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Title: CAB TODAY!!!!!!!
Post by: spectre on June 04, 2003, 11:37:42 pm
I get my cab today! I'm so happy, i dunno what ima pick out yet, ima look for a defender tho... it's 11:37 here... so 20 minutes or so and it'll be cab today, lol... i can't sleep im soooooo happy hahahah
Title: Re:CAB TODAY!!!!!!!
Post by: GroovyTuesdaY on June 05, 2003, 12:34:54 am
I get my cab today! I'm so happy, i dunno what ima pick out yet, ima look for a defender tho... it's 11:37 here... so 20 minutes or so and it'll be cab today, lol... i can't sleep im soooooo happy hahahah

Know the feeling! hehe  not with a cab  (YET!!!!)  BUT when all my happ stuff arrived and then also when i got my  CP built, pretty much with each phase of development i kept pausing to ponder and think  " i'm ALMOST there!!!!"
YEEEEESSSSSS lol.
Enjoy it all man! Soak it all up!!!  TAKE LOTS OF PICS!!!!  It will make you smile later! :D

g~
Title: Re:CAB TODAY!!!!!!!
Post by: spectre on June 05, 2003, 03:34:13 am
2 and a half hours until my mame project officially goes in motion... ima take some pics for everyone here =)
::wonders what cab ima get::

::crosses fingers for one with a big enough control panel for an xarcade and a monitor shelf
Title: Re:CAB TODAY!!!!!!!
Post by: CthulhuLuke on June 05, 2003, 05:30:52 am
DO NOT put an X-arcade in a cab, believe me, spend the extra bucks and get the real parts, you'll thank me in the long run.  That extra 20 bucks you spend to get better quality everything will SOOOO be worth it, seriously.  X-arcade parts are cheap for a reason, they might work, but after so many hours of play, you're gonna wish you had the real thing.
    -Luke
Title: Re:CAB TODAY!!!!!!!
Post by: rampy on June 05, 2003, 08:33:11 am
DO NOT put an X-arcade in a cab, believe me, spend the extra bucks and get the real parts, you'll thank me in the long run.  That extra 20 bucks you spend to get better quality everything will SOOOO be worth it, seriously.  X-arcade parts are cheap for a reason, they might work, but after so many hours of play, you're gonna wish you had the real thing.
    -Luke

Well... I don't know about that... they are slightly chincier (sp) feeling but they still feel like arcade parts.  

Now, if we are talking about shlopping an x-arcade on top of "real" cabinet, that's gonna look a little silly in my opinion (or at least un-authentic, but lets not start THAT conversation up again).  Also the width of the x-arcade control panel, I'm pretty sure is smaller than the average arcade controlpanel...

didn't we just discuss this? (http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=8126)

Do you already have an x-arcade spectre? (you should read that thread especially tiger-heli's comments)  i.e. are you going to be buying one specifically for this project? (if so use an affiliate link - either sain'ts or mine =P)   Are you intending to use consoles (ps2/gc/x-box/dc) in your project or just looking to make it super easy.

*shrug* do what you like... of course...  And Good luck cabinet shopping.

Rampy

Title: Re:CAB TODAY!!!!!!!
Post by: rampy on June 05, 2003, 12:51:26 pm
Here's one of Zakks projects with an x-arcade (http://www.mameworld.net/massive/Cabinet/Project_X/project_x.html) on arcade cabinet.

just for reference/ideas. *shrug*

rampy
Title: Re:CAB TODAY!!!!!!!
Post by: spectre on June 05, 2003, 01:28:23 pm
yep. thats pretty much how my cab looks too, it'd be perfect!
Title: Re:CAB TODAY!!!!!!!
Post by: rampy on June 05, 2003, 02:01:16 pm
yep. thats pretty much how my cab looks too, it'd be perfect!

except for elbow room when playing two players... but to each his own =P

Good luck!

Rampy