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Xiaou2:


 Actually, with 2 back 2 back LCD's it wouldnt look too much different from any other cab.

 Could be used as 2 mame machines in one cab..   as well as controls linked for 2players
on one PC..  and could be used for Lan/Net driving games...etc.  where each person has their own
display.


Fozzy The Bear:


--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on February 11, 2008, 11:16:16 pm ---Could be used as 2 mame machines in one cab..   as well as controls linked for 2players
on one PC..  and could be used for Lan/Net driving games...etc.  where each person has their own display.
--- End quote ---

Not just driving games..... Any multi player game really. Strategy sim games, flight games, driving games... It'd be quite a cool project. There are quite a few arcade games that work as multi cabinet linked games.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

DeLuSioNal29:

Or perhaps a vertical monitor on one side and a horizontal one on the other.

Franco B:

Ooo, I like the idea of that  :)

I definitely think you would want to use LCDs to keep the size down.


--- Quote from: DeLuSioNal29 on February 12, 2008, 12:36:37 am ---Or perhaps a vertical monitor on one side and a horizontal one on the other.

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Good idea. Maybe dual rotary monitors?  8) Although possibly not for a first build.

You could even have a different theme on both sides of the cab.

SavannahLion:

It took me a while to find it. There are two that I found.

Of the first. It's not an upright, I wouldn't really even consider it much of an arcade cabinet in the truest sense. It is, however, the closest BYOAC I'm aware of to what you're describing.

Personally, I think the cab isn't all that great looking. This cab is clearly a result of someone who has way too much money, too much time, and too little fashion sense. To add more to the insult, that cabinet was actually featured on T.V.! Of course, that doesn't mean much, the surf board Millipede was featured on T.V.

Anyhow, I got ahead of myself. Read about Gerald's cabinet on this self feeding disease of a blog. Here's a pic to save you the trip:


The second cab is referenced in the first article. It's not an upright either, but meh. I've heard about this cab (from the above mentioned TV show), but had a hard time finding it. Fortunately, it was linked to in the article. At least it saves me more of a search. ;)

Personally, I think this cab looks much much better. More Arcade-like and less like a crappy gray particle board box with a TV (or two) thrown on top. It's Versus City. I really have no idea what it's about. Here's a pic:


Given such a bad first example and a huge second example. I'm confident any BYOACer who wants to tackle this project will know exactly what not to do when building their own head-to-head cabinet.  :cheers:

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