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DaveMMR:

--- Quote from: mike_bike_kite on December 06, 2007, 07:38:11 pm ---Nice work - thanks :)
 I just think the layout "looks" far better this way. I guess some people like a perfect playing environment while I get more of a kick from the end design.

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So basically you're saying "just look at it's prettiness, you don't need to be able to play a decent game on it".  Sorry, looks are important but playability is slightly more important.

I like the cabinet except that one little pet peeve of mine.   To anyone else reading this, please fight the urge to get creative with your CP layout.  Yes, it's preachy and obnoxious but I've seen too many people regret letting their spatial OCD take over the design process.   Don't "mirror" player 1 and 2 controls, don't place buttons "randomly" or in "shapes", and, for heaven's sakes, please don't angle controls.    Just stick to the standards and they'll be no regrets.

I'm sorry - I still do think it's nice.  It's just that one thing that nags the living tinkle out of me.  But it's your machine, enjoy it.  :-)   Everyone can yell at me for being a jerk.

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mike_bike_kite:

--- Quote ---So basically you're saying "just look at it's prettiness, you don't need to be able to play a decent game on it".  Sorry, looks are important but playability is slightly more important.
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I'm married so the thing has to be spouse friendly which means it has to be compact and look pretty. Because of the size I can't, and wouldn't want to, fit every control conceivable to man. My original design wasn't even going to have the joysticks but the number of playable games was just too limited. As it stands the machine works well for the 300 or so games I have loaded. Certainly there may be issues for a few isolated games - I couldn't come up with a clean layout that worked well for Defender but, to be honest, I found it difficult to play on the original hardware as well.

I guess it all boils down to taste - I like a clean design, my kids wanted something that was fun to play and easy to use, and of course my wife would simply veto anything she didn't like. I like the machine simply because it's clean, compact and does nearly everything including being easy to play. I personally dislike machines that have so many buttons that they look like they have a serious case of acne. As it stands the wife thinks of it as an interesting curiosity rather than a loud abomination so it's a success from my perspective.

Mike

Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: mike_bike_kite on December 06, 2007, 07:38:11 pm ---It has a speed control but the slowest setting is still too fast - I took the controller apart thinking it would just be a big variable resistor but it has 3 wires just going to an odd looking micro switch. Any ideas anyone?
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Yeah! Stick a coil of Ni-Chrome wire inside behind it and your cab can double up as blow heater  :cheers: :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:   
250mm :o what are you trying to cool!! a nuclear reactor??  :dizzy:

Seriously though...... Just stick a big wire wound resistor on the +12V side of it and that should slow it down for you.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)



Flip_Willie:

--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on December 07, 2007, 06:20:38 pm ---250mm :o what are you trying to cool!! a nuclear reactor??  :dizzy:

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   I have two 250mm fans in my cabinet  ( I definitely should have thought that one out that before I installed them). Even though the fans are on the back side of the cabinet, I can feel the air blowing from the front --especially when I have my coin door opened.  It seriously feels like I am cooling down my room when I turn it on.

   They are as loud as heck too...  Though, that just gives me an excuse to turn the volume up louder.  ;D

   I am thinking about installing a switch so I can just manually turn then on once in a while.

Just as it is,
Flip Willie

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