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Let's make a "Well-Designed Cabinet Guide"

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BadMouth:
How many buttons? - been debated endlessly, but you can state the facts that no game playable in MAME that uses a joystick requires more than 6 buttons and also that no 4 player game that is playable in MAME requires more than 4 (Guilty Gear Isuka which is playable in Demul requires 5).  Maybe mention that the only games in MAME that require 4 are the two Dungeons and Dragons games, so you only need 3 if you don't plan to play those.  Explain the 7th button for the MK run button and Neo Geo layout. 

Also, only a few games that used a 4-way joystick required more than two buttons.  So if you're building a dedicated 4-way cab, there isn't much point in having more.  MAME can be configured so that holding both posts the third button for the few games that had a third button.  (I think it was somewhere around 4 or 6 games, mostly unpopular ones)

4 Player CP joystick angling - yeah go there.  Stick to the fact that nearly all commercially produced 4 player games didn't have the P3 and 4 joysticks angled, with a few exceptions.  Feel free to build what you want, but the industry standard is to keep them parallel to the monitor.

Avoid shadows in the corner of your marquee area by not extending your bracing into it

I'd avoid getting bogged down in "what PC do I need?" for now.

yotsuya:
I'm curious how disputes will be handled.

mcseforsale:
Armoring MDF with watered down glue to prevent dents under your t-molding.

Use more expensive 1x2 pine instead of furring strips.

No visible screws outside the case.

Good wiring tips.  I.E.  Make it neat or it makes an otherwise beautiful cab look hack.

POCKET HINGES!!!!!!!!!!!!  :applaud: :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:

AJ

mcseforsale:
Also, tips from those of us who don't have extensive tool collections or a table saw.

Saw boards, straight edges, etc.

AJ

PL1:

--- Quote from: yotsuya on July 31, 2013, 12:36:33 pm ---I'm curious how disputes will be handled.

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Maybe by linking to another thread with a poll?  :dunno


Scott

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