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| Franco B:
--- Quote from: ThePope43 on September 17, 2009, 08:49:21 pm ---I've done a little searching on the building thing. I don't have the kind of time to really sit down and think out my plans and write them up. --- End quote --- If you haven't got time to plan the thing I think you are going to struggle to find time to build it. A well planned cab will take less time to build and you will hit less problems along the way. |
| Blanka:
If you are going LCD with a quad-person setup, try to get an IPS or PVA screen, as they have much wider viewing angles. I really wonder why you want a four person setup. Any 4-player game you like that much and you have 3 buddies around to play with often? I would prefer a clean 2 player cabinet above PacTheFuckMatt taking off with its wings, with 2 USB or cordless controllers for the few times you have player 3 and 4 around. |
| Franco B:
--- Quote from: Blanka on September 18, 2009, 06:00:29 am --- I would prefer a clean 2 player cabinet above PacTheFuckMatt --- End quote --- Funny thing is, that is a 2p cab :D I agree though. I buit a four player cab for my first one and I would only ever build two player ones now. |
| Blanka:
--- Quote from: Franco B on September 18, 2009, 06:05:35 am ---Funny thing is, that is a 2p cab :D --- End quote --- Imagine how he would have made a 4p cab :laugh2: ! My preference in keys: 2x U360 with 6 buttons each (or 7, for example with 2 buttons being the same :search NEO-GEO/SF combined setup) 1x trackball with 2 buttons (I prefer seperate mousebuttons for OS operation) 1x spinner with 2 buttons 2x player start, 2x coin (use a key programmer to add ESC, Return, TAB as shift keys to these 4 keys). Buttons either convex Japanese or concave American, up to you preference. Japanese are available in more colours. BT keyboard (No drawer) for that occasional typing. I'm a fan of regular speakers. Easiest is to get good car speakers from a decent living room speaker manufacturer, as they most of the time just sell their normal speakers in a nice uncased box-set with appropriate cross-over filters and covers for cars too. For arcade classics midrange is most important. The bass-treble seperation of PC sattelite/woofer speakers is not the best option to reproduce 8-bit sound for the best. |
| drventure:
I gotta agree with Franco. This has been my first build too, and I figured, ah, why not go 4p. But in retrospect, doing a 2p cab would have been cheaper, quicker and plenty for how it'll be used. And I could always plug up 2 USB controllers for those few 4p games I might play. But I think my next cab, if I ever finish this one, will be a sit down, enclosed driving cab. Anyone here checked out the Thomas Super Wheel? http://thomas-superwheel.com 1300$ for a game controller steering wheel :o Wow.... |
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