Coolest Arcade Cabinet of all time?

[zelony]

This has got to be one of the coolest arcades of all time.  Makes me want to build a replica for my self.

[syph007]

Cool, it's powered by barrels of toxic waste!

[garnerb350]

Awesome design ...I was like "WTF" when i saw it...but my mind keeps worrying about what would happen if somebody kicks the coin door...

My favorite is the "Frankenpanel" steampunk design...and im not much of a steampunk fan...




This one here would scare me when i was a kid...

[TOK]

I really wish I could get over the term "arcade" being a place and a "game" being in an arcade.
Alas, I'm an old codger so I'll I'm left to say is HOW COULD YOU! if you're the owner of Clicks.  

Yes, thats a very cool game.

[HaRuMaN]

Me too, I came in here expecting an arcade, only to find a single machine... 

[zelony]

Most people use the term arcade as both the machine and the location.  By your logic these forums should be renamed to game controls.

[Ginsu Victim]

I really wish I could get over the term "arcade" being a place and a "game" being in an arcade.

Yeah, I was expecting a topic on arcades, not games.

Ignoring that, I really like the setup in those first pics. That's pretty cool.

[Epyx]

Well here in Canada...an arcade is a place filled with "arcade machines" or "arcade cabs"...we never called a single machine an "arcade" always...we are going to the arcade to play games or going to the corner store/7-11 to play the "arcade machines"

Not sure where the arcade for 1 cab came from but no my generation/location

EDIT: I see the OPs edit...mucho bettaro

[TOK]

Most people use the term arcade as both the machine and the location.  By your logic these forums should be renamed to game controls.

This gets right to the root of your misunderstanding. "Arcade Controls" doesn't imply a place.  "Arcade" by itself does. I'll admit that its a nitpick, but it matters here.

[HaRuMaN]

Yup

[Ginsu Victim]

You don't call a roller coaster a "theme park".

[u_rebelscum]

I think "arcade" started being used to discribe a single machine when the first cab was mamed.  "The whole arcade in one machine!" 

Me agree: arcade = location, arcade cab = a machine in the arcade that with others make it an arcade.

Of course, the really old people who grew up before there were real arcades think arcade show mean something boring, like "a passage or walkway covered over by a succession of arches or vaults supported by columns."  Ridiculous.

[Ginsu Victim]

Of course, the really old people who grew up before there were real arcades think arcade show mean something boring, like "a passage or walkway covered over by a succession of arches or vaults supported by columns."

Columns?

[MaximRecoil]

Most people use the term arcade as both the machine and the location.

No, most people don't do that.

By your logic these forums should be renamed to game controls.

No, "arcade controls" are controls you use in an arcade when playing the games. "Space Port" for example, is an arcade (a chain of arcades in fact). Pac-Man for example, is an arcade game / arcade machine / arcade cabinet.

[ChadTower]

Now it's a pedant party!

[MaximRecoil]

Now it's a pedant party!

Who invited the heckler to the "pedant party"?

[DashRendar]

Coolest arcade would probably be Flynn's Arcade!   

[RayB]

I put the people who call single machines "arcades" in the same category as those who call a video arcade machine a "pinball", and game cartridges "tapes".

Reminds me of my grandfather who would call automobiles "machines". He'd talk about going places "by machine". Quite odd.


Zelony: Care to add some information regarding those photos, or did you just luck onto them somewhere?

[zelony]

The photos are from this ebay listing http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300325295754.

You know, all this bickering over the use of the word arcade is one of the reasons I don't post very often, sucks the fun right out of these forums.

[Ginsu Victim]

You know, all this bickering over the use of the word arcade is one of the reasons I don't post very often, sucks the fun right out of these forums.

And yet some of us view this AS fun. It's so played out that most of us don't take it serious.

Lighten up, Francis.  

Go hang around KLOV for a while and you'll appreciate us more.

[TOK]

The photos are from this ebay listing http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300325295754.

You know, all this bickering over the use of the word arcade is one of the reasons I don't post very often, sucks the fun right out of these forums.

Well, technically the word "bickering" would mean some people agree with you, and we are arguing. I think this would be more correctly referred to as a beat down.



Just teasin' ya. 

