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Custom Galaga Cabinet for my father
TalkingBull:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on November 06, 2008, 09:20:52 am ---Since it's for your Dad, I would make it look as much like a Galaga with 1 fire button. It will be able to play about 40 games very well.
It'll be easy to use with no confusion. This is what I do. In my profile you can see the mini-galaga I built, to give you some ideas.
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I like your bartop and if I recall correcrly, it's what gave me the idea in the first place. I have a nice 19" widescreen monitor I am going to use so it will be a bit higher off the table but pretty close to yours I should think. What front end are you running on that and do you have a list of games? I usually use GameEx on all my cabs but I think that is 'too much' front end for something like this.
leapinlew:
Twobits owns the rights to reprint the artwork. You'll need to talk to someone about getting it printed.
19" widescreen is bigger than the original full sized Galaga cab. I would use a 15 or 17, but if your stuck on using the 19" - good luck. I'm sure it'll look good.
I used Mala. It's easy to use and lightweight. You can build the instructions into the Galaga CPO.
TalkingBull:
Oddly enough, the 19" was the cheapest solution. Initially I thought it would look weird but I fired it up and it was pretty cool. Thanks for the tips, I will head on over to Twobits and download Mala as well.
Kaytrim:
I'll be following this one. Please post pics of your progress. :afro: I'd still go with a second button so you can add the 19XX series and other vertical shumps.
TalkingBull:
Ok folks, I got started this weekend and it is coming along nicely. I had some problems with Lowes when they cut the last piece of Lexan in the store 2.5 inches too short! Not I have to deal with that...
After everyone's comments and speaking with the wife, I decided to go with a 1-button, 4-way joystick combo. The idea was to keep it simple. If it were for me, I would want access to 6K+ games. I am thinking 40 will be good for the old man.
Here are some pictures of the progress so far. I have most of it built; I love these bartops... they take no time at all! All I have to do is drill the holes on the CP and rig some sort of monitor mount. Once that's done, I can paint it and wire it.
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