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HaRuMaN:

--- Quote from: DaOld Man on September 03, 2008, 12:56:00 pm ---Anyone else?

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Was "no." not clear enough?  ;D

I would agree with the other people in this thread.  Build a MAME PC.  Go to Goodwill, or any other local thrift store, and pick up an old PC for cheap.

bishmasterb:
Vertical, no, as others have stated.

But I'll take the minority opinion as for the Jakks games themselves. Yes, they are not perfect arcade representations. But they are pretty damn close and certainly a lot of fun.

If you're looking for casual entertainment and want:

* Zero boot-up time
* Zero configuration effort
* Zero chance of software configuration corruption/errors
* Idiot-proof menu system

and are tolerant of good, but not perfect, ports of the games, then the Jakks units are definitely the way to go.

As others have done, you can also combine multiple units through a switchbox to get more than 5 games in one cabinet.

DaOld Man:

--- Quote from: HarumaN on September 04, 2008, 07:42:02 am ---Was "no." not clear enough?  ;D

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Yes.

DaOld Man:

--- Quote from: bishmasterb on September 04, 2008, 08:29:34 am ---Vertical, no, as others have stated.

But I'll take the minority opinion as for the Jakks games themselves. Yes, they are not perfect arcade representations. But they are pretty damn close and certainly a lot of fun.

If you're looking for casual entertainment and want:

* Zero boot-up time
* Zero configuration effort
* Zero chance of software configuration corruption/errors
* Idiot-proof menu system

and are tolerant of good, but not perfect, ports of the games, then the Jakks units are definitely the way to go.

As others have done, you can also combine multiple units through a switchbox to get more than 5 games in one cabinet.

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Your points are exactly the reason I wanted to try this. But Im thinking a bartop made be a little strange looking having to be so wide to accommodate a horizontal screen, unless it is an extremely small screen.

bishmasterb:

--- Quote from: DaOld Man on September 04, 2008, 12:06:04 pm ---Your points are exactly the reason I wanted to try this. But Im thinking a bartop made be a little strange looking having to be so wide to accommodate a horizontal screen, unless it is an extremely small screen.

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15" CRTs (4:3) are about the biggest I think you can go while maintaining the basic look and feel of a real arcade machine, at bartop size. I know some people have put 17" CRTs in bartops (I think I've even seen a 19") but they start to lose the look and feel of a regular arcade cabinet at that point (nothing wrong with that, just depends on the look you're going for).

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