| Main > Main Forum |
| Anyone ever build a wall mount arcade game ? / my concept picture |
| << < (3/4) > >> |
| Turnarcades:
Fair play to anyone wanting to try something new and I applaud all the concepts/completed projects shown above. The concern I raise is a sheer matter of practicality (or lack thereof) in most of these ideas. For instance, you have the inconvenience of having to permanently mount the thing (hacking up your wall) and not being able to relocate easily or turn it if you get glare. Then if you go for a bar-top kind of profile size, the control panel will be incorrectly placed in relation to the screen for standing play and will be uncomfortable for extended play - When you play a bar-top you are invariably sat down more or less level with the screen, but at least you have a counter or something to rest your arms on if needed; standing you would either be stretching your arms up or bending your neck down, plus it will be even more difficult for people wanting to play of different heights. The reason the main cabinet designs out there exist is simple - they are tried and tested and designed to avoid these complications. More power to you for trying something new, but ask yourself first if the expense is worth it. |
| CheffoJeffo:
Well spacies is one of the best cab builders I have ever seen and he is making these and selling them with success in a pretty small geographic market, so my guess is that they work pretty well. Having said that, your points are well taken. |
| dreamakuma:
This is something I came upon, not my work, but something along these lines. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessedylansmith/sets/72157600975006254/ I personally like it. |
| rlemmon:
Thanks for your thoughts guy's. I think I'm leaning towards the cabaret idea rather than the wallcade. I looked at the numbers and there pretty much the same. I think a cabaret would look nicer and i wouldn't be restricted to using an lcd. I'm not sure when I'll get to this but i will get there when i can. |
| Blanka:
Please can anyone explain the "Cabaret" concept in cab-land for me? Where does the name come from? What is the characteristic element of a Cabaret cabinet? What is different compared to a regular cabinet? |
| Navigation |
| Message Index |
| Next page |
| Previous page |