[Kevin Mullins]

Pac-Man for example, is an arcade game / arcade machine / arcade cabinet.

I could that differently....

Arcade Game - software and hardware that makes up the pcb
Arcade Cabinet - the case in which the parts are held
Arcade Machine - as the term "machine" would imply all the parts put together to create a whole functioning unit

 

But whatever..... we all clicked on the thread, we all saw the intentions in the first post, big whoopdee doo on the rest.

And that is a cool setup in the original post. 

[MaximRecoil]

I usually call them "arcade machines", and always have.

Arcade Game - software and hardware that makes up the pcb

That's usually called the game board, or something similar. BTW, one of the definitions of "game" is:

The equipment needed for playing certain games: packed the children's games in the car.

Arcade Cabinet - the case in which the parts are held

That's how I use that term as well, but the parts are integrated into the cabinet, and it does distinguish from arcade: a place. 
 

Arcade Machine - as the term "machine" would imply all the parts put together to create a whole functioning unit

Indeed.

[Kevin Mullins]

So it's agreed then ..... we now call them Entertainment Widgets. 

(as I run off to create a wiki definition) 

[zelony]

I showed the pictures to my wife, she agreed that it is a really cool "cabinet". ;-)  Anyway, I think that building a replica of this cabinet should be relatively easy.  I am thinking of using a Playstation 2 as the internals as there are a lot of shooting games for it. Although I might use an actual Site 4 machine, since I found one to buy local.  If I do build one, I will post my build process and even refer to it as a cabinet or entertainment widget. ;-)

[Turnarcades]

The whole arcade/game/cabinet differential could also be a regional thing, not just a generational issue. I'm from England and back in the day, all kids I knew including myself would generalise the term 'arcade' to refer to both the venue and the machines themselves. It usually depended on the context in which it was used, but it was mainly because it was simply a familiar word to abbreviate to in general conversation or when pestering your parents in anyway on the subject!

Again there are other Brits who will not have done this, but I'm just talking from my experiences. These days I do tend to be more specific from being on boards like this, but then in real life I've had to adopt the very American term 'video arcade machine' or simply 'pac-man machines' when talking about what I do for a living as all definition of the correct term has also been lost over time, as if I say 'arcade cabinet' they think I build grabber machines and if I say 'arcade games' they always assume fruit machines (another debatable term as we grew up referring to those as 'bandits').

To be honest, I just don't care how like-minded people care to refer to arcade machines, so long as they're comfortable with it. I'm not the kind of guy who walks round telling people "it's nuc-lee-er not nuc-ular!" or "for god's sake, it's Porsch-er!"

[Epyx]

Just asked my lifelong friend about this and he reminded me we called them either "arcade machines" or "arcade games" or just "games" at the time.  Again, that is here in Canada though.

But if you want to call it a dead parrot im okay with that.../sigh

[surface tension]

That's a great arcade machine/cabinet/unit. I think most people would have trouble getting it past the wife though, unless the garage is purely the man's domain.

[Vamp RN]

But if you want to call it a dead parrot im okay with that.../sigh

It's not dead it's just sleeping.

[Kman-Sweden]

OMFG. 

[BamBam]

Well here in Canada...an arcade is a place filled with "arcade machines" or "arcade cabs"...we never called a single machine an "arcade" always...we are going to the arcade to play games or going to the corner store/7-11 to play the "arcade machines"

Not sure where the arcade for 1 cab came from but no my generation/location

EDIT: I see the OPs edit...mucho bettaro

This Canuck concurs with that Canuck 

[ChadTower]

I'd tell you what my wife calls them but there are rules about circumventing the autocensor.

[Ummon]

HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH. A party after my own heart. Having seen it enough, I did know exactly the error being made by the OP, when I read the title. (Where's Jeff, ta run the kids off....)

That's a neat 'cab'. I'd never have one, but kudos for cuteness.

[DashRendar]

Back to the original question-

In the Projects forum here, there was an awesome project being worked on that made a cocktail look like it was the Ark of the Covenant from Raiders of the Lost Ark.  Unfortunately, I think Somunny gave up on the project (he was getting close to done too).   
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=76255.0

I think that Drventure's MAME Machine in an Antique Buffet is defintely up there on the "cool list".   
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=88515.0

[ammitz]

But if you want to call it a dead parrot im okay with that.../sigh

It's not dead it's just sleeping.

