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Examples of subtle, aesthetic, furniture-esque living room cabs?
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Flinkly:
i think the big deal in this situation, more than hiding such a machine from the snooty parents, is to hide such a machine from the kids.  i know not all kids are interested in arcade machines as much as all us grown men (and women), but kids still love games, and more and more girls love them too.

so in this light, i'd stick with the midway cocktail table ideal and make it look like a midway cocktail with the woodgrain veneer (or real wood) but also have black t-molding and whatever you want for a picture around the monitor, but when your not using it, cover it with some nice looking tablecloth thing and stick some pictures on it.  it'll be annoying to take stuff off and put it back on, but if you dont, it'll be even more annoying to have to deal with kids and parents.

so basically, cocktail is the best way to go in this situation.  i mean, you can't hide any other kind of cab, with or without a sheet (or at least very well), and it sounds like you need to hide it more than have it blend it.  good luck though.
shmokes:
Well...I'm late to the party and my ADHD wouldn't allow me to read through the whole thread, so I apologize is these points have already been addressed...

1- NO OAK!!!  You weren't able to put your finger on it, but you knew something wasn't quite right.  It's the oak.  THAT, my friend, is the cause of the 70's look you were talking about.  Oak is out baby!  Go with birch, like Drew said.  Or, I don't know, I'm not much of a wood afficionado, find something nice, but NO OAK.

2- Have you considered a coffee table cab?  You wouldn't be the first.  Here is an example of one, though I think he must use the TV as the screen.  It could easily be made with a built-in screen as some kind of cocktail cab (but you might get back pain having everything so low)

3- Don't use oak.
PixelCloud:
Here is some advice...

Don't


Living area + arcade cab = BAD

just put the cab somewhere else
elvis:

--- Quote from: shmokes on April 04, 2005, 02:02:29 pm ---2- Have you considered a coffee table cab?  You wouldn't be the first.  Here is an example of one, though I think he must use the TV as the screen.  It could easily be made with a built-in screen as some kind of cocktail cab (but you might get back pain having everything so low)

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I think that brings up a good point: the design there uses the TV, rather than a dedicated cab setup.  Almost like a home console.  That's probably the best way to hide an arcade setup in a lounge room, if you really want to keep it under wraps.

Even just making yourself two joysticks, and putting them in a cupboard when not in use.
evlbeaver:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on April 04, 2005, 08:36:56 am ---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.

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You talkin' to ME?  ;)


I dont think its so bad.  I did think about all black though but since I used a Galaxian underlay I decided to go with the same color scheme.
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