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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: chito on November 17, 2021, 12:20:41 am
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not sure if this is the right place to post this.
I'm not from the states so I cant check for myself. I was hoping someone could shed some light on this cab. trying to find what i can about it to base a build on it maybe.
I first saw it in a recent vid of someone at a "round 1" arcade. It was being used for Street Fighter V but it turns out they are repurposed Magicians Dead cabinets and you can still see the artwork on the marquee at the top.
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I was hoping someone could shed some light on this cab. trying to find what i can about it to base a build on it maybe.
The control panel is shaped like a Vewlix and the in-game tutorial shows a Vewlix-style cabinet, but the cabs in your pics show a different shape and angle for the monitor/marquee area and the cab body.
The Vewlix monitor is tilted back, the marquee is straight up, and a topper on top.
Your pics show a much larger monitor with no tilt back, no marquee, and a topper on top.
The cab sides on a vewlix are straight vertical planes.
Your pics show the monitor is wider than the control panel and the base of the cab is narrower like a pedestal build.
Scott
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I've never seen a vewlix like this. Cant really find a model or manufacturing details.
Definitely like the bigger screen and the instruction card area is perfect for a 2nd screen. Seems like a limited production run. Trying to source one would save me a build but looks like i might have to wing it.
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I've never seen a vewlix like this. Cant really find a model or manufacturing details.
True, but there's no denying that the cabinet shown in the in-game tutorial (0:22 in the video) is a Vewlix and the side profile of the control panel in your pics is the same as a Vewlix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2vy6Dbs20M
(https://hard--candy.com/wiki/uploads/VewlixF/Stock.jpg)
Here's a video confirming the game in a Vewlix cab . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG3KeCgk5d4
. . . and more confirmation in 5th column, 3rd from the bottom of this image (https://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/images/4/46/Taito_Vewlix.jpg) from the arcadeotaku wiki entry here (https://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/Taito_Vewlix).
Scott
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Thanks heaps for your help and the info. Really useful.
even if i cant source an actual unit, i have enough to get started on my own build. Might try source and actual vewlix control panel and start there