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steve42:

--- Quote from: Le Chuck on March 21, 2013, 09:31:08 pm ---Is it that the cab itself you think is gimmicky or after seeing the idea in action you decided that it's not what you were expecting afterall?  I'll tell you, when it comes to ease of panel switching it really hasn't been done better than TJC's example above.  I agree it's not for everybody but I don't think it's gimmicky personally. 

It sounds like you're wanting to combine your love of environmentals and cockpit games with some classic functionality.  Is that right?  If so I'm sure we can help dig up some more example that might steer you in the right direction.

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The Switchcade modular CP looks modular.  It is designed to be interchangeable, but not to be interchangeable attractively.  I'd rather have something that is classic in design that just happens to also be interchangeable.  Each CP for the cabinet would therefore look like it was a permanent fixture.  Look at Stoli's Neon MAME Cabinet (http://home.comcast.net/~stoli16/mame/index.html). 



In this image where Stoli's CP is folded up for maintenance, if it were able to be removed at this point by unplugging a wiring harness and pulling a couple of pins, then when the new CP was installed, it too would look like it belonged there.  At that point, you would have a modular CP that was attractive as well.  That's the direction I am heading.

As for the cockpit/environmental games, I'd love to be able to do such a thing, but it's not likely to be possible until I have a house with a large basement.  I truly don't enjoy the standup versions of the games.  Take Turbo for example: as a young teen, I held the top 5 high scores on "cockpit" Turbo for months on end at the arcade where I played.  On the "upright" Turbo in the local pizza place, I could barely finish in the top 10 and it wasn't because of one particular opponent; I underperformed when I tried to drive standing up.

Le Chuck:
^ Isn't that a knievel clone?

You can definitely do multiple CPs, they are pretty easy to do and you can hide the clips without too much hassle.  There are ways to get that sitdown cab without eating up all your space all the time - take The Final Stage for example.

Le Chuck:


Mentions Knievel one time on all the pages and not attributively either  :dunno

Edit:  Found it here.  He attributes to knievel right off the bat in the first post which is nice. 

mgb:
Yeah thats a bit of a ripoff

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