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WOW! Contemporary arcade cabinet designs
rdagger:
--- Quote from: Noobert on May 22, 2006, 08:55:26 am ---I know my wife would like that, but luckily she's also excited about building a standup cab. Looks like you'd have to sit on the floor to play it.
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It looks too low and the angle of the CP looks uncomfortable.
I like the idea, but if you are going to make a coffee table, I think the CP would need to come up and possibly the monitor too.
--- Quote ---But on the other hand they're not really authentic looking so I wouldn't get any feelings of nostalgia from playing on one.
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It does have more of a console feel than an arcade. You might as well just leave the monitor out, add a second CP and hook it up to a TV.
ArcadEd:
You could even put a much larger monitor in it and have some groovey screensaver or background on it while you don't play :).
But I agree with most, it's pretty ugly, but a cool idea.
RayB:
Ugly? You must have a house full of that traditional wood furniture, huh?
ArcadEd:
Well I live in the desert :). All of our furniture is the rustic wood look, which I like. Never really been into the whole modern look thing :).
Ugly was a strong word, should have said. It's not my style :)
AtomSmasher:
--- Quote from: Noobert on May 22, 2006, 08:55:26 am ---
--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on May 20, 2006, 08:20:36 pm ---I like it, but then I've been planning on making a similar type thing the size of a dining room table so I may be a bit biased.
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Now there's an idea! How about a separate monitor and controls for each seat at the dining room table? The whole family can sit and blast away at the same time during dinner!
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Just thought I'd throw out my old thread if you want to see the direction I'm planning on going with it. I decided to hold off on it because my work has slowed down the past few months and I don't want to have to compromise the design from lack of funding. Actually the more I think about it, the more I think I'm going to have to get rid of the tv and use something that won't make me have such a huge base, maybe find a used flat screen tv or something. I could go with 4 smaller monitors, but then you couldn't play someone across from you. Anyways, its still in the planning stages so I have plenty of time to figure it out. http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=50651.0
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