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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: Generic Eric on May 02, 2004, 06:55:29 am
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I thought I would pose a question to ya'll. Similar to the Multi-Williams games, what do you think about a multi-Nintendo cab? Or at least a multi-Donkey Kong cab.
Are the controls similar enough to each other for a multi-Nintendo Cab?
There are a prerequisite:
The cab style would be the same as Donkey Kong and Popeye
I would suggest one limitation:
Limit the games to the same control panel layout (I.E. no excess buttons)
So what do you think? Cool idea or lame idea?
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Cool idea.
I think the Multi-Williams idea can be applied to many classes of game.
It's a good compromise between having lots of dedicated cabinets (which let's face it no one has the room or money for) and a single cabinet fitted with a cluttered "franken-panel" or a complicated swappable/rotateable mechanism.
And by limiting yourself to just a few games (hopefully linked by a common theme) you can come up with reasonably coherent artwork. I think the Multi-Williams artwork look brilliant.
It's not actually a new idea. Someone here recently posted details of their cab which had Pac Man artwork and only PacMan Clones installed on it.
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Another possible suggestion would be a cab based on type... a Pac (& clones) cab, a "Shooter" cab (for games like Galaga, Galaxian & Space Invaders) and then a "Fighter" cab for games more for the Street Fighter/Mortal Kombat gamers.
My $.02
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Multi-Kong is not new:
http://www.arcadeshop.com/pics/multikong-marquee.jpg (http://www.arcadeshop.com/pics/multikong-marquee.jpg)
I don't think he sells kits, though. Don't forget that Popeye is horizontal. :)
Coleman
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Multi-Kong is not new:
http://www.arcadeshop.com/pics/multikong-marquee.jpg (http://www.arcadeshop.com/pics/multikong-marquee.jpg)
I don't think he sells kits, though. Don't forget that Popeye is horizontal. :)
Coleman
Didn't know either acutally
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