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--- Quote from: zelony on October 27, 2009, 05:45:56 pm ---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.

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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.  :cheers:



Kevin Mullins:


--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on October 27, 2009, 04:35:50 pm ---Pac-Man for example, is an arcade game / arcade machine / arcade cabinet.

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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

 :dunno

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.  ;D

MaximRecoil:

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


--- Quote from: Kevin Mullins on October 27, 2009, 06:06:35 pm ---Arcade Game - software and hardware that makes up the pcb
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That's usually called the game board, or something similar. BTW, one of the definitions of "game" is:


--- Quote ---The equipment needed for playing certain games: packed the children's games in the car.
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--- Quote ---Arcade Cabinet - the case in which the parts are held
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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. 
 

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

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Indeed.

Kevin Mullins:

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

(as I run off to create a wiki definition)  :lol

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. ;-)

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