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The mame of shame

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    God bless Benny B's eyesight..


  • Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    God bless Benny B's eyesight..

    He must be buddies with Pac-Matt :D:D:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    Gonna need these:
    sickbag_1.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,058 ✭✭✭Doge


    OK lads,
    hold onto your chairs!
    index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=323591;image

    f6SFBDd.jpg


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    index.php?action=dlattach;topic=143792.0;attach=323891;image
    ah lads

    Was the marquee label pasted on?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 195 ✭✭Damien King


    I think it could just be static cling holding it on there...

    I cant get my head around it, these last 2 look like they have been T molded, so whoever built them had tools and some woodworking knowledge.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I think it could just be static cling holding it on there...

    I cant get my head around it, these last 2 look like they have been T molded, so whoever built them had tools and some woodworking knowledge.

    Part of the problem isn't that the creators are unskilled, rather that it appears the cab building requires design as well as the ability to put it all together.
    The latter they have, the former not so much, or rather they think they have it but don't.
    There's a reason arcade cabinets tend to for into discreet templates, it's because these are forms that work, from screen size to control panel design.
    You do not need a massive cp over populated with buttons, nor do you opt for a 14" monitor perched in the midst of a metre and a half of shiny black bezel.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    No sense of irony here at all in the ad for the ruined Space Invaders cab

    http://www.adverts.ie/7668961


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭Wood


    t-minus 30 seconds before my comment gets removed


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,277 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    What about this

    Looks like its setup for right and left handed players...but not two player.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,277 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    Another cocktail cab ruined :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    KeRbDoG wrote: »
    Another cocktail cab ruined :(

    Yep and no matter what the ad say it is Mame...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭CosmicSmash


    I'd rather play with the box of toys in the background, give me a one armed Buzz Lightyear any day over a Destiny themed cocktail.

    MjcyZTI1N2YwZWE2YzBlMWE3NGM0ZWM0YmIwNWZjOWLHF0exksKRB8toUT5AaD-yaHR0cDovL21lZGlhLmFkc2ltZy5jb20vYjZjZjk1ZTlkOTM0ODZhNWZjNjIyZTE2OTE0NmZhYjM5NDA4NzZjNTRmNjk0ZTlhOTA4NTgzYTFiNTYyNjc2OS5qcGd8fHx8fHw3MDB4NDIwfGh0dHA6Ly93d3cuYWR2ZXJ0cy5pZS9zdGF0aWMvaS93YXRlcm1hcmsucG5nfHx8.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,058 ✭✭✭Doge


    Yep and no matter what the ad say it is Mame...

    Could it be a 60 in 1 board?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    Doge wrote: »
    Could it be a 60 in 1 board?

    60-in-1 board runs Mame underneath the frontend. Its all emulation :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    I'd rather play with the box of toys in the background, give me a one armed Buzz Lightyear any day over a Destiny themed cocktail.

    You mean a Mrs. Nesbitt doll?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Star Lord wrote: »
    You mean a Mrs. Nesbitt doll?

    Not even complete, the hat and apron are missing!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 817 ✭✭✭ronanc1000


    As a person who doesn't own an arcade cabinet of any shape or form. What's a good offer to make on this? Cosmetically it can always be changed.


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,390 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    Personally i wouldnt go near it. his price of 750 is crazy. in that state its probably worth 250. its a lcd with a 40 euro 60in1 board. He has wrecked everything that made that cocktail worth money.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 195 ✭✭Damien King


    ronanc1000 wrote: »
    As a person who doesn't own an arcade cabinet of any shape or form. What's a good offer to make on this? Cosmetically it can always be changed.

    Going to have to agree with Optimus on this one. Steer clear of it unless you are getting it for super cheap. You'd want to be checking under the hood as well, could be a bit of a bodge job.

    Technically is it jamma wired but these boards are emulation based. Its not the original.

    Theres nowt wrong with these 60 in 1 boards, I've got one for a cocktail cab I'm building as theres a good selection of 2 player flip screen games.

    I Have the 619 in 1 horizontal monitor jobby in another cab, again hassle free - just turn on and off you go.

    But I'd rather put one in a freshly built replica cocktail cab than see an original cab butchered like this.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,058 ✭✭✭Doge


    60-in-1 board runs Mame underneath the frontend. Its all emulation :)

    Wasnt thinking clealry the other day it seems! :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    Doge wrote: »
    Wasnt thinking clealry the other day it seems! :)

    I do that most days, I find it vey refreshing :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭eddhorse




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    eddhorse wrote: »
    Fugly.

    Is it just me or do the angles for that screen seem 'wrong'? Too shallow an angle.

    Edit: I really hope that wasn't an original 4-player TMNT cab that got butchered. I have many fond memories of that game.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 664 ✭✭✭Tomo.Murphy


    Lemming wrote: »
    Is it just me or do the angles for that screen seem 'wrong'? Too shallow an angle.

    Edit: I really hope that wasn't an original 4-player TMNT cab that got butchered. I have many fond memories of that game.

    You'd have do be standing on top of the cabinet to see anything at that angle...you'd think after butchering it so badly in the first place he'd have butchered it a bit more and fashioned a bracket for the LCD he put in it to sit straight.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    You'd have do be standing on top of the cabinet to see anything at that angle...

