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| Eric(Goddahavit):
I would say you are describing my bartop with less configuring and work :dunno Unfortunatly the reason I made it was to actually make it.. :banghead: It might depend on the games it actually plays and the look of it. Price doesnt sound too bad though, a mameroom designs cabinet is 2 bills before shipping. are you looking for feedback or buyers? |
| groovy9:
Take yours, chop off the marquee right above the monitor, lose the trackball, and you have what I'm picturing. Just seeing if the consensus was "yippee" or something to that effect, since I don't see anything like this available at that price. I've built a full-size cab, and I put together the run-from-CD thing because I was afraid my hard drive would die and I'd lose it all. Then I sold the big cab and got all the stuff to build myself a bartop with a ton of bells and whistles (light guns, trackball, spinner, etc). Then I decided I'd like to build a cheap one as a gift for a couple family members, but not at $600+ or whatever my personal one cost me. Did some research and figured out I could do it cheap enough to be worthwhile. But that means really going no-frills, which greatly simplifies the build effort. So I thought I might sort of mass-produce 5 of 'em for family and friends and if the build time isn't too bad per arcade, maybe it's worth selling some locally. I haven't worked out what I'd do about support, though. That's a big one, as getting the cost down means putting a used monitor and computer in it. I'd probably have to do a 60-day warranty, then you're on your own. That'll scare off quite a few folks, but it's not like I'd be cranking 'em out like Dell... Just sort of thinking out loud here :) |
| Dervacumen:
--- Quote from: groovy9 on November 13, 2006, 03:58:10 pm --- The USB key is inside the cabinet and not generally accessible. You wouldn't even know it's there. Booting off the CD means that in order to preserve your high scores across reboots, you need some sort of writable storage. That's where the USB key comes in. --- End quote --- I understand now. I think the concept is viable, however you may be looking in the wrong place for confirmation. Most of the people on this board want to build thier own, and have as much if not more fun creating their masterpiece than they do playing the games. That said, it might find an audience for the small group of people who don't want to or can't build their own machine. If you're booting off the CD, what is the benefit to not having this an installable program from such? That would remove the need for a usb key for saving settings. If it's just for a few friends I can *understand* the licensing issue, but if you want other buyers...uh...well...I only have games that I own the original boards for. |
| leapinlew:
I think $350 is a tough price point to meet. Considering the LCD screen, and then all the little things. |
| groovy9:
I'm pretty sure I can get my total cost down under $200. That requires going with a used monitor and computer, but all new control panel bits. You'd be amazed at what you can buy computer parts for if you're not picky and know where to look. $25 systems in the 500Mhz/256MB/cdrom/case range can be had all day long, for example, in big metro areas where local pickup is an option. I'll get one cranked out in the next couple weeks and see what the final tally is. The only real question is what I can consistently get 15" LCDs for. |
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