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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: spectre on June 19, 2003, 08:12:56 pm

Title: my cab announce thingy
Post by: spectre on June 19, 2003, 08:12:56 pm

I never actually announced my cab so uhh yea... i'm making the multicade 3000
blah...
or at least thats what i'm calling it this week
LMFAO

Title: Re:my cab announce thingy
Post by: CthulhuLuke on June 20, 2003, 03:49:49 am

Word of advice, DON'T put an xarcade in your cabinet.  Very bad move indeed, you'll regret it greatly, believe me.  You'll save money by getting better parts if you just drill some holes in pieces of wood and get an Ipac, plus bob roberts parts.  You don't even have to get technical on the finish, just cover it with some white or black contact paper, it'll look fine, and feel great on your hands.  X-arcade's parts are cheap for a reason, and its not cuase they're generous guys.
    -Luke

Title: Re:my cab announce thingy
Post by: paigeoliver on June 20, 2003, 06:35:53 am

Yeah. Xarcade spends all the money on advertisements instead of on good parts. =)

Title: Re:my cab announce thingy
Post by: said7 on June 20, 2003, 10:20:56 am

Are their buttons and sticks junk?

I bought some and i figured if i hated em i could always swap em out.

Title: Re:my cab announce thingy
Post by: jakejake28 on June 20, 2003, 11:27:42 am

they feel... different. the sticks are loose, they tend to slide out of center position and the buttons feel very cheap. it's not teh button i believe, it is the switch; they don't use cherrys. but for the price (of the joystick and buttons, not the hole panel), they are a good deal.

Title: Re:my cab announce thingy
Post by: traknfieldSUPAstar on June 20, 2003, 02:45:23 pm

I think they're okay... i used them in my first project (a two player desktop controller) and keeping costs down was one of my goals when i started (whole project cost around ~$50)... I would definitely switch to happ stuff (or leaf-switch joysticks and buttons if I can afford it) when I decide to start an upright cab project...

Title: Re:my cab announce thingy
Post by: HeadRusch on June 21, 2003, 01:12:17 pm

He said he already bought the X-Arcade sticks.......
Hey you know, whatever works.....