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Title: What kind of cab is this?
Post by: SithMaster on March 09, 2007, 11:00:17 am

(http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/images/10/1088370675.jpg)

Well i finally found the pics for this and now with chad making a horror bartop i saw tok's post of the quake cp i checked klov.com and they had a cab for doom2.  since i have the doomarcade wad (found it for this reason) i want a dedicated doom cab so my question is what kind of cab is it?

Title: Re: What kind of cab is this?
Post by: RayB on March 09, 2007, 12:35:13 pm

That cab was made up (faked) for a movie. Just use whatever cabinet you want.

Title: Re: What kind of cab is this?
Post by: ChadTower on March 09, 2007, 12:50:24 pm

FWIW, it looks like it might be a generic Dynamo.

Title: Re: What kind of cab is this?
Post by: Crowquill on March 09, 2007, 06:35:28 pm

Quote from: ChadTower on March 09, 2007, 12:50:24 pm

FWIW, it looks like it might be a generic Dynamo.

That's what I was thinking too. Check this out:

http://www.arcadeflyers.com/?page=thumbs&id=4830

Definitely a similar profile if not the same/similar cab. That picture makes it hard to tell though.

Title: Re: What kind of cab is this?
Post by: horseboy on March 09, 2007, 07:51:11 pm

Quote from: RayB on March 09, 2007, 12:35:13 pm

That cab was made up (faked) for a movie. Just use whatever cabinet you want.

Well, Armyguy1975 (http://www.vaps.org/members/member_detail.php?member_id=390954) claims to own the only 1 known in existence. Maybe you should try to get ahold of that guy.

Title: Re: What kind of cab is this?
Post by: ClubNinja on April 12, 2007, 01:45:01 pm

"doomarcade wad"?  Can someone enlighten me?

Title: Re: What kind of cab is this?
Post by: ChadTower on April 12, 2007, 01:49:43 pm

I've seen reference to a version of Doom that has a clock and you have to kill in order to earn more time, like an arcade racing game.

Title: Re: What kind of cab is this?
Post by: SavannahLion on April 12, 2007, 01:57:06 pm

Quote from: ClubNinja on April 12, 2007, 01:45:01 pm

"doomarcade wad"?  Can someone enlighten me?

Games in the Quake/Doom family use what's called a .wad file to store things like maps, graphics and other game related information.  Certain games use the wad files a little bit differently. For instance, the Half-Life line uses the format to store textures during map creation. Things like maps, models, sounds etc for Half-Life are stored either in the older pak format or in the new gcf format. In fact, I think the newest gcf stores the wads, I'll have to check.

I don't know exactly which wad he's talking about since a search turns up a couple of potential canidates. But basically you can download .wad files other people create and install them (of sorts) into the game thereby adding new levels, or even entirely new gameplay utilizing an existing engine.

I don't play with the Doom line very much so I don't know how extensive the role the wad file plays. I spend more time with the Half-Life branch.

Title: Re: What kind of cab is this?
Post by: ClubNinja on April 12, 2007, 03:27:46 pm

Quote from: ChadTower on April 12, 2007, 01:49:43 pm

I've seen reference to a version of Doom that has a clock and you have to kill in order to earn more time, like an arcade racing game.

Hot.  Must have.

Edit: Found it - http://www.doomworld.com/doomarcade/

Title: Re: What kind of cab is this?
Post by: horseboy on April 12, 2007, 04:08:28 pm

That is for Doom. Is there a file for a Doom II out there?