I would definately say it's resting not sleeping

[Epyx]

I would definately say it's resting not sleeping

Lol, ya I had just watched that before I posted...classic Circus

[kagaden]

I put the people who call single machines "arcades" in the same category as those who call a video arcade machine a "pinball", and game cartridges "tapes".

Reminds me of my grandfather who would call automobiles "machines". He'd talk about going places "by machine". Quite odd.

I put people who call single machines "arcades" in the same category as those who call all types of soda, "pop" or "coke".

My favorite cabinet was any type of showcase cabinet... The first time I had seen one I was blown away. I remember telling myself "when I get older, I'm going to have one of those..."
Now I do, and they're still my favorite.

[Ginsu Victim]

I put people who call single machines "arcades" in the same category as those who call all types of soda, "pop" or "coke".

Soda is short for "soda pop" so "soda" or "pop" both work.

[JustMichael]

I put people who call single machines "arcades" in the same category as those who call all types of soda, "pop" or "coke".

Well "pop" is part of the "soda pop" name for sweetened, flavored, carbonated beverages.  Now "coke" is a whole different matter.  It is the shortened version of Coca-Cola brand name of soda pop and should not be used to refer all soda pop.  In some parts of the US they do refer to all soda pop as "coke".  I don't know why but I think it is just not right.

[MaximRecoil]

Soda is short for "soda pop" so "soda" or "pop" both work.

Well "pop" is part of the "soda pop" name for sweetened, flavored, carbonated beverages.

It was originally called "soda water", and was sold from "soda fountains" and glass bottles. The term "soda pop" came later. So "soda" is not short for "soda pop", it is short for "soda water". "Soda pop" is a separate branch of the etymology.

Additionally, both "soda pop" and especially "pop" sound corny.

[opt2not]

Canadians say "pop" more than most people, especially out east. "Soda" is what they mostly say in the USA. My wife (american, who says soda mostly) still giggles when I say "pop", "eh", "sorry" (pronouncing the "o", not "aw" -- *sawry*) amongst other canadian-izms...but I just smile...then repeatedly hit her in spots where she can hide the bruises.   

[MaximRecoil]

Canadians say "pop" more than most people, especially out east. "Soda" is what they mostly say in the USA. My wife (american, who says soda mostly) still giggles when I say "pop", "eh", "sorry" (pronouncing the "o", not "aw" -- *sawry*) amongst other canadian-izms...but I just smile...then repeatedly hit her in spots where she can hide the bruises.    

My grandmother says "soder" and pronounces the name of your country like "Canader". Oddly enough, if the real spellings were "soder" and "Canader", she would pronounce them like "soda" and "Canada".

[kagaden]

I put people who call single machines "arcades" in the same category as those who call all types of soda, "pop" or "coke".

Soda is short for "soda pop" so "soda" or "pop" both work.

But isn't saying "arcade" short for "arcade machine"?  

[TOK]

I put people who call single machines "arcades" in the same category as those who call all types of soda, "pop" or "coke".

Soda is short for "soda pop" so "soda" or "pop" both work.

But isn't saying "arcade" short for "arcade machine"?  

Maybe, but its one of those things where shortening it changes the meaning which is why it annoys people that understand it.

Shortening "soda pop" to "soda" doesn't change its entire meaning to the place where you go to drink it.
An arcade is a place.

[Blanka]

The first, the best  


That russion racer is close second though 

[versapak]

Soda is short for "soda pop" so "soda" or "pop" both work.

Well "pop" is part of the "soda pop" name for sweetened, flavored, carbonated beverages.

It was originally called "soda water", and was sold from "soda fountains" and glass bottles. The term "soda pop" came later. So "soda" is not short for "soda pop", it is short for "soda water". "Soda pop" is a separate branch of the etymology.

Additionally, both "soda pop" and especially "pop" sound corny.

Soda water is exactly that (soda water), and is just one of the ingredients in soda pop.

Somebody asking for a soda, and expecting a Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, etc., is asking for a soda pop.

Sure soda can be short for soda water as well, but it is contextual.

