Retro Chrome Cocktail Cab

[DrumAnBass]

Saw this on Engadget.com today:

http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/02/the-arcade-table-brings-overpriced-mod-design-and-retro-gaming-t/

Pretty slick design!

[Santoro]

It would be better if the screen was bigger, but I have to agree the design is quite 'sexy.'

[koolmoecraig]

Slick design?

It's a black box with chrome trim.

Is that a 10" monitor? The angle of the control panels looks to be painful as hell.

All in all, that looks to be one of the most half-assed cocktails I have ever seen.

Then again, maybe i'm just tainted by the price:

$3000 plus shipping! HAHAHAHHAAAA.

You know where they can stick it.

[DrewKaree]

Slick design?

It's a black box with chrome trim.

So where do YOU put your feet when playing a cocktail cab?  Will ANY cab be considered a "slick design" by that criteria, since they're ALL a "box" with some sort of trim on them? 

Someone looking for a bauhaus look in their house would find this to be an uber-cool design. 

The main problem with the cab is the monitor size.  Obviously ANY manufacturer will be selling their cabs for thousands of dollars, so that's an issue with pre-manu'd cabs, but to blow off the nice leg design and minimalistic look as "a black box with chrome trim" says a lot. 

[chase017]

Thing looks really sweet to me, from a distance...  At only around 2 foot tall overall, I'd feel a little more like i was tieing my shoestrings than playing a game 

Ubernoob chase017

[Wetworks]

Cripes!! If I were to build a "NEW" Cocktail I would use Plexi glass and a LCD screen.. Make it light and transparent ...Why why with new technology do people build things to look like old stuff and fill it with new stuff??? Its not original and to throw a pissy little screen in there is just cost cutting...profit making at its lowest!!!

Just my two bits!

[aumameman]

It looks good but you need at least a 17" screen otherwise whats the point, id even consider a 21" screen.

[danny_galaga]

looks nice. i would agree with everyone about the moniotr size. wetworks, why would you use plexi glass? would be scratched up in two weeks! my only other concern is that the glass has mirror dome nuts holding it. you really want as flat a surface as possible so the traditional type cocktail clips would be better. over all a nice design though! out of my price range...

oh, it comes with 150 games. licenced?

and wetworks, what is your avatar of? is that thing transparent? looks kinda 'old' to me 

[Grasshopper]

It looks a bit like the cabs sold by Digital Tables.

http://www.digitaltables.co.uk/home.htm

Great looking but very overpriced.

[maxlamer]

...........Why why with new technology do people build things to look like old stuff and fill it with new stuff??? Its not original ...................

Why would anyone restore a 1968 camero, put in a 2002 corvette v8 engine + gearbox, and bolt on some 17-19 inch wheels with low profile tyres?

Its a nice mix of new and old, looks good, but i agree that a larger moniter could have been used.

[Wetworks]

...........Why why with new technology do people build things to look like old stuff and fill it with new stuff??? Its not original ...................

Why would anyone restore a 1968 camero, put in a 2002 corvette v8 engine + gearbox, and bolt on some 17-19 inch wheels with low profile tyres?

Its a nice mix of new and old, looks good, but i agree that a larger moniter could have been used.

Yes OK I flew off the handle a bit!
And Plexi was a bit stupid! ( was just trying to think of something more modern as a construction material )
I will blame beer!

but I would probally compare it to someone getting a Chrysler Pt Cruiser and putting a lawnmower engine in it!