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What do you have to do to get a cab inside the house?
am_monkee:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 07, 2007, 02:14:19 pm ---
It's always odd to hear people say things like "so we bought a bigger house". Can't do that in MA, people are usually just so grateful they managed to get the first house that buying a new one is out of the question.
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it's even weirder to hear people say that when you're in nyc...we're just grateful we scored an apartment that is roach-free and not our entire yearly salary...
jelwell:
Ok, so I don't *live* with my significant other. But I can tell you what happened to get her to love the cabinet. Two things:
1. Focus the attention on her favorite retro game.
For her this was Super Mario Brothers 3. Turns out she used to have a nintendo so having that game on there - and EASILY accessible was crucial. One of these days I'll pony up and get a retrozone Nintendo controller with USB so it even feels right.
2. Get her stuck in front of a "real" cabinet sometime.
I don't know how you can plan this, because just forcing her in front of one is only going to make her bitter. But my girlfriend got stuck at a Fire department one day, for work. They had a multicade cabinet. Ms Pacman, etc. I didn't get to see it but I assume it's legitimate, and it's definitely of high quality. She got home, and she wanted me to build her a cocktail cabinet.
It's not as important, so i didn't number it, but I'd also shoot for as much quality as possible. Short changing your design (with dumpy wood, or poorly integrated artwork) is likely to cause your cabinet to get thrown back into the garage. If you have rough edges that require her to wear gloves while playing you're not doing yourself any favors. ;)
Joseph Elwell.
WaRpEd:
Man I LOVE being single!!!
Xam:
I am one of the lucky ones. I didn't have to fight, plead, deceive, etc.
When I first started researching MAME, I mentioned that I would like to try to build a cab like some that I saw while researching. She simply said "Well, why not try it then?"
Needless to say, I was flabbergasted! I was trying to figure a way to get this behemoth in the home, and she just invited it in...LOL!
Xam
AMDman13:
My wife was cool with building the Cab from the get go. She did get frustrated at times during the 8 month build process, but even that was very little.. I still can't believe it! :dunno
We have a small house and she didn't want it in the living room so I comprimised and here it is(see Pic)...
That's right it's in our Master Bedroom. :angel:
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