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| pointdablame:
but you see there is no need to have it all in a linked cab design. Yes if you wanna do it go ahead... but IMHO it'll wind up looking like a complete eyesore, or if its a 4 sided design like you suggest... would take up an entire room. There is no game that requires fifty controls at one time. If you are really thinking of building a 4sided machine (even as a fantasy) why not just make 4 dedicated machines. You can have a dual joy 7 button layout for one machine and take care of like 50% of the games in MAME. Take care of all the vertical games with a joy and a few buttons (for the most part). One machine could have dual trackballs and dual spinners, or something to that effect. It's not thinking "inside the box" It's thinking realistically. Try to explain gameplay to someone when your CP has 8 joys, 2 wheels, 4 spinners, et al. Now try to explain that while telling that you need to be at the Southern CP near the window, not the Northern CP near the door. Sorry.. I still say it's silly. |
| forbiddenlyrics:
I agree, I think that building several cabinets with specialized controls than having a huge panel and trying to include every control known to man kind. Several cabinets would also be more "true" to the arcade feel. |
| Xiaou2:
Some things to consider... If you make multiple cabnets.. you need multiple monitors, more wood housings, maybe coin doors, and multiple sound systems..ect. Not to mention, multiple pcs. The cost will be very high.. and, the room that 3 or 4 games will take up will be the same or more than a single unit design. My new design will take up about half a room of space.. but to me, its well worth it. My new design will be a horizontal spinning controller that has 6 to 8 sides. Im still planning it all out. Its based on unclet's cab. But I will be adding more controls, and some interesting suprises. Also, I believe I will enclose it - to make it like an enviornmental cabnet. A personal mini game room enviornment. Even may have is own AC. : ) Home theater surround sound system..ect. While its sometimes nice to have many machines, cause then many people can play different games at once.. its also very costly too. Im also all about saving time and energy. So not having to swap panels is a big plus to me. I had started with a 6 sided rotating panel system (vertical pig-roast style) .. but then decided I wanted to play racing games while sitting down... so am switching it up. |
| Crazy Cooter:
--- Quote from: jlml on June 17, 2005, 02:46:21 pm ---A dual-screen cab can also be joined at an angle, which would make for a slick design if done properly. --- End quote --- Nintendo Vs. cabinet. I have one. It is a good layout, but I can't fit it through any door in my house, so it resides in the garage. |
| Doc-:
I think the modular panels come close to playing just about anything you want. If there is anything missing you can just cut another panel and add it. Further you can reconfigure the panels to create a layout that is very close to the original game. http://www.beersmith.com/mame One could always add more (and I'm always looking for more to add)- but how much is enough? Cheers! Doc- |
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