If someone says they want peanut butter, and we are talking about cookies, then they are talking about wanting a peanut butter cookie not a jar of peanut butter.

















Oh yeah...

That arcade machine is pretty sweet.

[Havok]

The first, the best  


That russion racer is close second though 

And certainly not proportionate...

[Ginsu Victim]

Additionally, both "soda pop" and especially "pop" sound corny.

I guess it's regional. Soda sounds corny to me. My wife and I tend to call it pop.

[Havok]

Additionally, both "soda pop" and especially "pop" sound corny.

I guess it's regional. Soda sounds corny to me. My wife and I tend to call it pop.

Definitely regional - "pop" sounds gay to me...

[HaRuMaN]

Where I grew up, it was referred to as "soda".

[Ginsu Victim]

"soda" sounds midwestern. I hear it with a Minnesota accent.

[HaRuMaN]

SE Virginia...

Where I grew up was kind of a melting pot, though, due to the large naval base.  I really don't have any kind of accent.  People are usually surprised when I tell them that I'm from Virginia.

[versapak]

http://www.popvssoda.com/


Most people in the USA call it soda, but pop is a pretty close second.

Canada is definitely pop territory.

[DashRendar]

They call it "pop" all over the midwest.

[Ginsu Victim]

They call it "pop" all over the midwest.

I wasn't saying that. I was saying that that's how I hear it. Minnesota minus the "minne-"

[DashRendar]

They call it "pop" all over the midwest.

I wasn't saying that. I was saying that that's how I hear it. Minnesota minus the "minne-"

I didn't say you were saying that.  *I* was saying that.   

[Ginsu Victim]

Man, how far have we derailed this thread?

[drventure]

 

Look, Sasquatch!

[Ginsu Victim]

SQUIRREL!

[Epyx]

Canadians say "pop" more than most people, especially out east. "Soda" is what they mostly say in the USA. My wife (american, who says soda mostly) still giggles when I say "pop", "eh", "sorry" (pronouncing the "o", not "aw" -- *sawry*) amongst other canadian-izms...but I just smile...then repeatedly hit her in spots where she can hide the bruises.

Yep guilty of saying "pop" myself...same with "eh".

One thing I notice is that a Canadian will say "That's pretty neat eh?", whereas an American will say "That's pretty neat huh?"

They tend to use "huh" in place of our "eh".  Now to really derail this thread...which sounds more intelligent to you? 

[opt2not]

Canadians say "pop" more than most people, especially out east. "Soda" is what they mostly say in the USA. My wife (american, who says soda mostly) still giggles when I say "pop", "eh", "sorry" (pronouncing the "o", not "aw" -- *sawry*) amongst other canadian-izms...but I just smile...then repeatedly hit her in spots where she can hide the bruises.

Yep guilty of saying "pop" myself...same with "eh".

One thing I notice is that a Canadian will say "That's pretty neat eh?", whereas an American will say "That's pretty neat huh?"

They tend to use "huh" in place of our "eh".  Now to really derail this thread...which sounds more intelligent to you?  

Lately, especially in the west-coast, I've  noticed a lot of Canadians using "huh" instead of "eh". It varies from my friends, but it's definitely not consistent, those same friends tend to mix it up sometimes as well.
I definitely use "eh", especially now that I'm living back in Canada, but when I was living in the States, I'd have to consciously be mindful of my "eh's" because American's find it funny.  

Anyways, my favourite cabinets of all time are:
Street Fighter (not SF2)

The shape of the cabinet was so cool! Loved the artwork on the marquee, and CP front, and the cabinet shape reminds me so much of the old Commodore logo (we had an old C64 when I was younger, best computer ever!):

Definitely a cabinet out of the norm.

Outrun (the hydraulic version):

The thing used a hydraulic system to move when you play...how cool was that?! I remember it leaning when you made turns, and lifting when you went over bumps and hills. It's a game and a ride at the same time! Plus it looks like a car! It was the only game I remember that really felt like I was totally immersed in the game.  Though, I might be confusing leaning abilities with Rad Mobile:

[wp34]

Saw this at Target (in Iowa) while buying pop (Pepsi to be specific) over lunch.  Looks like the word is institutionalized.

