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What hasn't yet been done on a cab?
michelevit:
I like the idea, but have questions...
How many machines are you thinking of?
Are you using a PC?
Multihead video cards are not cheap and finicky when dealing with different resolutions.
Mame does not simulate a keystoned/tilted display? How will this be accomplished?
Would middle machines share a common t-molding/ side piece?
Sound/Speakers?
How would you designate audio from the common PC to the appropriate game?
Will all the game sounds emanate from a common speaker?
AGarv:
Well, if you are trying to generate new ideas, no one to my knowledge has created a modular control panel with "sliding" pieces. We have seen swappable panels, rotating panels, swappable pieces (e.g. joysticks/buttons/trackballs/spinners), but none of it sliding.
You could create a modular panel where each piece (joystick/button set/trackball/spinner) can be slid around the panel similar to the old "letter puzzle" toys pictured below. A variety of approaches could be taken, some better than others, but in the end it would allow a flexible, modular panel without the need to open up, unbolt, and re-attach each item.
Vigo:
You know, one thing I keep hearing brought up, but cannot recall it ever being completed is an outdoor cabinet. I mean the kind you can leave outside in the rain. Can anyone recall if this has been successfully done? I think the most recent one I remember was talking about putting an outdoor lcd into their patio mason work, like one of those grills that is built into the stonework. Then, having a sealed off control panel. I can't remember if it was completed, or even who that was. I'm pretty sure he was a regular here too. My search-fu is failing me as well.
BadMouth:
--- Quote from: michelevit on July 02, 2013, 04:15:11 pm ---I like the idea, but have questions...
How many machines are you thinking of?
Are you using a PC?
Multihead video cards are not cheap and finicky when dealing with different resolutions.
Mame does not simulate a keystoned/tilted display? How will this be accomplished?
Would middle machines share a common t-molding/ side piece?
Sound/Speakers?
How would you designate audio from the common PC to the appropriate game?
Will all the game sounds emanate from a common speaker?
--- End quote ---
Hadn't planned it out that much since it was just an idea that I may or may not do.
Rough plan in my head is 3 machines,
thrown together as quickly as possible with what I have laying around.
Each "machine" would have a different computer.
I wouldn't want to spend more than a weekend on it and would probably just pull the controls and throw it away if I moved.
Current MAME builds can simulate a keystoned image, even while displaying bezel art.
(everything including the bezel is on an LCD monitor)
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,113151.msg1201620.html#msg1201620
It would be stupid for the middle machine to share a piece of t-molding with the one next to it.
It would look like a tight row of real cabs, not some new weird design.
Speakers would probably be handled differently on each machine.
One might be set up like donkey kong, another like a hunting game, another might have the monitor tilted back enough for them to be down firing from the marquee area.
thatpurplestuff:
One idea that I thought would always be cool but would require completely custom software to use effectively is to have a standard mirror cab that uses a half-silvered mirror with a second monitor behind it that would only be visible when it was lit up (ie displaying something)... you could make your own custom games that used both monitors, emulate games like T2 and Space Invaders and have the monitor display the correct background, maybe use it for menus and stuff so while navigating around the screen would appear closer than when you actually load up a game.
It would be a completely pointless novelty for the most part, but could also be really neat if done effectively.
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