Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: NiN^_^NiN on November 30, 2003, 04:44:14 am
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After seeing the wonderful designs in the micro-cab comp I decided to build a mini cocktail cab for myself.
I will be getting a 5" B&W screen for $30 this xmas and i will use this as the monitor.
I was first thinking of a pong game using 1 of them handheld pong tv things. but then i thought about using space invaders and printing a overlay on clear sheets (i can get some from my old work)
but after searching i am a bit confused on whats the right cocktail control panel and all.
My other problem is finding the game that can fit in a small space.
i know about the handhelds but they cost to much and they have games other than space invaders which really makes using a overlay useless.
So im wondering if you guys had any idea of getting space invaders or any other B&W game as a Micro cocktail cab ??? ??? ???
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Sounds like an awesome idea. Sorry I can't really give you any advice just encouragement! LOL.
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thats ok i need encouragement to ;D
But i just bidded for 3 old home arcade machines
its them old machines that use that special 3 game cip that had driving gun game and pong there is another system in that bundle and all he said was is tempest so if its a console that has tempest on it i will use that :D
also 1 of the main reasons for not doing pong is that well they dont have 1 player mode besides off the wall play :\
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Well i finally got the tv :D looking at it im wondering if i should do a standup instead of cocktail but we will see.
It doesn't look that bad it looks like it should be made into a standup cabinet :)
so what do u think? pong is the only game i have so far i wanna get space invaders but the only thing i can get it on is 1 of them $50 colecovision controllers and that has more games that just space invaders so its kinda a waste to have space invaders with the colour stuff over it to make it look like the arcade game.