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DREAM cabinet. Money is no object fun!
MrTeamWork:
Hi all. I have decided to put this out there to see what people come up with. Here is the idea.
You have $5,000 dollars to spend on your built from the ground up Arcade cabinet. It has to be able to play 4 player games, trackball games, spinner games, '8 way games' such as Ikari Warriors, and 4 way movement only joystick games such as Pac-Man. Also, there is no size limit, not lbs limit. They sky's the limit - up to $5,000 bucks that is ;)
What would you put together? And just to make it clear, this is not a way of me asking for someone else to put my rig together,I am building my own rig, but it's on a $500 dollar budget. I just thought we could have some fun with building a 'dream' cabinet. :)
Have fun!
pocketz:
i would build 3 or 4 regular sized cabinets with different controls instead of one giant monster. id make them look like early 1980's cabinets all with wellsgardner vga arcade monitors. when all the machines are running it would have a nice arcade look, sound and feel to the game room.
-pocketz
kspiff:
With $5,000 you could build the perfect MAME machine, destroy it, burn it, pulp it, compress it into new wood, and build it again..
I would build an Ultimate Arcade II and spend the rest on dedicated cabinets.
pocketz, don't forget the cocktails.. maybe a sitdown (hell, I'll make me a vertical sitdown, too, while we're at it.. with dual 4-ways for Assault :D)..
Lilwolf:
Ahh... 5k? Not enough! Well, the perfect 64" projection TV is 4K! Now where will you get your controls from!
really thought....
decide what you want to do (style of cabinet). Then start making a plan.
decisions.
1) Style of cabinet.
a) Standup 4 player (like tmnt). Standard
b) Showcase. Bigger monitor, TV can be used as a real TV/VCR/TiVo/console system.
c) cocktail table. Fits better in a house. Great coffee table.
2) Monitor type.
a) Arcade Monitor is best image quality, and hardest to deal with. But with the arcadeVGA cable that is easier.
b) TV svid out. Nice imge quality. Chances for warranty on the tube. Easier to deal with. GET a GOOD TV-OUT! (ati is always good... some geforces are, but your taking a crap shoot).
c) b-grade VGA monitor (EYGO or industrial). Better the SVGA monitor because of built it scanlines. Easier to use. Big and cheap.
d) SVGA worse video quality for arcade games. Best for pc games. EASIEST to deal with.
3) Controls:
a) Hotswappable control panel. Just do it. Then you can have all you want.
b) otherwise, choose the games you want to play. 4 player with middle 2 with 6 buttons and outter two with 4 buttons.. then trackball and spinner with a few buttons in the middle. Main advantage here is that you always have them all up and going. Position the joysticks so you can play 2 player smashtv is a plus. Or 1player in the middle. But having all 4 horizontal is usually 2 close together.
good luck
JamesMolloy:
There's a Sega R360 cabinet for sale near me. A snip at $10,000.
I'm sure all the elaborate hydraulics would break down all the time too. Would cost a bloody fortune to maintain.