    Well that's not possible because he seems to have modded a kitchen table into a CP...


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 2,608 Mod ✭✭✭✭horgan_p




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    I'm pretty sure I've seen that one before somewhere!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    It's "different", I'll give him that. It's almost like it's designed for you to 'lean in' to it. But I don't see it being particularly comfortable on the arms after a while because you'd have to have them elevated in some sort of wierd 'chicken' shape. And I say that being 6'3". There may also be a problem with the two-player button selector in that there isn't a second joystick ...


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Honestly, he can make good stuff, this cab is both practical and at a good price, needs to be more of these, less of those...

    http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/mame-arcade-cabinet/7043557?touch_off


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 135 ✭✭PaulPriest


    Lemming wrote: »
    There may also be a problem with the two-player button selector in that there isn't a second joystick ...

    No problem there.

    Plenty of older games where 1P/2P take turns on the same stick, but distinct start buttons.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭eddhorse




  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    PaulPriest wrote: »
    No problem there.

    Plenty of older games where 1P/2P take turns on the same stick, but distinct start buttons.

    Not many arcade games were like that tbh, that was more home conversions of arcade games that added a 2 player mode. That and the likes of Pacman and Galaxians.
    A little rejigging of the control panel real estate would fit an extra joystick in, with four buttons per player, perfect for old school fun.


  • Registered Users Posts: 478 ✭✭jimmy180sx


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Honestly, he can make good stuff, this cab is both practical and at a good price, needs to be more of these, less of those...

    http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/mame-arcade-cabinet/7043557?touch_off
    He seems to have a box full of buttons and blindly picks them out and installs them with no colour co-ord what so ever .that wrecks my head tbh


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 135 ✭✭PaulPriest


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Not many arcade games were like that tbh, that was more home conversions of arcade games that added a 2 player mode. That and the likes of Pacman and Galaxians.
    A little rejigging of the control panel real estate would fit an extra joystick in, with four buttons per player, perfect for old school fun.

    I'd need to go and write a bit of xquery over the mame listxml (although need to watch out for the ones where they support 2P controls, but only when a DIP for cocktail is set), but the first 11 (out of 11) games I thought to try all behave that way: Donkey Kong, Mappy, Pengo, Pop-Eye, Pop Flamer, Space Fury, Pac-Land, Carnival, Looping, Fire-Trap, Spiders. The 12th I tried was Dambusters, and that's only 1P...
    Must be 1000-2000 games (incl clones) in MAME like that (although some vector and mostly vertical I'd think, since they're going to be from the golden age and generally vertical+cocktail).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 135 ✭✭PaulPriest


    PaulPriest wrote: »
    I'd need to go and write a bit of xquery over the mame listxml (although need to watch out for the ones where they support 2P controls, but only when a DIP for cocktail is set), but the first 11 (out of 11) games I thought to try all behave that way: Donkey Kong, Mappy, Pengo, Pop-Eye, Pop Flamer, Space Fury, Pac-Land, Carnival, Looping, Fire-Trap, Spiders. The 12th I tried was Dambusters, and that's only 1P...
    Must be 1000-2000 games (incl clones) in MAME like that (although some vector and mostly vertical I'd think, since they're going to be from the golden age and generally vertical+cocktail).

    Actually, I'd forgotten all the late-eighties turn-based scrollers: The New Zealand Story, Bonze Adventure, Dr Toppel, Rainbow Islands. Again, just OOTTOMH.

    Actually, I just used "ROMLister" to scan a combination of -listxml / nplayers.ini and looking for those games with 2-player alt, less than 4 buttons and came up with 952 unique games and 2205 incl. clones. Some of those will force 2P controls regardless, but plenty use the same stick or can be changed with DIPs.
    Examples I hadn't thought of: 1942, R-Type, Strider, Ghosts'n Goblins, Mad Gear.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    http://www.adverts.ie/7821948

    Oh dear.
    Dat control panel.
    Well,
    Could be worse.
    Could have a Destiny stuck on the side....


  • Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Deary deary me.......


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,146 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    Hilarious
    €500, I wouldn't even take that if he gave me €500


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    And the hits just keep coming!

    http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/custom-built-arcade-machine-mame/7813184

    More control panel hijinks!
    This weeks episode "How can fit everything into a standard upright CP?"


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    http://www.adverts.ie/7821948

    Oh dear.
    Dat control panel.
    Well,
    Could be worse.
    Could have a Destiny stuck on the side....

    UPDATE! : Here it is in action, prepare for awesomeness!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    And the hits just keep coming!

    http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/custom-built-arcade-machine-mame/7813184

    More control panel hijinks!
    This weeks episode "How can fit everything into a standard upright CP?"

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    That looks... comfy... :pac:


  • Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ah lads


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Star Lord wrote: »
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    That looks... comfy... :pac:

    What, no pinball buttons on the sides??
    :D


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Steve X2 wrote: »
    What, no pinball buttons on the sides??
    :D

    I'd say he has the dremel out as we speak!
    Also, he needs a DDR dance plate as well.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    "THE MACHINE"


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    "THE MACHINE"

    Didn't have room for "The Overpopulated Control Panel"


  • Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    That cp... What the hell were they thinking?


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