[RayB]

What!? "Facial tissue" ?! I call it Kleenex!

 

[wp34]

What!? "Facial tissue" ?! I call it Kleenex!

 

That is funny!  I was wondering if someone would catch that word as well.

[Ginsu Victim]

Saw this at Target (in Iowa) while buying pop (Pepsi to be specific) over lunch.  Looks like the word is institutionalized.

Reminds me. When I used to work at Wal-mart, everyone (management and "associates") referred to the carbonated beverages section as "the pop wall". I used to stock that crap overnight and that's what it was referred to as.

[Blanka]

This topic needs more and more focus! Leave blaming Canada to the mothers of South Park please!


Space War! WOOT!

[Ginsu Victim]

One cabinet I've always wanted to try was the triple monitor Ferrari F355 Challenge by Sega.

[HaRuMaN]

OutRun 2 SP SDX  is a lot of fun...  I played that for the first time about a month ago...

[drventure]

That ferrari cab is awesome. I so gotta build a driving cab!

[DJ_Izumi]

I banged my head on an F355 Ferrari Challenge cab last year. :/  I was't expecting it to have a ROOF and I wasn't paying attention.

[MaximRecoil]

Soda is short for "soda pop" so "soda" or "pop" both work.

Well "pop" is part of the "soda pop" name for sweetened, flavored, carbonated beverages.

It was originally called "soda water", and was sold from "soda fountains" and glass bottles. The term "soda pop" came later. So "soda" is not short for "soda pop", it is short for "soda water". "Soda pop" is a separate branch of the etymology.

Additionally, both "soda pop" and especially "pop" sound corny.

Soda water is exactly that (soda water), and is just one of the ingredients in soda pop.

Somebody asking for a soda, and expecting a Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, etc., is asking for a soda pop.

Sure soda can be short for soda water as well, but it is contextual.

If someone says they want peanut butter, and we are talking about cookies, then they are talking about wanting a peanut butter cookie not a jar of peanut butter.

I'm not talking about what is currently known as "soda water". I'm talking about the origins of the drink in the early 1800s. It was called soda water and was primarily served in drug stores from "soda fountains" (yes, often flavored and everything). The term "soda pop" came later (mid-1800s) when bottling was more common due to development of automatic machinery which made it cost effective; the word "pop" being a reference to the sound it makes when you open the bottle.

BTW, the best tasting soda still comes from soda fountains (e.g., Coca-Cola from Burger King or McDonald's), and it doesn't even make sense to call that stuff "soda pop" or "pop".

People were calling it just "soda" many years before the term "soda pop" was even coined, and as such, the word was originally short for "soda water". Today, for some people, it may be short for "soda pop" in their own minds, but not for the people who never bought into the silly "soda pop" terminology in the first place (i.e., pretty much everyone in New England, as well a majority of the U.S. overall).

[versapak]

I'm not talking about what is currently known as "soda water". I'm talking about the origins of the drink in the early 1800s. It was called soda water and was primarily served in drug stores from "soda fountains" (yes, often flavored and everything). The term "soda pop" came later (mid-1800s) when bottling was more common due to development of automatic machinery which made it cost effective; the word "pop" being a reference to the sound it makes when you open the bottle.

BTW, the best tasting soda still comes from soda fountains (e.g., Coca-Cola from Burger King or McDonald's), and it doesn't even make sense to call that stuff "soda pop" or "pop".

People were calling it just "soda" many years before the term "soda pop" was even coined, and as such, the word was originally short for "soda water". Today, for some people, it may be short for "soda pop" in their own minds, but not for the people who never bought into the silly "soda pop" terminology in the first place (i.e., pretty much everyone in New England, as well a majority of the U.S. overall).

I'm not disputing its origins a hundred years ago as soda water. Just saying that it is irrelevant. If I say I am saying soda short for soda pop, then that is what it is short for, and I'd bet that would be the case for most people nowadays.

I completely disagree about the best tasting soda btw. I'd take a bottled over a fountain soda any day. Fountain soda is far too inconsistent and usually not at a mix to my liking. 

