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versapak:
--- Quote from: Wicked on July 06, 2006, 10:02:10 pm ---Is that type of setup worth it?
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Depends on your tastes.
One isn't necessarily better than the other. They are just different styles.
I peronally have never been much of a fan of the showcase cabs, though there have been a few that I have seen that I did like. They just never gave me that arcade nostalgic feeling I get from my standard cab, but...
It is worth it if that is what you are looking for, and what you pictured having for your very own.
Wicked:
The main reason I wanted to build that type of cab, is games like NBA Jam, TMNT, and X Men. Me and my bros used to play those when we were younger, but in retrospect I dont remember very many games that used multple players like that.
versapak:
--- Quote from: Wicked on July 06, 2006, 10:34:19 pm ---The main reason I wanted to build that type of cab, is games like NBA Jam, TMNT, and X Men. Me and my bros used to play those when we were younger, but in retrospect I dont remember very many games that used multple players like that.
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None of those games that you mention were actually in showcase cabs.
Wicked:
May have been custom, but we had a 6 player X-men and a TMNT in showcase cabs, at that time they had the biggest displays I had ever seen.
CheffoJeffo:
The answer really depends on what you are going for.
I have a showcase and I love it for what I have in there ... Virtua Tennis 2 and Sports Jam. A golf game (VG,EAG) would be good in there too.
For classics, however, I prefer a more intimate setting, huddled in close to the laid-back monitor. Playing Galaga, Pac-Man or Robotron (yes, I know that Robotron did not have a laid-back monitor, but it is a good example of a game where the experience is different once you back up a few feet) on a showcase will never be the same experience as on a smaller, closer cabinet. It is tough to recreate that "lone saviour of the universe" feeling of Defender when you're four feet from the monitor and people are standing all around you.
If you loved four-player games, then a showcase may be right for you, particularly if you and your friends have expanded since youth. It is bloody hard to fit four guys playing TMNT around a Galaga cabinet.
At the end of the day, it is up to you as to what you want to create or recreate. Think about what you loved about the games you played and build to that.
Cheers.