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Title: MVS Cocktail?
Post by: Redseven80 on January 12, 2005, 10:41:29 pm

I'm thinking about building a Neo geo cocktail cabinet similar to joust side by side seating style but with MVS styling, so is this a sin  :-X or a good idea as I want a cock tail cabinet and a neo geo, and as I have very little space for any more machines, why not have both in one? what do you think?

Title: Re: MVS Cocktail?
Post by: rockhopper on January 12, 2005, 11:48:35 pm

Fantanstic Idea, I always thought that the Joust style cocktail could be modified for a two player setup. Is this a mame version or are you going to use Carts? or both?

Title: Re: MVS Cocktail?
Post by: Redseven80 on January 13, 2005, 02:33:44 am

Joust already is 2 player, but yeah a full 4 or 6 slot mvs board + usual Jamma set up, if you imagine a joust cocktail (home made of course) painted in red and black, neo geo style , I think it might look ok, as well as Ive never heard of another one, bit of an original concept.

Title: Re: MVS Cocktail?
Post by: paigeoliver on January 13, 2005, 03:11:13 am

Cocktails are a real space hog though, if saving space is your goal then look for something else. A Joust cocktail installation eats 21 square feet (with chairs), which isn't as bad as it CAN get, but is still pretty bad considering an upright one eats less than 9 square feet including standing room.

Could be worse though, a Moon Patrol cocktail installation eats 31.5 square feet with chairs and walk around space.

Title: Re: MVS Cocktail?
Post by: Apollo on January 13, 2005, 02:53:43 pm

If it's a space thing then this (below) is one of the best ways to go. As Paige said, cocktails are space hogs.

Title: Re: MVS Cocktail?
Post by: Stingray on January 13, 2005, 03:27:50 pm

Space issue aside, I think it sounds like a great idea.

-S

Title: Re: MVS Cocktail?
Post by: rockhopper on January 13, 2005, 05:29:58 pm

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Joust already is 2 player

yeah, i meant a two player setup with the standard SF setup (guess I should have said that huh?)

Regardless, still a cool idea.

Title: Re: MVS Cocktail?
Post by: Redseven80 on January 15, 2005, 03:41:08 am

Thanks for your input guys, I never thought of the thing taking up that much space, but I already have a 3 uprights and a cocktail really completes an arcade no? so Ill try and squeeze it in, regardless Ive still got a half built Mame to finish first, so I'm at least 6 months away from starting!

Title: Re: MVS Cocktail?
Post by: ChadTower on January 15, 2005, 09:30:02 am

Actually, a pin really completes an arcade... I've seen very very few arcades with cocktails.  Bars usually had them.