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This guy has a point...
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: Xam on August 02, 2006, 07:03:17 pm ---Could be X-Arcade guy is waiting to scrap the jack together to get better controllers...Looks like he has allowed room for future expansion in that dept.
I know the guys at work have asked about the progress on my cab on more than one occasion...he (x-arcade guy) may have posted the pics before he finished the cab.
Also...if you throw some decent joys in an x-arcade, they play pretty nice.
I know my cab will not be "pretty" but I also know, when I informed the kids that we may not have the money to build it, they were extremely disappointed. Comprimises will be made to build it...no matter how ugly it may be.
Xam
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Good post Xam.
I take some offense to the OP's comment about ArcadeParadise's monitor being small. If you visit his site (www.arcadeparadise.org) he does a good job explaining all his decisions. As a matter of fact, the timeframe at which it was built was before using a TV was even discussed as an arcade monitor. I learned a lot from Sasquatch at ArcadeParadise. He was very helpful. If anything, he was a pioneer. It would be the same as looking at a modern automobile and then laughing at the modelT.
You can't have the good without the bad! :)
Arcade82:
you can take offense all you want, but that thing has a gameboy micro screen in there
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: Arcade82 on August 02, 2006, 08:15:50 pm ---you can take offense all you want, but that thing has a gameboy micro screen in there
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Yeah... at least he built a cabinet. I can't wait to see yours. >:D
Just so you know, what he was trying to do was build a cabinet for his wide frame (he's a big guy). Now, you may be too young to know this, but when his cabinet was being built large displays were expensive. Prohibitively expensive. So, if your choice was to build a cabinet with some compromises or not build a cabinet at all... In case you can't tell, and I assume you cannot, it's a 19" monitor.
My point, which if you look up you'll see it (since it flew over your head), was that his cabinet was built a long time ago and by todays standards it looks out of place. I can assure you if you saw this cabinet 8 years ago you would've been in awe.
Anyhow... I'll be looking forward to seeing pics of your cabinet! :laugh2:
CheffoJeffo:
Nicely said, Lew. :cheers:
Saquatch is a great guy and has been very generous with the help he has provided the community over the years, including supporting and contributing to this place.
Cheers.
Arcade82:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on August 02, 2006, 08:31:21 pm ---
--- Quote from: Arcade82 on August 02, 2006, 08:15:50 pm ---you can take offense all you want, but that thing has a gameboy micro screen in there
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Yeah... at least he built a cabinet. I can't wait to see yours. >:D
Just so you know, what he was trying to do was build a cabinet for his wide frame (he's a big guy). Now, you may be too young to know this, but when his cabinet was being built large displays were expensive. Prohibitively expensive. So, if your choice was to build a cabinet with some compromises or not build a cabinet at all... In case you can't tell, and I assume you cannot, it's a 19" monitor.
My point, which if you look up you'll see it (since it flew over your head), was that his cabinet was built a long time ago and by todays standards it looks out of place. I can assure you if you saw this cabinet 8 years ago you would've been in awe.
Anyhow... I'll be looking forward to seeing pics of your cabinet! :laugh2:
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Uhh.. I've been playing arcade games since like 1985.. that would have looked silly even back then. Sorry.
And as far as my cabinet goes.. I'm waiting until I have enough cash and time to do the project right, makes sense eh?
I've been looking at homebuilt arcade cabinets for 7 years (one shy of eight) and trust me, I was not in awe or would have been. :laugh2:
I don't see any reasons in my posts to doubt my own cabinet design skills