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| Numbski:
--- Quote from: RandyT on October 23, 2008, 05:41:32 pm ---Heh, I'm not so sure I buy into this definition. This just identifies the state of software configuration, not the cabinet overall. --- End quote --- Says Mr. Hardware Vendor. ;) |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: Numbski on October 24, 2008, 09:04:54 am --- --- Quote from: RandyT on October 23, 2008, 05:41:32 pm ---Heh, I'm not so sure I buy into this definition. This just identifies the state of software configuration, not the cabinet overall. --- End quote --- Says Mr. Hardware Vendor. ;) --- End quote --- Oookayeeeeee......:) But seriously, you could put 4 buttons and a joystick into cutouts in a cardboard box, draw labels on it with a Sharpie marker and a stranger could operate everything without your help....if the software was configured properly. That's a pretty low bar for a "finished" cabinet. That's why I see it as something that is personal to the builder. Some folks are building for themselves, so the requirement of "on location survival" or "brain-dead usability" doesn't apply at all. You decide when it is finished, so a project could literally go from "unfinished" to "finished" without ever changing a single part of the project. IOW, it's a question that can't really have an answer. Now if it were along the lines of "how many folks buy a bunch of parts, get frustrated / bored and never end up building a usable cab (definition: one you can actually play games on)" then we might have something to work with. RandyT *edit* Thought I'd add my take on this in the context of the OP's friend's situation. It's common, but not as common as you might suspect. Arcade parts are a bit costly, so it's unlikely that a failed project remains in a box forever. Eventually, they will get sold by a 3rd party as "never used". A failed project that got a little further ends up on eBay or Craig's list, and we all know what these tend to look like, so spotting one isn't hard. But compared to the numbers of folks buying parts, these occurrences are pretty small. So either the parts are being hoarded in someone's closet without being used, or the "fizzle-out" rate is pretty small. I personally think it's the latter. |
| Ginsu Victim:
I've seen what some people call "finished" on eBay and craigslist. NONE of us would agree. |
| Level42:
A work of art is never finished. |
| captainpotato:
--- Quote from: Martijn on October 23, 2008, 10:48:41 am ---when i read through the topics of project announcements, i read a lot of people who start, and then never heard of again. or they quit or it went horrible ugly, or they don't feel like posting again. --- End quote --- Then there's those of us who start, then nothing happens for ages (over three years, in my case), and today I started working on it again. Only issue is that I've actually probably gone backwards today because it's getting a fairly serious redesign ;) |
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