[wp34]

Anyways, my favourite cabinets of all time are:
Street Fighter (not SF2)

The shape of the cabinet was so cool! Loved the artwork on the marquee, and CP front, and the cabinet shape reminds me so much of the old Commodore logo (we had an old C64 when I was younger, best computer ever!):

Definitely a cabinet out of the norm.

I love this one as well.  Anyone have a picture of it from another angle?  I'd love to build one like it.

[wp34]

BTW, the best tasting soda still comes from soda fountains (e.g., Coca-Cola from Burger King or McDonald's), and it doesn't even make sense to call that stuff "soda pop" or "pop".

Couldn't agree with you more about fountain pop.  Nothing better than a Mountain (we call it Fountain) Dew from Quick Trip.  But I call it pop for the same reason I call the new release from Springsteen a Record even though my kids call it a CD.  Just a habit.

[MaximRecoil]

I'm not disputing its origins a hundred years ago as soda water. Just saying that it is irrelevant. If I say I am saying soda short for soda pop, then that is what it is short for, and I'd bet that would be the case for most people nowadays.

See my last paragraph. For you, it is short for "soda pop". For me, it is not; because the word "soda pop" is not used around here, nor has it ever been. While your ancestors were coining the term "soda pop", my ancestors were saying "Soda pop? That sounds silly. I'm not calling it that."

I completely disagree about the best tasting soda btw. I'd take a bottled over a fountain soda any day. Fountain soda is far too inconsistent and usually not at a mix to my liking.

Get it from Burger King, one which has their soda fountains in order (it should come out of the nozzle smooth, not splattery). McDonald's is usually good too, but not as good as Burger King. And yes, it can be inconsistent, but when its good, it is as good as it gets IMO. However, the worst Coca-Cola I've ever had was also from a soda fountain; one of the little coin-operated ones in a few factories I used to work at (all serviced by the same company). That stuff was even worse than Coca-Cola from a plastic bottle (which I generally consider to be the worst form of Coca-Cola).

My ranking is as follows:

1. Fountain Coke from Burger King
2. Fountain Coke from McDonald's
3. Mexican Coke from a glass bottle (made with sugar)
4. American Coke from a glass bottle (made with HFCS)
5. Coke in an aluminum can
6. Coke in a plastic bottle
7. Coin-op fountain Coke from various places

I most often drink Coke in a can, because my top 4 choices are not available at the grocery store.

[versapak]

See my last paragraph. For you, it is short for "soda pop". For me, it is not; because the word "soda pop" is not used around here, nor has it ever been. While your ancestors were coining the term "soda pop", my ancestors were saying "Soda pop? That sounds silly. I'm not calling it that."

You first implied an assertion that everyone was saying it short for soda water, because of its hundred year origins.

I was just chiming in to clarify that, no... For me it is indeed short for soda pop. I also would bet that is the majority. Maybe I'd lose that bet. Who knows?

I doubt a study will ever be done.

 


As for fountain vs bottle...

One can't say go to Burger King, because even Burger King to Burger King you are going to find inconsistencies.

I have had great fountain soda, but I will always prefer it poured from a bottle. It has a less watered down taste to me. That may be a specific issue to me though, because I will also always drink a soda (fountain, bottled, canned, etc...) without ice as well. I just can't stand it when it's watered down.

[MaximRecoil]

As for fountain vs bottle...

One can't say go to Burger King, because even Burger King to Burger King you are going to find inconsistencies.

The major fast food chains are fairly consistent. The Burger Kings I've frequented most (Newport, ME; Bangor, ME; and various ones in Tucson, AZ) were all reliably good with their fountain Coke; sometimes slightly better than other times, but always better than any other option IMO.

I've wondered if perhaps both Burger King and McDonald's get special batches of Coke syrup made with the original sugar rather than HFCS. They are certainly big enough customers to do something like that. If the Coca-Cola company is willing to make up special batches of "kosher" Coke for extremely limited U.S. distribution (limited both in duration and region), then I guarantee that giant customers such as Burger King or McDonald's could get the same thing if they wanted it. I wonder about this because the only thing that comes close IMO is bottled Mexican Coke which is made with sugar (easily obtainable in Tucson, AZ).

