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| jlml:
Hey guys... what's with all the "thinking inside the box" negativity here? The point of my post was to fantasize about an awesomely comprehensive machine, and to think about how it could be done nicely with some ingenuity. Take the well-known "two-tier" cabinet, which I think looks perfectly sweet, not cluttered or ugly in the slightest. Here's what I'm thinking would be cool, and come quite close to accomplishing what I propose: remember those sit-down Nintendo VS "cocktail" things with the dual screens? Take the dual-screen idea, incorporate TWO sets of controls along the lines of the two-tier cabinet. I'm sorry guys, but this could be done faily easily without being an eyesore. It could look quite awesome with a competent builder. Now, to take this to the extreme... try a FOUR screen FOUR sided cabinet. Or a three-screen, three-sider if it needs to be close to a wall. Not every cab has to look like Ms Pacman, for !@#$%^&( sake. Personally, I applaud the people who try to innovate and come up with something unique with their cab designs. There were plenty of very odd arcade cabs which I think people sometimes forget around here. In some peoples mind, the only "classic" cabs are the most generic stand up or cocktail cab. Sorry but I remember all kinds of freakish cabs as a kid, far more freakish than a two-monitor cab. --- Quote from: AmericanDemon on June 17, 2005, 01:40:10 pm --- --- Quote from: pointdablame on June 17, 2005, 01:33:53 pm ---but its missing a 270 wheel.. and a 360... and a rotary joy... and full analog joy... major havoc roller... 720 joy..... --- End quote --- I concur. --- End quote --- |
| jlml:
A dual-screen cab can also be joined at an angle, which would make for a slick design if done properly. |
| lustreking:
--- Quote from: jlml on June 17, 2005, 02:37:56 pm ---Here's what I'm thinking would be cool, and come quite close to accomplishing what I propose: remember those sit-down Nintendo VS "cocktail" things with the dual screens? Take the dual-screen idea, incorporate TWO sets of controls along the lines of the two-tier cabinet. I'm sorry guys, but this could be done faily easily without being an eyesore. It could look quite awesome with a competent builder. Now, to take this to the extreme... try a FOUR screen FOUR sided cabinet. Or a three-screen, three-sider if it needs to be close to a wall. --- End quote --- Why not just build two or three or four cabinets with a sensible set of controls on each, so that each one is more specialized, ie. a fighting cab, a driving cab, etc? Much less confusing to use, and probably not that much more expensive to build. -S |
| IntruderAlert:
i think they want to do a "Monster Garage" type project |
| jlml:
So long as they are linked up, for dual player Cabal etc. Has anyone with multiple cabs tried linking them up somehow? This could be interesting. This also gets me thinking... Does mame have any support for multi-unit games? I haven't seen anything about that in all the years I've been following mame. It would be neat for all those multi-cab driving games, or Cadash. 8) --- Quote from: lustreking on June 17, 2005, 02:53:03 pm ---Why not just build two or three or four cabinets with a sensible set of controls on each, so that each one is more specialized, ie. a fighting cab, a driving cab, etc? --- End quote --- |
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