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whoozwah:
I'm starting developing on my second cabinet. My first one was like a rough draft (which you can check out from my sig). I called it the Quad Laser as it was based on Aqua Teen Hunger Force. I'm calling this new one the Quad Laser Mark II until I get the style nailed down.

What I want to do is build a dedicated vertical cab for classic 4 way games and shmups. I have a 24" widescreen rotating HP monitor that I'll be using for the display and I think I've pretty much decided based on comments from the folks here, the shmups forum and the shoryuken forum that the Mag Stik Plus is going to be my best best for a stick that doesn't require any modifications to get the desired performance out of it. Some folks swear by the opticals such as the P360 (which is what I have on the Quad Laser) but they're pretty stiff and I want something a bit faster.

I'm gonna get the ball top sticks for them as well as the convex happ pushbuttons. My only concern at this point is the actual cabinet design. I'm trying to decide if I should follow a dynamo design or something along the lines of the pacman cabs. Space is an issue and I think a dynamo may end up being more than I really have room for.

What do you think?

Later,
Dave

IG-88:
My first question would be why have a rotating monitor if you are doing a dedicated vertical cab?  :dunno

whoozwah:
I just happened to have the rotating monitor. I used it to a point where I wasn't even turning it back hori anymore and thought "who am I kidding? Do it right"

So I've decided that I'm going to do a modified Ms. Pac-Man style cabinet. I've also decided that I'm going skip female disconnects when doing the wiring job and go straight up soldering. I don't muck around with the underside of the Quad Laser's control panel so I don't see where soldering the mark II would be an issue.

I still haven't decided on a visual theme though. Some of my buds were suggesting I do a ghostbusters cab but I'm not sold on it (although I'm a huge fan). I'd like to find a design that gels with the selection of games that I'm going to be putting on it which is mainly shmups and classic games (being a dedicated vertical cab and all). It's a process but if you have any suggestions, I'd appreciate the input!

edit#2: I don't know why it didn't hit me sooner. Cyberpunk. Blade Runner, Akira etc. Now we're getting somewhere. I don't know what the policy is on bumping threads but I'll more than likely bump this with pics if no one else posts on it before I have some.

whoozwah:
Thread renamed to reflect the name I've settled on for this cabinet. I'm calling it the NEXUS 6 after the series of replicants in Blade Runner. Since it's a shmup cab, a cyberpunk theme seemed to be a perfect fit for me and I've alway loved that style. As soon as I get some artwork put together, I'll post it up.

mj147:
If your going shmups I would go with some Seimitsu  LS-32 joys. Im surprised they recommended the mag stick, folks at SRK love these for shmups and even fighters, very tight, fast joys.  ;D








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