I have had great fountain soda, but I will always prefer it poured from a bottle. It has a less watered down taste to me. That may be a specific issue to me though, because I will also always drink a soda (fountain, bottled, canned, etc...) without ice as well. I just can't stand it when it's watered down.

Yes, I stay away from ice. The soda comes out of the fountain cold anyway.

[kagaden]

I put people who call single machines "arcades" in the same category as those who call all types of soda, "pop" or "coke".

Soda is short for "soda pop" so "soda" or "pop" both work.

But isn't saying "arcade" short for "arcade machine"?  

Maybe, but its one of those things where shortening it changes the meaning which is why it annoys people that understand it.

Shortening "soda pop" to "soda" doesn't change its entire meaning to the place where you go to drink it.
An arcade is a place.

I agree, and "pop" is a noise, and "Coke" is a brand... not really suitable to describe a general type of beverage. Which is why I said I put them in the same category as "arcade" as a thing, rather than a place. I had no idea so many people used the word "pop", that chart someone posted up there is pretty incredible. I'm surprised.

As for the cabs, here's a cool lookin one! I've never seen this one in the wild but and the controls should probably be by your side to reduce fatigue but a laydown cab is an interesting concept.

[kagaden]

Here's likely the craziest arcade cab I've seen while I was at joypolis in Japan.

Storm-G 360 (Kinda like Stunn Runner but the seated area spins you around)



In action:

[axewater]

nice thread hijacking guys !

I think the coolest cab of all time would be Galaxian 3 !! (the 28 player version)

[HaRuMaN]

bottled Mexican Coke which is made with sugar (easily obtainable in Tucson, AZ).

Easy to find here in Phoenix, too

[Cakemeister]

I put people who call single machines "arcades" in the same category as those who call all types of soda, "pop" or "coke".

Well "pop" is part of the "soda pop" name for sweetened, flavored, carbonated beverages.  Now "coke" is a whole different matter.  It is the shortened version of Coca-Cola brand name of soda pop and should not be used to refer all soda pop.  In some parts of the US they do refer to all soda pop as "coke".  I don't know why but I think it is just not right.

A lot of people here in Texas refer to all sweetened flavored carbonated beverages as Coke, ie "What kind of Coke do you want?". My wife is from Ohio and uses the word "pop" for that kind of beverage. Personally I favor the word "soda". It's really a regional dialect thing, similar to "y'all" = "yous guys" = "you".

[Ginsu Victim]

Yeah, I grew up in Houston and "coke" was used for all soda/pop. I've been in Oklahoma since 1991 and I'm not sure when I started saying "pop", but it stuck at some point.

This is so ridiculous. Can we get off this stupid subject?!?

[versapak]

Yeah, I grew up in Houston and "coke" was used for all soda/pop. I've been in Oklahoma since 1991 and I'm not sure when I started saying "pop", but it stuck at some point.

This is so ridiculous. Can we get off this stupid subject?!?

Says the person that just continued the subject by posting on it. You have been here long enough to know better.

[RayB]

We're not done yet! Nobody brought up the term "soft drinks" !  What makes them soft? Who's to blame for this term?

[Ginsu Victim]

Says the person that just continued the subject by posting on it. You have been here long enough to know better.

I know, I was responding to myself more than anything

[HaRuMaN]

We're not done yet! Nobody brought up the term "soft drinks" !  What makes them soft? Who's to blame for this term?

As in they're aren't 'hard' (no liquor content)

See, that was easy.

[MaximRecoil]

We're not done yet! Nobody brought up the term "soft drinks" !  What makes them soft?

Pretty much no one calls them "soft drinks". That's a term that refuses to catch on with the general public.

Who's to blame for this term?

Marketers.

[Ginsu Victim]

I've called it "soft drink" a few times, but usually when placing an order. Never in casual conversation.

[ammitz]

This is so ridiculous. Can we get off this stupid subject?!?

And then after a whole 2 hours this Ginsu makes this post...

I've called it "soft drink" a few times, but usually when placing an order. Never in casual conversation.

    

[Ginsu Victim]

And was fully aware of what I was doing. I'm not going to stop this train on my own, so why hop off?

[opt2not]

Fine, if we're staying on this topic, I can at least put in a combined effort.

Did a search on soda and arcade together and got this:

video here:


Doesn't float your boat? What about DK?


