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Scheming on an Ikaruga Cabinet
sayitaintjonas:
I'm looking to build a Mame cabinet in the next couple months so now I'm working on design ideas. It looks like I'll be buying a converted Sports Jam cabinet that used to be a Simpsons machine.
I've always been a big fan of Ikaruga and while looking around, I've been disappointed to see that it doesn't have a nice cabinet. I've put together most of the artwork I could find for Ikaruga and spent my lunch break Photoshopping some ideas together.
I really like the idea of using the black and white featured in the game. While doing research for my 360 arcade stick, I came across Byrdo.org and a nice stick that he created using black and white.
These are rough mockups, but do you think this could be a promising idea?
javeryh:
Isn't Ikaruga played on a vertical monitor?
I like the idea of an Ikaruga cab but not for a MAME machine with a giant CP. Ikaruga is a very elegant game and I think an elegant vertical cab that played shooters would work perfectly. :cheers:
Ginsu Victim:
Yeah, that cabinet is all wrong for Ikaruga.
sayitaintjonas:
--- Quote from: javeryh on May 04, 2009, 01:31:57 pm ---Isn't Ikaruga played on a vertical monitor?
I like the idea of an Ikaruga cab but not for a MAME machine with a giant CP. Ikaruga is a very elegant game and I think an elegant vertical cab that played shooters would work perfectly. :cheers:
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I'd love to have a dedicated vertical shooter cabinet, but unless I hack up my Atari Kangaroo cabinet (which didn't seem to go over very well on this board) this cabinet will have to serve as my Mame cab. I was hoping to create a custom theme rather than use pre-made artwork.
So even though this would be a Mame cabinet with an Ikaruga theme instead of an Ikaruga dedicated cabinet, would this still be a bad idea?
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: sayitaintjonas on May 04, 2009, 02:25:10 pm ---So even though this would be a Mame cabinet with an Ikaruga theme instead of an Ikaruga dedicated cabinet, would this still be a bad idea?
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I like the looks of that cab. Given that you can't do a dedicated this is still pretty damn good.