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Zebidee:

Tinting isn't really the answer.  A good bezel and generally making everything black seems to do the job.

In my Galaxy 4P cab, I didn't even have a bezel until recently (around 6 months), because the front of the TV frame was a dark grey and barely visible anyway (I left the front on, but decased the rest with a screwdriver and a tile nibbling tool!).  I did a simple flat bezel recently out of cardboard, and it looks fantastic - because everything is black .... you don't notice anything else.

Thing about black is that it doesn't reflect light.  So if all is black, nothing shows up anyway.  The tinting doesn't really add to that - if there is a white speck, you will see it anyway.  Believe me, I have pondered this before and I even asked an arcade industry veteran friend about it once.  And I am on my fourth Arcade Games cab now ....

Haven't played Dungeon Magic yet .... unfortunately I seem to spend much much more time on development than on playing .... but then, I have learned a hell of a lot from this hobby ...

Just wanted to say that Cadillacs & Dinos is one of my favourite games too.  I'll have to check out "warriors of fate" and "growl". Trying to assemble a list of 3P and 4P games for MameWAH ....

vidmouse:

Post a picture of your Galaxy cab.

I believe you on the tint thing... thanks.  That'll actually save me some money too.
As I said, I'm realy happy with how my bezel came out... I ALMOST don't need to put
a screen on it but I will.

I liked Warriors of Fate better than Growl.

Somewhere else I found this list of 3p/4p games, it seems pretty complete:

2 On 2 Open Ice Challenge (rev 1.21)
Alien Storm
Alien vs. Predator (US 940520)
Arabian Fight
Arabian Magic (US)
Armored Warriors (US 941024)
Atari Football (4 players)
Atari Soccer
Barricade
Battle Circuit (Asia 970319)
Battle Toads
Blazing Tornado
Bomber Man World (World)
Brute Force
Bucky O'Hare (US version UA)
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (US 930201)
Cadillacs Kyouryuu-Shinseiki (Japan 930201)
Captain America and The Avengers (US Rev 1.9)
Captain Commando (US 910928)
Car Polo
Checkmate
Comotion
Cops'n Robbers
Crime Fighters (US 4 players)
Crypt Killer (ver. UAA)
Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat
Dark Adventure
Dead Connection (World)
Desert Assault (US)
Double Dragon 3 - The Rosetta Stone (US)
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara (US 960619)
Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom (US 940125)
Dunk Mania (DM1/VER.C)
Dynablaster (World)
Euro Champ '92 (World)
Exvania (Japan)
Face Off (Japan)
Football Champ (World)
Gauntlet
Gauntlet II
GI Joe (US)
Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder (US)
Growl (US)
Hard Dunk (World)
Hat Trick Hero (Japan)
Hat Trick Hero '95 (US)
Heated Barrel (US)
High Impact Football (rev LA3 12/27/90)
Hit Me
Hit the Ice (US)
Hook (US)
Hot Rod (turbo 3 player)
Hyper Sports Special (Japan)
Ironman Stewart's Super Off-Road
Ironman Stewart's Super Off-Road Track Pack
John Elway's Team Quarterback
Judge Dredd (rev LA1, prototype)
Karate Blazers (US)
Knights of the Round (US 911127)
Knuckle Heads (World)
Mercs (US 900302)
Metamorphic Force (US ver UAA)
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Set 2)
Muscle Bomber - The Body Explosion (Japan 930713)
Muscle Bomber Duo - Heat Up Warriors (Japan 931206)
Muscle Bomber Duo - Ultimate Team Battle (World 931206)
Mystic Warriors (US ver UAA)
NBA Hangtime (rev L1.1 04/16/96)
NBA Jam (rev 2.00 02/10/93)
NBA Jam TE (rev 4.0 03/23/94)
NBA Maximum Hangtime (rev 1.0 11/8/96)
Nettou! Gekitou! Quiztou!! (Japan)
NFL Blitz 2000
NFL Blitz '99
Numan Athletics (World)
Oriental Legend / Xi Yo Gi Shi Re Zuang (ver. 126)
Pigout
Pit Fighter (rev 3)
Power Drive
Powered Gear: Strategic Variant Armor Equipment (Japan 941024)
Punk Shot (US 4 Players)
Quartet
Racin' Force   IS THIS RIGHT? 8 PLAYER?
Rampage (revision 2)
Rampage: World Tour (rev 1.1)
Rampart (Trackball)
Rim Rockin' Basketball (V1.2)
Ring Rage (US)
Run and Gun (US ver. UBA 1993 10.
Run and Gun 2 (ver UAA)
Runark (Japan)
Rushing Heroes (ver UAB)
Sangokushi II (Asia 921005)
Saturday Night Slam Masters (US 930713)
Senjou no Ookami II (Japan 900302)
Silent Dragon (World)
Snow Bros. 2 - With New Elves / Otenki Paradise
Spider-Man: The Videogame (US)
Sprint 4 (set 1)
Star Guards
Sunset Riders (US 4 Players ver. UDA)
Super Cup Finals (World)
Super High Impact (rev LA1 09/30/91)
Super Sprint (rev 1)
Tecmo Bowl (World?)
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (UK 4 Players)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Turtles in Time (US 4 Players ver. UAA)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (US 4 Players)
Tenchi wo Kurau II - Sekiheki no Tatakai (Japan 921031)
The Combatribes (US)
The King of Dragons (US 910910)
The Main Event (4 Players ver. Y)
The Ninja Kids (World)
The Simpsons (4 Players) (KLOV says it requires a pedal?)
The Three Stooges In Brides Is Brides
TouchDown Fever
TouchDown Fever 2
Tournament Cyberball 2072 (rev 1)
Tournament Table (set 1)
Trog (prototype, rev 4.00 07/27/90)
Turbo Force
Undercover Cops (World)
Vendetta (World 4 Players ver. R)
Violent Storm (US ver UAB)
Vs. Tennis
Warlords
Warriors of Fate (US 921031)
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey
Wheel Of Fortune
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (US version UA)
World Soccer Finals
WWF WrestleFest (US)
Xenophobe
X-Men (US 4 Players)


