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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Games001 on December 08, 2008, 05:23:51 pm
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Hi folks. I have been considering picking up this beat to heck cocktail near my home.. but I can't really see if this is something I personally want to keep as a unit in my collection, even after I fix'er'up. I can understand 1-player use of the machine as a table top view, but 2-players (fighting games, aero fighter types, etc) just don't seem to fit the style of the cabinet layout.
Am I mistaken or just being picky? :dunno
Opinions appreciated from those both with and without cocktails of their own.
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Cocktails are great! You pretty much nailed it that 2 player co-op doesn't work but everything else does (including horizontal games on the vertical screen). Plus, it's a table! If you build it right it won't look out of place in an actual room in your house that isn't the basement, attic or garage.
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You can do co-op if you have a control panel on the long side, or if it's a joust style cocktail.
(http://www.thenewgamer.com/img/screens/cal_extreme_2004/joust_cocktail.jpg)
(http://arcadecontrols.com/images/examples/CrazyCanadianCocktail.jpg)
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well, that's what I figured. :) The reason I ask is because I have this item near me for a low cost and I was intent on MAMEing the heck out of it. As to making it 2-player, that's a tough call I think with its current design.
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My first cab was a 3-sided cocktail and it is definitely the most versatile of my cabinets. I keep it at the cottage and, during the summer time, it gets a lot of use for classics and for 2-player horizontal stuff.
For the love of all things holy, don't ever listen to lew and MAME a Joust cocktail ...
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Hehe! I would never MAME a cab that was an original or ded'd, and this cocktail was something else long ago, or so the owner seems to think. I think I need 24 hours of thought on the subject.. maybe the cost will overcome my caution.
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You can do co-op if you have a control panel on the long side, or if it's a joust style cocktail.
Haha - I forgot and I have one!
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For the love of all things holy, don't ever listen to lew and MAME a Joust cocktail ...
Man... I got a picture for you. You'll want to make sure your sitting first. :timebomb:
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You can do co-op if you have a control panel on the long side, or if it's a joust style cocktail.
(http://www.thenewgamer.com/img/screens/cal_extreme_2004/joust_cocktail.jpg)
(http://arcadecontrols.com/images/examples/CrazyCanadianCocktail.jpg)
Those are neat!