top up, but that might take some real skill to build.
paigeoliver:
Also, stick with all black controls. Black controls don't stick out, they aren't noticed. Most living rooms have a good deal of black plastic in them, but few have neon green, bright red, or electric blue.
jcroach:
--- Quote from: quarterstringer on April 02, 2005, 07:58:06 pm ---Take a look at Buzzdalf's cabinet.
http://users.coastalwave.net/~buzz/arcade%203.htm
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That's freak'n cool. I'd never seen it before. It's not for me, but I think it's ingenious. I love the flip up marquee and pull down bezel. Lots of thought and planning went into that one I bet.