Zebidee:

Here's a favourite photo ... :) 

There are some other photos of this cab on this thread:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=66297.msg670791#msg670791

I'm writing a web page up on it at the moment ... it is going to be sold sometime soon as I am moving OS soon and need to lower my cab count :'( ,   so if anyone lives near Canberra and need a fantastic cab then PM me ....



vidmouse:

Cool man.  I like how your CP looks like it is molded around your cab, something I didn't do with mine.  The monitor class almost looks smoked but I guess that's all the black paint from your bezel.  Good luck selling it.

BTW, looking at that thread you posted, I can think of a couple of reasons why I'd want multiple USB ports on my cab (although they're few and far between)

1)  Hook up multiple controllers (say, if I'm using my dance pad in combination with a joypad to control some games in a unique fashion -- I actually tried this with Joust and it made it a lot more challenging)

2)  Hook up 2 additional gamepads for 6-player Xmen (don't know if this would actually work but I don't see why not; and it just sounds cool)

3)  Hook up an external USB drive with extra games and extra controllers for the above-mentioned reasons.


I'll admit these are somewhat weak reasons.  Probably the only one I'd ever do is the dancepad/controller one, and that's just messing around with it.

I'm exploring more options with that dancepad... have to see how Smash TV works with it (using the dancepad to control movement and the CP joystick to control firing).  I can tell you it made Pac Man that much more challenging.


Zebidee:

Yeah, monitor glass doesn't need to be tinted unless glare is an issue.  If you really want it, get a new piece cut professionally.  only costs about $30-$40 dollars Aust.

Gonna confess that this is the original control panel!  It is in pretty good condition (considering), and you certainly can't see any marks except by close inspection.  It is is good nick, but I guess i didn't pay a small price for it either.  I installed the extra joysticks and all.  And obviously the USB port. 

But yeah, you can follow the same principle for your panel.  Black background to panel, black t-moulding, black down front too.  There is a piano hinge to allow CP to flip up towards the user (for maintenance).  Good design, but isn't removable & too wide so it won't fit in my house.  Lives in garage.

For me, the biggest reason for a USB port is somewhere to plug in a keyboard/mouse.  Everything else is just gravy.  If you have a USB port there is no need for keyboard drawers .... 

And with an ergo trackball/marble mouse you don't need a flat surface to move it on.....!





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