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Quarters:

--- Quote from: Avery on May 04, 2005, 04:01:52 pm ---Damn, now I'm thinking about what an arcade game based on Larry Niven's Ringworld books would look like.

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Not Niven's ringworld but along those lines. Here is some space colony artwork commissioned by NASA in the mid 70s. I've been toying with the Idea of incorporating it for a while but have too many other projects in the works.

Large image warning http://64.40.104.21/spacecolonies/large/AC75-2621.lrg.jpg

more images here:
http://lifesci3.arc.nasa.gov/SpaceSettlement/70sArt/art.html

Grasshopper:
How about a cab based on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. You could call it "Don't Panic" or something.

Or maybe a cab based on Dr Who. You could call it "The Tardis" because there are more games on the inside than the outside.

Of course if you've never seen these shows you won't have a clue what I'm talking about.

rgecko:
Hey,
I'm working on a TMNT one right now, it's in project announcements (shell shocked) but honestly do whatever you think is going to look cool, and that YOU will be happy with.  Honestly who cares if someone else has the same thing.  To me the biggest reward, has been building this thing and watching it come together.  Some people have a knack for building themes that work and I say take advantage of that... All the artwork I have is from all over the place, and took me days to collect and get together. and I went through all kinds of ideas, Star Wars, with a light saber done up with a neon bulb would be cool, X-men with Cyclops' visor light up, Transformers and Thundercats were also on my list, or Silver Hawks.
Ultimately I went with TMNT because one it was a game I really really liked and enjoyed, two it was a 4-player game, and I wanted a 4-player control panel and three, the poster I had to get done up as the artwork I though would look awesome.  At the end of the day if you make your cabinet and down the road you find someone has something similar is it going to mean you

Timstuff:

--- Quote from: cbmeeks on May 04, 2005, 02:28:08 pm ---I've got two cabinets.  One is an old Twin Eagle that I am going to convert to a MAME/Q*bert cab.

The other is the cabinet fromt the book.  I am going to use it for horizontal games only.

What I need is an idea.  I don't really like the MAME themes.  And I don't like plays on the word "arcade"

What I would like to do is make it look like a dedicated game but have others.  I thought about maybe a TMNT because no one has seemed to done that one...that I know of.  I just would like to have something other than the usual black cab.

Thanks!

cbmeeks

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I was in a similar boat as you. I didn't want to have some canned "arcade" title like "Multicade" or "Supercade", and I didn't want it to just say "Mame" either. This being my first cabinet, I didn't want to go with a single theme for a game, because I figured I'd save that for another project later on when I have more expirience. But I didn't want to just have one of those montage photos like other cabinets have, with all the characters in a single piece of art. So I came up with a solution that seems like it will make me happy. Each piece of artwork on my cabinet will feature it's own theme. The control panel is fighting game themed, so it will be adorned by a graphic of Ryu from Street Fighter going up against Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat. The side art on the right hand side of my cab will feature Solid Snake from Metal Gear. And the Marquee will feature a space battle between two starfighters. I haven't decided what will be on the left side yet.

As for the name of the machine, I think that may have been the trickiest part. I wanted something that wouldn't directly imply that it's a multiple game machine, and would sound almost like it could be the name of an actual game. That seemed like it would be best for creating the illusion I wanted. So eventually I came up with "VideoCaster X". It sounds a little cheesy, but in a cool 80's retro kinda way. And the lettering will look really cool when the marquee is lit up, because I spent several hours a while back tweaking the logo to perfection.

When it's all done, I will hopefully have a sweet looking multiple-arcade machine that will combine multiple themes from the games that I love without being exclusive to any single one. Perhaps my next machines will be themed to a specific game title. But when I've got all the machines in my basement game room someday, amidst the sea of custome MAME re-creations and authentic arcade machine restorations (I can dream, can't I?), there will be my first machine, sitting happily in it's own spot. And I'll look at it and say "yup, that's the one that pulled me in to this hobby!". :)

markrvp:

--- Quote ---I was in a similar boat as you. I didn't want to have some canned "arcade" title like "Multicade" or "Supercade",
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I rather like SUPERCADE  ;D

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