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| paigeoliver:
Actually I largely really like that design. That is not a real front notch cabinet, since the coin door area comes out and give you a place to stick a dolly. It is attractive and looks like a lot of factory cabinets. You might want to work a few alternate control panel shapes though, that one doesn't seem to mesh with the rest of the cabinet quite as well as it could. This whole thread basically exists to give people something to talk about, and to perhaps make new builders think over some of their ideas before they make what might be mistakes for them. As far as the bits about actual cabinet design go, I pretty much have most of the classic collecting community on my side for those. There are four basic types of upright cabinet designs. Normal slab side cabinets (Donkey Kong, PacMan, Tron, etc), monitor head cabinets (I, Robot, Return of the Jedi, Super Sprint, etc), jumbo panel cabinets (Gauntlet, TMNT, Golden Tee, Simpsons, etc), and showcase cabinets. Each style of cabinet has its own unique type of aesthetic and functionality. But oftentimes bits from one style don't mix well with bits from another. Sometimes it just looks wrong (frankenpanel on a pac-man), other times it impairs function, such as jumbo panel cabinets with monitors mounted at 90 degree angles (there is a reason most jumbo panel cabinets had a monitor that was leaned back, it was so all 4 players could see, or so you don't smack your hand on the glass with the trackball)., and sometimes it can just be dangerous (some combinations of control panel size, cabinet base and monitor size make for a cabinet that is just aching to tip over and crush someone). --- Quote from: OrganicJerk on March 13, 2007, 11:15:06 am --- --- Quote from: paigeoliver on March 13, 2007, 02:36:11 am ---Ok, here is a picture of the infamous rear notch attached at the bottom of this post. --- End quote --- Well then I figure you're going to hate my cab plan, as it's originally based off a Marvel vs Capcom cab (which has a front notch) and I actually changed things from there. I also have a pretty deep CP. That said, I will be making a 2nd mame cab in the style of a Galaga/Ms. Pac Man for older games sometime in the future.. --- Quote from: Numbski on March 13, 2007, 10:45:21 am ---plus the X-Men vs. Street Fighter 4-player hack --- End quote --- Whaaaa??? --- End quote --- |
| RayB:
I'll read this thread after btp2k2 fixes that long URL that's stretching the page width.... ::) |
| paigeoliver:
I LIKE using rubber floormats for control panel overlays!! :applaud: Actually, I just liked that it was a durable material that is readily available. Don't use the stuff anymore since I discovered this textured black stick on plastic stuff. --- Quote from: DrewKaree on March 13, 2007, 03:35:30 pm ---Oh, and I forgot that there's a #11. No rubber floor mats for CPO's ;D --- End quote --- |
| DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on March 13, 2007, 03:44:09 pm --- --- Quote from: DrewKaree on March 13, 2007, 03:35:30 pm ---Oh, and I forgot that there's a #11. No rubber floor mats for CPO's ;D --- End quote --- I LIKE using rubber floormats for control panel overlays!! :applaud: Actually, I just liked that it was a durable material that is readily available. Don't use the stuff anymore since I discovered this textured black stick on plastic stuff. --- End quote --- Yes, yes, we know, we know ::) I was just hoping and praying you weren't the creator of the Nehru cab ;D |
| paigeoliver:
And Drew, have you got a whole machine up and going yet? |
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