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Title: Mini Arcade Cabs
Post by: IG-88 on August 11, 2009, 08:11:19 pm: Don't know if this has been posted yet or not. Pretty cool.

http://tinyurl.com/p3otxc
Title: Re: Mini Arcade Cabs
Post by: Beretta on August 11, 2009, 08:18:33 pm: think someone did a couple weeks ago.. they are cute i had'nt seen the neogeo before..

they are superbly done and really cool novelty but i can't see anyone spending real time on one, they're just so small.
Title: Re: Mini Arcade Cabs
Post by: IG-88 on August 11, 2009, 08:22:32 pm: Agreed. I would have personally done something different with the ball tops. They look too big.
Title: Re: Mini Arcade Cabs
Post by: Ummon on August 12, 2009, 05:29:14 pm: Note the buttons are pretty big, too. They used real arcade controls.
Title: Re: Mini Arcade Cabs
Post by: RayB on August 12, 2009, 10:05:15 pm: He said the buttons are mini sanwa arcade buttons and the joystick is from a Space INvaders TV game (those toy games you plug straight into a tv)
Title: Re: Mini Arcade Cabs
Post by: ark_ader on August 14, 2009, 10:41:52 am: They look like my submini....
Title: Re: Mini Arcade Cabs
Post by: melarky on August 14, 2009, 11:55:51 pm: Fun, reminds me of the mini arcade I made, I just used a jaks game and a 5" lcd.
Title: Re: Mini Arcade Cabs
Post by: severdhed on August 15, 2009, 11:08:54 am: i'd love to build a mini cabinet for the kids, but my wife is pretty set against it. my 2 year old loves to sit on the bar stool with me when i'm playing on my upright cabinet...and just yesterday, i had my old control panel sitting on the floor, and my 8 month old crawled over to it and started pushing buttons. i can't help but think that if i had a small cabinet that the kids would love to go play with it. (even if they are a little too small to actually understand)

i'm thinking i'm probably better off to wait until the little one is about 4 or so, then build a half-size cabinet or something.

i love these little cabinets though
Title: Re: Mini Arcade Cabs
Post by: retrometro on August 15, 2009, 08:09:35 pm: Quote from: melarky on August 14, 2009, 11:55:51 pm
Fun, reminds me of the mini arcade I made, I just used a jaks game and a 5" lcd.

this is one of the coolest cabs i've seen
Title: Re: Mini Arcade Cabs
Post by: THE POKER BRAT on August 15, 2009, 10:09:12 pm: HERES MY PAC-MINI/JAKKS GAME INSIDE (http://members.cox.net/fatbasta/images/miniBIG.jpg)
Title: Re: Mini Arcade Cabs
Post by: patrickl on August 16, 2009, 04:50:31 am: Quote from: Beretta on August 11, 2009, 08:18:33 pm
think someone did a couple weeks ago.. they are cute i had'nt seen the neogeo before..

they are superbly done and really cool novelty but i can't see anyone spending real time on one, they're just so small.
I built something similar with a PocketPC in the center:

(http://arcade.laweb.nl/PocketGalaga/PocketGalaga+Odie.jpg) (http://arcade.laweb.nl/PocketGalaga/)

I made the buttons and joystick to scale, but that way they are a lot less playable. Still, even a cab a foot tall is actually pretty playable. On birthdays it would get a lot of play.

Kids play on a DS or PSP. Why not on something with better controls bolted on top?
Title: Re: Mini Arcade Cabs
Post by: SavannahLion on August 16, 2009, 05:02:55 am: Yeah, I saw that on HaD (and again on Digg I think) not too long ago. The actual build thread is at elotrolado.net (http://www.elotrolado.net/hilo_pocket-drive-arcade-otra-mini-recre-de-lucho_1088965). Can't read Spanish very well but the pictures are very informative.