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BYOAC is doomed! Enter ... www.surface-tension.net
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As for the title and how a french guy once put it, "not never"
Games001:
:dizzy: that price is a bit nutty.
I am looking at this machine, with my REALLY limited skills :tool:, and thinking.. ya know, that's not really to hard a build; it will just need the 'polish' most of my cabinets have never had.
BASS!:
I have seen coffee tables that cost more than this and they do not have custom game machines inside. Ask knievel what custom furniture costs. I buy most my stuff at ikea, and it may look like a high class piece of furniture, but alas it is not. This looks expertly built, I know I could not pull those perfect angles off.
nox771:
Slick design, but I agree it looks uncomfortable to play. The CP is at such a weird height. I guess you sit on the couch edge, control with your knees, and that leaves your hands free for the beer :dunno
Shoegazer:
Agreed. I actually need a coffee table anyway, like the retro-fit option and the design is exactly what I had in mind for my living room - so I definitely would have picked one of these up...
Until I found out about the height. It's just under a foot and a half, and just not practical for any couch I know of (definitely not mine). For a standard coffee table sure, but not for one with a control panel. My back would give out after about two minutes of playing.
Other more minor gripes: Rivets showing around the joysticks, the smaller "extra" buttons make the panel look less authentic/cheaper, no option for other joysticks (U360), no spinner. There needs to be more photos online showing how you might hook up an external PC (I need to know my notebook would work easily).
I'm curious if guy queried the BYOAC crowd before finalizing the design? Maybe I missed it.
Nice try though. Maybe next iteration.
Shoegazer