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Coolest Arcade Cabinet of all time?
TOK:
--- Quote from: zelony on October 27, 2009, 05:45:56 pm ---The photos are from this ebay listing http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300325295754.
You know, all this bickering over the use of the word arcade is one of the reasons I don't post very often, sucks the fun right out of these forums.
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Well, technically the word "bickering" would mean some people agree with you, and we are arguing. I think this would be more correctly referred to as a beat down.
Just teasin' ya. :cheers:
Kevin Mullins:
--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on October 27, 2009, 04:35:50 pm ---Pac-Man for example, is an arcade game / arcade machine / arcade cabinet.
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I could that differently....
Arcade Game - software and hardware that makes up the pcb
Arcade Cabinet - the case in which the parts are held
Arcade Machine - as the term "machine" would imply all the parts put together to create a whole functioning unit
:dunno
But whatever..... we all clicked on the thread, we all saw the intentions in the first post, big whoopdee doo on the rest.
And that is a cool setup in the original post. ;D
MaximRecoil:
I usually call them "arcade machines", and always have.
--- Quote from: Kevin Mullins on October 27, 2009, 06:06:35 pm ---Arcade Game - software and hardware that makes up the pcb
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That's usually called the game board, or something similar. BTW, one of the definitions of "game" is:
--- Quote ---The equipment needed for playing certain games: packed the children's games in the car.
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--- Quote ---Arcade Cabinet - the case in which the parts are held
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That's how I use that term as well, but the parts are integrated into the cabinet, and it does distinguish from arcade: a place.
--- Quote ---Arcade Machine - as the term "machine" would imply all the parts put together to create a whole functioning unit
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Indeed.
Kevin Mullins:
So it's agreed then ..... we now call them Entertainment Widgets.
(as I run off to create a wiki definition) :lol
zelony:
I showed the pictures to my wife, she agreed that it is a really cool "cabinet". ;-) Anyway, I think that building a replica of this cabinet should be relatively easy. I am thinking of using a Playstation 2 as the internals as there are a lot of shooting games for it. Although I might use an actual Site 4 machine, since I found one to buy local. If I do build one, I will post my build process and even refer to it as a cabinet or entertainment widget. ;-)
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