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Segmented & detachable full-size cabinet ?
shardian:
--- Quote from: lroy12 on May 29, 2007, 04:33:02 pm ---maybe i should be looking into building a mini cabinet with a two player cp. has this been done before?
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If you mean a small scale cabinet with less than 23" wide control panel, then yes it has been done many times, but two adults could not be use the controls comfortably. It is a stretch to put two adults in front of a standard 23" cabinet as it is.
lroy12:
--- Quote from: shardian on May 29, 2007, 11:19:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: lroy12 on May 29, 2007, 04:33:02 pm ---maybe i should be looking into building a mini cabinet with a two player cp. has this been done before?
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If you mean a small scale cabinet with less than 23" wide control panel, then yes it has been done many times, but two adults could not be use the controls comfortably. It is a stretch to put two adults in front of a standard 23" cabinet as it is.
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do you have an example of this 23 inch wide mini cp?
shardian:
I think you are getting a bit confused. Most standard, 19" raster monitor arcade games with a single player (and alot with 2 players/2-3 buttons) have a control panel width on the average of 23". So, it is the gold standard that to even consider a 2 player control panel, you need at least 23" of width, but in reality you need more for real comfort.
Small scale cabinets are meant for children. Below is an example that a guy on here did:
The monitor is a 17" pc monitor, and as you can see there is barely room for two joysticks and four buttons. Little kids would have a frikkin ball on this, but adults would not. Not to mention that your buddies may make fun of you if you have a little kid's arcade machine in your dorm room. ;D
I really think the best project for you is a bartop cabinet.
lroy12:
I see what you mean shardian, a mini cabinet would be way to small to play comfortably. I like the idea of a bartop cabinet, however the more i think about it, the more it just seems like i should just play mame on my 22 inch pc monitor rather than the 15 inch crt i was planning on using for the cabinet.
shardian:
--- Quote from: lroy12 on May 30, 2007, 01:51:37 am ---I see what you mean shardian, a mini cabinet would be way to small to play comfortably. I like the idea of a bartop cabinet, however the more i think about it, the more it just seems like i should just play mame on my 22 inch pc monitor rather than the 15 inch crt i was planning on using for the cabinet.
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Very true. Most of the time I just play mame on my pc with a desktop controller I made.
Another thing you may consider is an "arcade in a box" setup. Some people have made large control panels that contain the controls and the pc. All you would have to do is plug in the power cord, plug in a monitor or a tv wherever you are, and start gaming.