Ok, so those are fun, but what about the truest connection of Soda Pop and video games?
Soda Popinski!

and his updated artwork created by the wonderful artists at Next Level Games:


Then of course, who can forget the Cool Spot game?  I definitely can.




  I'M GOING CRAZY FOR SODA POP!!!!!

[ammitz]

What about " fizzy drink" is that a common word used for sodapop/pop/soda/soft drink...
or is my dictionary pulling my leg ?

Btw Ginsu, you only say so , I know the truth 

[Dartful Dodger]

They had arcades before they had electricity.
An arcade is the name of the place for video games as much as America is the name of a country.

In other words:

On the continent of America there is a country called the United States of America and in that country there are arcades some of those arcades have video games, but all of them will give you the dark carbonated syrup made by the brand they carry when you ask for a coke.

[mytymaus007]

HERE IT IS THE ONE THE ONLY STAR WARS COCKPIT

[bradx]

drives me crazy when people call records "vinyls" (plural).  it can be an LP, a 45, a 12", a 7", a 10", or 78 vinyl, but they are never "vinyls".  its a new thing from the last couple years and easily denotes someone who has no ---smurfing--- idea what they are talking about. 

[opt2not]

The NFS:Shift R-Cade is a pretty nice racing cab...

There's a 66-page pdf with instructions on how to make your own:
http://www.0-60mag.com/needforspeedshift/
It's actually a really simple cabinet.

[RayB]

What about " fizzy drink" is that a common word used for sodapop/pop/soda/soft drink...
or is my dictionary pulling my leg ?

Oh now we are crossing the pond to England, aren't we? They have lots of weird words for stuff over there. I learned a new one last night (at least I think it's the Brits who say this): "had it off".

[Ginsu Victim]

Hey, little side-note, I drew the clouds and the scoreboard graphics at the top.

I'm sure more than a few of us were aware, but it's nice for the new people to find out.

That was a nice looking game back when it came out. Still holds up today, though emulators can't properly display the graphics in their intended form.

[Hoopz]

Hey, little side-note, I drew the clouds and the scoreboard graphics at the top.

I'm sure more than a few of us were aware, but it's nice for the new people to find out.

That was a nice looking game back when it came out. Still holds up today, though emulators can't properly display the graphics in their intended form.

That's cause it was intended to be displayed on LCDs not CRT tubes way back then.  Well, at least according to one crazy person who stillhasn't deleted his own account yet!

 

[opt2not]

Hey, little side-note, I drew the clouds and the scoreboard graphics at the top.

The graphics were cool for that time, but the game itself was a bit lacking. I remember it being fun for a little while, but it wasn't a game that had lasting replay value.

Six degrees of separation: I got a chance to work with the original animators of this game, when I was living in The States. They also were the guys who did the original sprite work for Earthworm Jim,  Aladdin, and one of the best stop-motion styled game in all gaming history -- The Neverhood. Great guys, I learned a hellava lot from them. One of them was also the guy I sold my first built Mame cabinet to! 

[Chunce DeLeone]

One of my favs although i have never played, i think this would be awesome with 8 other people
Tank 8

[JustMichael]

Additionally, both "soda pop" and especially "pop" sound corny.

Could it sound corny because most soda pop (in the US) is made with corn syrup?

[Minwah]

Oh now we are crossing the pond to England, aren't we? They have lots of weird words for stuff over there. I learned a new one last night (at least I think it's the Brits who say this): "had it off".

Yeah people say that, but not so common now as 10 or 20 years ago.

Alan Partridge: 'Ooooh, I'd love to have it off with her'.

PS in England, arcade = the place with games in, arcade machine = game/cabinet.

[HaRuMaN]

PS in England, arcade = the place with games in, arcade machine = game/cabinet.

See, even the Brits have it right.

Silly, unedumacted newbs...   

[thatitalian]

Lol.

That Mario and Donkey Kong is insane!

[DillonFoulds]

One of my favs although i have never played, i think this would be awesome with 8 other people
Tank 8

8 Other people? Do you just enjoy observing?

Also, Pop.

Dr. Pepper has one factory that makes their product with only Cane sugar. People go nuts for this stuff, seriously.