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Plans for a cabinet ID website
Crowquill:
--- Quote from: RayB on May 07, 2007, 02:17:53 pm ---Oh come on. You already posted the answer to that one.
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Yes I did, but nobody has guessed any of the others from the first post. Besides, it's still probably the ugliest conversion cab imaginable. I guess I just wanted to make a point. :)
--- Quote from: yugffuts on May 07, 2007, 04:40:16 pm ---So, if I have an unknown arcade cabinet that I want to identify. I have no idea what it is, what year it's from, who made it, etc. So, the solution is to click through 100+ cabinets pictures, until I see one similar? How is this easier than just asking (since it seems most people get a response fairly quickly)? :)
I just don't see how this database can be efficiently searched since the whole point is that the user doesn't have any information?
Not trying to be negative, just trying to understand how this will work...
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That's also why I'm posting this here. To see if anyone would think it's useful. From most cabinets I've seen, it's rare that you have absolutely nothing to go on. Usually there's SOMETHING that has the original manufacturers name on it. Whether it's a worn serial # tag or a copyright on a left-over PCB. Obviously there are a ton of different designs for cabinets throughout the years. But when Company X made 100 cabinets of Super Samurai Smashers and Midway made an estimated 100,000 Pac-Man uprights, you can guess which one you'll find more conversions of. I'm thinking the "generic" show-everything page will be sorted roughly by the popularity of their original game because of this. The pages I expect people to get the most use out of are the ones sorted by manufacturer. But even on a page of 100 different designs, how long will it really take to look through 100 thumbnails? Think about how long it takes to scan over the default list of 50 items per page on eBay.
RayB:
--- Quote from: Crowquill on May 08, 2007, 01:18:15 am ---Yes I did, but nobody has guessed any of the others from the first post. Besides, it's still probably the ugliest conversion cab imaginable. I guess I just wanted to make a point. :)
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Hmmm...
Galaga, or Pacman, or Galaxian or Ms Pac
Robotron
Gravitar
Crystal Castles,
Gyruss
Stargate
Any Taito
Stern
Moon Patrol
Space Invaders
Kremmit:
--- Quote from: Crowquill on May 08, 2007, 01:18:15 am ---
Yes I did, but nobody has guessed any of the others from the first post.
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????
--- Quote from: Kremmit on May 06, 2007, 07:17:38 pm ---Left to right:
Pac Man, Defender, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Tempest, Stargate, Taito, Stern, Dynamo, Nintendo.
(I had to go look in the garage to verify two.)
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Crowquill:
Somehow I glossed over your post (don't know how).
Not Defender, not Tempest, not Dynamo, not Nintendo. All others are correct.
Kremmit:
--- Quote from: Crowquill on May 08, 2007, 02:52:23 pm ---Somehow I glossed over your post (don't know how).
Not Defender, not Tempest, not Dynamo, not Nintendo. All others are correct.
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Upon closer inspection, the one I ID'd as Tempest was a Reactor. That was stupid, and I really do know better, I just answered in a hurry.
I had to check RayB's answers to get Moon Patrol- or it could be a Joust. I'd love to see your outline of a Dynamo to compare to it, they're sure close. I'm still not sure about #2 and #10. #2 matches one of the Robotrons on KLOV. #10 isn't a SI, the top on those is slanted. I'm trying to think of a game with a flat top like that, I know I'll be smacking my forehead when somebody gets it.
Anyway, neither of us got 'em all right, which just underscores the need for the site you're planning. Get to work! 8)