My cocktail table art

[Wade]

Well I finally ran out of time to make cocktail art so this is what I ended up with.

[Felsir]

Pressing P1 and P2 is a common way to exit MAME as the IPAC (and some other keyencoders) simulate a ESC key with it. It works okay, except for some games where I have had players pressing the P1 and P2 buttons accidently at the same time (Metal Slug for example).

Creating a 'credits' button makes the cab look less authentic, I have credit buttons on my CP because I couldn't find a cheap coindoor, but I would lose the buttons instantly if a coindoor was available.
Inserting actual tokens also makes it more challenging to play games: it is too easy to press the 'credits' button 20 times to insert a lot of coins.
Then again, that's my humble opinion 

[spriggy]

Not bad at all Wade'O.

Good to see you dabbling in all the arcade ellements. 

Keep it simple and clean.... and they will come..

Well, if you're going to sell the things, you should at least make them easier to use.

Pressing both start buttons to quit a game and having to press the coin return for credits is a bunch of bunk as far as I'm concerned.

Make a big shiney button that says "Credits" and make another shiny button that says "Exit Game"

IMO pinballjim, even though this cocktail is non-authentic Mame driven, it's still nice to have the externals looking original arcade format.  ie Without credit & exit buttons etc. 

It's great to see the shock on someones face when they think they are playing an orginal Space Invaders cocktail (for example).... until they realise hitting Player 1&2 together open the flood gates to umpteen classics!!

[Wade]

   Pinballjim... You're certainly entitled to your opinion (I asked, after all) , and I might have considered it more if I had the time to make a change before the pinball show, but I simply didn't have any more time.  I definitely would have prefered to add some decent control panel artwork which would also have made the game easier to use, and look nicer/more professional to boot.

   FYI, many of the multi-game systems (not just homemade IPAC mame machines, etc.) also use the P1+P2 combo to quit the current game.  It is definitely not an uncommon way to deal with things.  I understand that doesn't necessarily mean it is the BEST way either.


   Anyway, the game had a lot of interest, and sold quite easily.  Probably should have asked even more for it. (Asked $600... got $600). The flea market (where this game was) was rained on all day, if the game had been on display INSIDE it probably would have had even more interest.

   Spriggy, you are right, a lot of people were shocked and excited when they found out it played a dozen classic games!  Several people were already interested in the game because if its condition, and the extra games available on it were just icing to them.  Thanks for the compliments on the artwork.  Obviously I didn't display any real talent, but I did learn some things about Photoshop, and if I had time I probably would have made matching CP overlays.

   I might start taking a couple with me each year to sell, and bring back another pin in their place!

TTYL,
Wade