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| Molloy:
I know alot of people around here like their machine to have every concievable control so they have to opt for the classic, large western cabinet. But not everybody has voluminous basements to store these monsters in so I was wondering if anybody else is interested in japanese cabinets. I haven't seen anybody try to mimic the shape of a Sega cabinet for instance. I know the fact most are made of molded plastic means they couldn't be copied directly but certain features of the Net City are really cool. I love the fact you can sit down on a stool and have somewhere to rest your feet on. Other smaller sit down cabinets like the Taito Egret, Capcom Impress and Sega Astro City have very clever designs. The monitors are quite large, the cabinets small and yet they manage to maintain fairly attractive proportions. And finally you have some rather quirky oddities like the 4-player Swing, The Aero Table and whatever that thing I attatched below is. There are alot of interesting ways you could make a machine more compact so it fits in better in the domestic environment. Judging from the amount of irate wives and girlfriends around here maybe it's something worth taking into consideration. :) |
| AlanS17:
I've seen a couple of people convert Japanese "sit-down" cabs, but I couldn't give you any links. It's been done, though. You can find cabinets with monitor intact on Ebay for like $450 or $500 (or at least you use to be able to). For a machine with a 33" monitor already in it, that's really not bad. Don't know what shipping would, though. (At least I THINK I saw some with 33"s.) |
| Odonadon:
Now THAT's more like it. I much prefer the look of a solid, refridgerator sized cabinet, but I hate having all those stinking controls :). Keep it basic. Plus, I can think of a few marquees that would look awesome in that odd rhombus shaped marquee holder. Odonadon |
| jakejake28:
i think the price is scaring people away. you would need a flat panel moniter and a tiny pc, and the wood work would also be very hard |
| Apollo:
That top pic doesn't have a flat panel, it looks like a normal arcade monitor with a casing on the back. |
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