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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: Paladin on March 18, 2008, 01:07:27 am

Title: My arcade wall
Post by: Paladin on March 18, 2008, 01:07:27 am

I just got my Omega Race up and running!  It pretty much fills up my gameroom, so now that it's in place I thought I'd post a little showoff picture.  It may look like there's room to the right of the Tempest, but that's the door to the garage that we use to enter the house.  I wanted to show off the Tempest art, but make sure it isn't close enough to the door to get bumped.

(http://home.comcast.net/~dark.paladin/images/arcade800.jpg)

Title: Re: My arcade wall
Post by: Steve on March 18, 2008, 06:15:11 am

Very nice  :applaud:

Title: Re: My arcade wall
Post by: JMB on March 18, 2008, 01:10:26 pm

Nice!  Is your MAME cab a 19" or 25" Dynamo?

Title: Re: My arcade wall
Post by: ChadTower on March 18, 2008, 01:18:55 pm

Omega Race!  Nice.

Title: Re: My arcade wall
Post by: Paladin on March 18, 2008, 03:36:16 pm

The MAME cab is a 25" Dynamo, vertical mount.  I'm using an ArcadeVGA and Ipac.  The cabinet's rough, but I don't currently have the energy to yank out the monitor and refinish it.

Title: Re: My arcade wall
Post by: Zero_Hour on March 18, 2008, 04:39:20 pm

Omega Race is a sweet game. Looks like a fine lineup in the game room.  :cheers:

Title: Re: My arcade wall
Post by: dstone on March 18, 2008, 05:14:21 pm

I love Omega Race. Got two of 'em myself, one works sporadically (have to sand down the fuse holders every couple months) and one I think I've found a few bad traces. Hopefully I'll be able to get that one going sometime this summer.

Looks great!  :applaud:

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Post by: arcadefever on March 18, 2008, 06:09:03 pm

Look great  :cheers:

you can fit a list 5 more cabs  ;D

Title: Re: My arcade wall
Post by: FrizzleFried on March 18, 2008, 06:47:55 pm

I dig the Omega Race art...

Title: Re: My arcade wall
Post by: torez on July 20, 2008, 12:41:10 am

Think Omega Race is one of the best looking arcade cabinets. :cheers:

Title: Re: My arcade wall
Post by: Ummon on July 21, 2008, 04:51:45 pm

Quote from: torez on July 20, 2008, 12:41:10 am

Think Omega Race is one of the best looking arcade cabinets. :cheers:

I'd have to side with the Tempest. And, gosh, remember when you were small enough that 19" monitor cabinets being right next to each other meant there was a buttload of space on either side of you and the kid next to you?

Title: Re: My arcade wall
Post by: Paladin on July 21, 2008, 06:09:30 pm

Thanks for the compliments!  I just updated the picture to remove the 25" MAME cabinet and add the Gauntlet Legends showcase cab that I just finished.  Next is to get the Tempest monitor repaired, and to decide what to do next with the showcase.  I no longer have a MAME cab, and I was using the PC in it for a media server as well.

I may sell the Gauntlet Legends PCB set and install a PC and/or Dreamcast into the cab.

Title: Re: My arcade wall
Post by: xmod on July 22, 2008, 08:00:18 pm

Wow dude, nice setup for real. Talk about inspiration, totally got me motivated.

thanks for sharing.

 ;D

Title: Re: My arcade wall
Post by: Ummon on July 23, 2008, 03:28:47 pm

Quote from: Paladin on July 21, 2008, 06:09:30 pm

Thanks for the compliments!  I just updated the picture to remove the 25" MAME cabinet and add the Gauntlet Legends showcase cab that I just finished. 

Can definitely see the garage door, now. And something I noticed about the showcase: whereas a regular frankenpanel cab would claim space on either side of itself, the showcase's panel being so far back apparently keeps it out of the way.

Title: Re: My arcade wall
Post by: Paladin on July 23, 2008, 06:33:17 pm

That's actually a floor lamp at the right side of the picture.  If I had moved it another couple inches over you'd see the door behind it.  I got real lucky with the way the control panel lined up.  There's enough room to get in and play Tempest and Omega Race without feeling cramped.  I haven't played any two player games on Omega Race yet.  It might end up being a quick shuffle for one player to get out of the way and the next to jump in before their turn.