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Calling Ms Pac/Galaga owners *3 simple measurements needed pls*

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coltchillin:

--- Quote from: spacies on April 06, 2008, 04:37:24 pm ---...I am going to use it for my build.  :cheers:

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thanks, cool! can't wait to see your wip thread.


--- Quote from: patrickl on April 06, 2008, 05:26:05 pm ---I've been meaning to go back to Scheveningen to see the MsPac-Galaga reunion cab and measure that thing. I doubt it has the exact same dimensions though. The monitor in that is quite a lot bigger. If it's still there even. Every time I go back there they have less games.

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sounds like a plan, why don't you just buy it :)
but yeah, not sure if it's an exact reproduction either.

i was also wondering... you mentioned you gonna stick an lcd screen in it instead of an ctr, for a specific reason? or is it just a matter of preference? wouldn't there be like angle issues with a lcd?

thanks...


patrickl:

--- Quote from: coltchillin on April 07, 2008, 12:36:26 pm ---i was also wondering... you mentioned you gonna stick an lcd screen in it instead of an ctr, for a specific reason? or is it just a matter of preference? wouldn't there be like angle issues with a lcd?
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I'm not going to mount it horizontally. I never liked the ergonomics of the Galaga cabs. you practically need to stick your head inside the cab to see the screen properly, but then the marquee is so low that you cannot.

Actually, I posted a design for my version of a Galaga cab a few years ago. Based on Jakobuds plans, but then slimmed and stretched.


Looks pretty odd, but I gotten used to it seeing more LCD cabs built by other people over the last 5 years.

I just like LCD screens and back then I was constricted in space. It had to fit next to the pool table. In the new house I will have more space, but I still wouldn't want it at full depth.

coltchillin:
ok thanks.
ergonomics... yes... never even thought about that.

patrickl:

--- Quote from: coltchillin on April 07, 2008, 03:17:04 pm ---ok thanks.
ergonomics... yes... never even thought about that.

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Seriously, try the size out before you build it. The whole thing is 67" tall. That's 1.70m. Not sure what your height is, but I look straight over the top of a standard Galaga cab. It's seriously uncomfortable for me to play on while standing. I'd need a bar stool to sit on or something.

When I was a kid I was short enough to fit my head in the cab under the marquee (well sort of).  I did always love the sound echoing around inside the cab. I guess I will miss that in my design, but then I won't have the sore neck after playing on it either  :P

coltchillin:

--- Quote from: patrickl on April 07, 2008, 03:24:25 pm ---Seriously, try the size out before you build it. The whole thing is 67" tall. That's 1.70m. Not sure what your height is, but I look straight over the top of a standard Galaga cab. It's seriously uncomfortable for me to play on while standing. I'd need a bar stool to sit on or something.
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yeah i guess in really need to look into all of this.
i recall using a bar stool at the arcade, even back then.

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