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spacies:

That is a VERY nice cabinet!

Congrats on that mate.

 :applaud:

Wade:

--- Quote from: Knievel on August 27, 2007, 11:12:56 pm ---Whoa, buzz-kill. :P Wade I can tell you that many people do see the slim cabinet size as an advantage, the goal here was to make it slim but still retro-arcade like. So you think the cabinet above looks 'badly proportioned'? That really bothers me, considering the time I spent designing it. As for being tippy, it isn't, as I said already.

--- End quote ---

I may be underestimating how many people see it as an advantage.  I'm just going by the people I know who are into games, and practically all of them have multiple games, so shaving 6" of depth from the back is just insignificant.  The average age on this forum may be a bit younger than me and there may be a lot more apartment dwellers, too, or may be planning or expecting to move.  Again, not among the gamers I know, but that could be different than most people on this forum.

Don't read too much into it - the only thing that makes the proportions look bad is the depth, IMO.  Otherwise, it looks very sharp.  I just expect upright video games to have more of a square footprint.  It's just what I'm used to, I guess.

Keep in mind that I have a dozen classic videos and pins, a 650 lb racing game and a 4-player 1500 lb racing game, all in my basement and moved down piece by piece (the only way to get the larger games down there).  So I'm probably on the wrong end of the scale when it comes to considering movability or practicality. ;)

Again, very nice job.  I'm obviously in the minority here, and I any time someone does something different there will be people who aren't fans of it.  Different strokes for different folks. :)

TTYL,
Wade

spacies:

I understand what you are saying Wade and I kind of agree with you.

However Knievels machine is designed to be different. Many husbands out there are going to love this design because the wives are going to accept it more than a full size machine and definately more than a 1500lb machine.  :laugh2:

CRTs are going to be phased out. No question about that, so moving to LCD is a good choice.
We had our own Arcade when I was 14-18 and I like the big bulky machines. I still build them big and bulky but I also have started using LCDs because importing CRTs from China is a slow and frustrating process.

I congratulate Knievel on this design. Modernizing these machines is great fun and thats why BYOAC is so successful I guess.

It is one Very, Very, Very nice machine.

Knievel:
Yea this cabinet would be for the person that wants one machine to play, not a arcade game collector.

Thanks for the kudos Spacies. Maybe we'll get you building some of these. :)

Cornchip I look forward to more glowing sticks, and seeing how that game room progresses. ;)

Javreyh I wasn't thinking 'the next Lusid cab' when I was building this so I didn't take many pics. Guess I'll have to build another and take some.

Here are the ones I did take, the one shot shows how I fastened it together with biscuits..

Click For A Big Pic

Knievel:

Added a link to a bigger finished pic in the first post.
A couple of people were asking for one, figured that would be easiest..

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