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New Lowboy Cab from Scratch
brock.sampson:
That is a sweet cab. Any chance you can share the plans? I'm itching to do a scratch build and I really like the shape and size.
Anubis_au:
Brock, leapinlew, it looks like an Aussie Lowboy cab. Do a search, you'll find the plans. I think plans are even linked from the wiki website.
Lord Hiryu, awesome build mate. I'm watching with great interest.
Spaced Ace:
--- Quote from: Lord Hiryu on August 01, 2008, 06:52:00 am ---Hi TOK, I think on the same way as you.
I don't understand the American guys.
In his country there are plenty of dedicated machines from the 80's and 70's too, and with the auctions, are easy to achieve one for a low price.
In Spain, when the bomb of arcade video-games explodes, was in the beginins of the 80's, and it's very strange to find a dedicated machine, the major problem was there only a few companies as SONIC, CIDELSA or PETACO do this kind of decoration.
I friend of mine has an original Gauntlet, the same model as the American, but with all the texts in Spanish, a very rare one.
I suppose that our houses are big, and better make a big cab than a little one, but in my opinion, they're some weird experiments, with all this "Huuuuuugeeee" panels, as the wings of an aeroplane with hundred buttons....
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Might get flamed on this one, but I too think some people have MAME cabs that are just out of control. A 4 player is pushing it as it is. I know people want 20 in 1, but besides space being an issue, why not just build several cabs? A control panel with 30 buttons, spinners, track ball, flight stick, 4-way, stearing wheel, pedals and so on, is just a bit much.....
But that is just one opinion among hundreds, so what do I know?
As far as cabs go, in the US, thats all we have ever known... Nothing says arcade like 400 lbs. of beefy hardware and software. Im sure most of us wouldnt complain if we all could afford the luxery of a Dynamo Showcase with a huge monitor and full stereo sound.
jeffhlewis:
Definitely agree with Spaced Ace here. Maybe it's just because I didn't play that many games growing up that had a trackball or spinner, but I can't see paying the $$$ and sacrificing the CP space to be able to play the handful of games that make good use of those devices. Some people are nuts with how much stuff they put on their cabs. And to be completely honest, how many people with 4 player controls actually make use of them consistently? are there that many 25-40 year olds playing 4-player Ninja Turtles every weekend?
Granted there are some games like Arkanoid and Golden Tee that are practically unplayable without their respective devices but if I wanted to play one particular game bad enough I would just buy the original cab for it.
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: jeffhlewis on August 01, 2008, 12:50:47 pm ---but I can't see paying the $$$ and sacrificing the CP space to be able to play the handful of games that make good use of those devices.
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You guys should take this to a different thread, instead of gunking up this guys thread.
Plenty of classics took odd controls: Defender, Stargate, Robotron and Asteroids used standard controls, but in a different configuration.
If you haven't had people over playing some World Class Bowling, Shuuz and Shuffleshot - there is a whole side of this hobby you haven't explored yet. Not everyone loves to play the slow moving round robin game of Donkey Kong, but I can always get some of my non-arcade addict friends to bowl a game or play some shuffleboard.
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