Finally got all the original arcade cabinets that I need, thanks to a friend. They are: RAMPAGE that was converted to E-SWAT. I will put a Wells-Gardner 25" monitor med/res into it, and the panel will be wired to a PS2 controller and adapters for the XBOX & DREAMCAST systems. It'll have a PS2, XBOX, and DREAMCAST using a component video switch box for the RGB and composite video used for the sync inputs, and stereo audio. A SPACE DUEL cabinet that I have 2 panels for, one with the original buttons, and one hacked for the time I had a Sega GENESIS in it. Got 2 ideas for this one, either ASTEROIDS from the PSX or Nintendo 64, with duel play option, or a computer with emulators on them with games for the NES 2600, SNES, GENESIS, 7800 and so on. Next, a GALAXIAN cocktail machine that will have MAME for all the great VERTICAL games, with head to head SPACE INVADERS, TETRIS, & OFF THE WALL. Next, a small upright MR. DO'S CASTLE that uses a 19" vertical monitor that will have another MAME system for vertical games, finally a great way to play DONKEY KONG and others. A original TAITO cabinet that was used for ALPINE SKIING, I believe, that has a 19" horizontal monitor, will be used for MAME & emulator games. Last, but not least, an ASTEROID DELUXE cocktail machine that just needs some monitor work. Stays as is, you can't duplicate the intensity of a vector game! It's going to be great, when it gets done!
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Start on my arcade project now, got my cabinets!
Started by SoundGammon, Dec 1 2011 9:15 PM
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Posted Sat Dec 3, 2011 10:31 AM
Wow sounds like you have a lot of work ahead of you.
I will say that I've never understood the allure of playing console games on a cabinet. Just like I find MAME boring when it's played at a computer desk with a keyboard or d-pad, I don't find any enjoyment from playing NES, Genesis, 2600, etc. on a cabinet. I guess that means for me, the controls and the environment need to either imitate or actually be exactly as they were when I discovered these games in the first place to have any appeal. That means arcade games on a cabinet and console games on a CRT television, played while sitting on the couch with a hand controller.
But that's just me. Good luck with your projects.
I will say that I've never understood the allure of playing console games on a cabinet. Just like I find MAME boring when it's played at a computer desk with a keyboard or d-pad, I don't find any enjoyment from playing NES, Genesis, 2600, etc. on a cabinet. I guess that means for me, the controls and the environment need to either imitate or actually be exactly as they were when I discovered these games in the first place to have any appeal. That means arcade games on a cabinet and console games on a CRT television, played while sitting on the couch with a hand controller.
But that's just me. Good luck with your projects.
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Posted Sat Dec 3, 2011 10:37 AM
Cynicaster, on Sat Dec 3, 2011 10:31 AM, said:
I will say that I've never understood the allure of playing console games on a cabinet. Just like I find MAME boring when it's played at a computer desk with a keyboard or d-pad, I don't find any enjoyment from playing NES, Genesis, 2600, etc. on a cabinet. I guess that means for me, the controls and the environment need to either imitate or actually be exactly as they were when I discovered these games in the first place to have any appeal. That means arcade games on a cabinet and console games on a CRT television, played while sitting on the couch with a hand controller.
But that's just me. Good luck with your projects.
I'm with you there. Atari or ColecoVision played on a Kiosk is cool, but not on a cabinet. Cabinets are for arcade games and couch & TV for consoles...
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