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I had an Idea for my Side art but Someone already did it.

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missioncontrol:
omg yellow cabinets r teh roxers !!!!!1111111eleventy


Mattiekrome:
Personally, I love the cab... As a matter of fact, I have the exact same alien as my laptop background.  I also thought of using the space invaders as a theme for the mame when I decide to build it, but thats shaping up to be quite a ways off.  It's simple and clean, looks good!

fjl:
Showcase?

I'm removing the four way and moving the spinner away from the trackball. And its not really yellow. Kind of a yellow-orange. And Q-bert marquee is just for show. I'm adding my own marquee.

Crowquill:

--- Quote from: efjayel on February 15, 2007, 10:13:49 pm ---
--- Quote from: Crowquill on February 15, 2007, 07:34:13 pm ---
amount of angle on the action buttons - Do you mean the angle of the control panel surface (usually 10? or so) or the angle of the buttons on it? (mock it up and see what's comfortable.)
type of casters to use - I wouldn't use casters again.
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Yeah I meant the angle of the action buttons.

As for the caster thing, why wouldn't you add them again? What problems did you run into in the past and what do you use now to prevent damaging the bottom of the cab when moving it?

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Let me clarify. While I was working on it, the casters were very handy. Once it was finished, it makes the cabinet move too freely and in my case it made the control panel a bit too high. Maybe if you had recessed casters that would lock it would solve the problem. It also looks kind of goofy next to my JAMMA cabinet (Primal Rage has a lower control panel than most games anyway). I keep putting it off since I have to at least remove my computer monitor (70lbs worth) to flip it over and take them off.

I'm just not a fan of the blue-on-black. It just says "I'm a MAME cabinet" to me. The only cab I ever remember seeing that had blue-on-black was NFL Blitz. I wanted my cabinet to look fun from a distance so I went with red cab and classic black t-molding. The yellow will definitely stand out in most any room. I don't see that as a bad thing. Hell--if I were to scratch-build a cabinet I'd probably make it look like Flamin' Finger. That is one of the coolest look cabinets I've ever seen (and it came out in 2003!)

http://www.namcoarcade.com/nai_gamedisplay.asp?gam=flamfing

Here's a pic of mine side-by-side. In this pic the front panel is missing on the MAME cab making the elevation even more apparent.

_) (V) (-):
Ya'kno what would look really cool with your sideart?

Them plastic lens things that make a picture appear to move when you tilt em! (Think about the little prizes you'd get in a box of Cracker Jacks)

You could have your space invaders graphics, one for each state of their 'steps', and as you walked up to of past the cabnet, they would animate.

Retro yet original!

I have no clue how to do it, but it would be a cool low tech way to add some pizazz to the sideart.

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