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spystyle:
I hear ya,

It's a novelty, not a practical application.

And when you say I would need to power the "monitor AND laptop" - I'm saying I intend to build a cabinet that uses only a laptop as guts, no monitor, just that laptop's display.

As for the weight of "several car batteries" - I was thinking of a small footprint battery, like motorcycle. Not very heavy (for an adult to carry from the car to the location) and I estimate it would power a laptop for many hours.

I am thinking about building two. One that is very light and shallow for my daughter to bring with her when she goes away on weekends, and another that uses the battery.

It's about being entertaining and innovative really, it's just plain cool to have a truly portable arcade machine that doesn't require a plug. 

Craig

JoyMonkey:
I planned on making a Galaga bartop a while back. It's another one of those things that never got off my drawing board, but I think I do still have these plans somewhere if they're any help to you.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=20928.0

Popcorrin:
JoyMonkey, I would be interested in those plans if you still have them.

Abomination:
Ahh sorry I didnt understand what you meant, but if you dont have the weight or power consumption of a laptop it could run a good time unassisted.

stratjakt:
Not to hijack this, but I'd thought of similar plans for a mini, say 1/16th scale, Pac-Man cabinet.

I was thinking of using one of those 5-in-1 namco games (the stick that plugs right into the tv) for its guts, and a little LCD screen for the display (the ps2/gamecube screens). 

Only problem is finding little weensy joysticks for it.

Another thought was hacking a gameboy advance into a little weensy scale model of a classic nintendo cab, and playing some of their remakes on it (gameboy donkey kong with the hundred+ levels is pretty cool).

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