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The mame of shame

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    #572
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,408 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    What the actual **** :eek:


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    #573
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    wow, thats unreal, so much to look at it. I think the steering wheel is wrapped with Plasters.


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    #574
    [Deleted User]
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    Optimus Prime wrote: »
    wow, thats unreal, so much to look at it. I think the steering wheel is wrapped with Plasters.

    Look at the way the emblem is mounted under the covering on the steering wheel :confused:


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    #575
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    I keep seeing more, like why is there a 2 player slide out control panel on the bottom? if its for 4 player games, then the top two players are sitting on your face and your neck is broke looking up at the screen.


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    #576
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,408 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
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    Optimus Prime wrote: »
    I keep seeing more

    I know, right???

    I've looked at it a few times now and only just noticed the little link stained glass window style thing on the bottom left corner.


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    #577
    [Deleted User]
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    I think the control panel isnt even flat !!!


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    #578
    deadl0ck
    Registered Users Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭deadl0ck


    Definitely a winner. It's the gift that keeps on giving


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    #579
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,408 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Where did you see that on VAC? was it someone over there?

    Please post a link so I can ridicule them :pac:


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    #580
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,180 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    deadl0ck wrote: »
    I have a SlikStik - I got it from the company as payment for ads on my "MAME ROM Links" website back in the day.
    It's massive, but it's still going strong on my cab.... (That's why I'll never post a picture of my franken-cab in case it ends up on this thread....)

    I had one as well , dismantled it , used most of the parts in actual cabinet , years later used the base with sidebuttons for a vr pinball controller.


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    #581
    beejee
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    BrownFinger wrote: »
    Seen this over on ukvac,
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    #582
    Jack burton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,772 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    BrownFinger wrote: »
    Seen this over on ukvac,
    hl70k9yft4v21.jpg

    "Had to look at it a few times, I thought they had built it around the Fireplace to start with" Bods

    :D:D:D

    -I love the bbq style shelves


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    #583
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,408 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
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    I generally really recoil in horror whenever I see console games as themes for arcade machines, but check out the quality of this as a comparison with that previous zelda one. CRT and all.

    The bezel is amazing.

    sqqshnflolvf573ouz9s.jpg


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    #584
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    That looks pretty good, i hope its scratch built though, id hate to see someone gut an original nintendo cab like that. Id say it is though looking at the speaker holes.


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    #585
    Jack burton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,772 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Yeah console games as arcade machines are generally pretty dumb imo. But that is a great cab, the speaker hole is actually really clever.

    I'd prefer to see that craftsmanship put into a cab for am arcade theme. marvel Vs capcom cab with that work out in would be pretty amazing!


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    #586
    o1s1n
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    If I saw this up the north with a tri colour on the side I'd think it was an 11th of July bonfire.

    u5yx02tza2x21.jpg


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    #587
    Inviere
    Registered Users Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭Inviere


    It's very hard to make a cab so bad, it's actually dangerous....but hey, someone seems to have....

    Retro Computers/Consoles Repair/Restoration List



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    #588
    CathalDublin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,146 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    Donkey kong himself is the only person capable of playing this comfortably


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    #589
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    CathalDublin wrote: »
    Donkey kong himself is the only person capable of playing this comfortably

    Another case of style vs substance.

    I've always wanted a cocktail cabinet but I know it would be piled high with ****e!
    I remember the first time I seen one. I was about 10 I'd say on holidays in Spain and there was one in a bar.
    Cant remember the game but I couldn't believe what I was seeing!!!


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    #590
    Stoner
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    BrownFinger wrote:
    I've always wanted a cocktail cabinet but I know it would be piled high with ****e! I remember the first time I seen one. I was about 10 I'd say on holidays in Spain and there was one in a bar. Cant remember the game but I couldn't believe what I was seeing!!!


    I was 7, the game was Tank. Loved it 10p a game at my sister's 21st. I was decked out in my suit and fed a constant heap of 10ps by her guests


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    #591
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    That’s funny because the only two cocktails I seen in real life when I was young was Space Invaders in the Sacre coeur hotel in Galway and a Tank Battalion in a pub in Ballyfermot.

    Those are the only two I ever played.


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    #592
    Retr0gamer
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    Saw a Ms Pacman one before. Was in a family restaurant on holidays somewhere and a few of the tables were various cocktail cabinets.
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    #593
    o1s1n
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    They had one in the Dalkey Island Hotel many moons ago when I was a kid, probably talking the early to mid 90s. Had Bomb Jack running in it.

    Wonder whatever happened to that after they tore the hotel down.


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    #594
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,526 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I've a feeling they just wound up in a skip, along with heaven knows how many other precious and rare cabs of the time.


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    #595
    BGOllie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭BGOllie


    think the only way to enjoy these properly is to use them as a functional table too. ours is used as a coffee table and gets regular play. But ironically they need a much bigger footprint than a standard cab so they're hard to really integrate in a game room were it's easier to fit two standup cabs


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    #596
    Skerries
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    a pub in Howth that I used to drink in had Major Title 2 and Super Space Invaders
    it was great having a pint while zapping aliens
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    #597
    MrVestek
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    Don't those things cause neck strain after a while though?

    Those monitors don't look like they're at a comfortable viewing angle...


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    #598
    o1s1n
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    Yeah they're really not designed for long periods of play. I'd only ever associate them with shooters/vertical games where your character is moving up.

    For example, no ****ing way would I even try this;

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    This on the other hand, maybe;

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    #599
    deadl0ck
    Registered Users Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭deadl0ck


    Beauty of a control panel here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MAME/comments/bswqhg/arcaderetro_stick_third_and_final_version/

    https://i.redd.it/f1kov1k51e031.png


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    #600
    Stoner
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 10,952 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    deadl0ck wrote:
    Beauty of a control panel here:
    Apparently the spinners are not in the way of the sticks, due to people's normal 230 degree and 30 degree something or other. TLDR.
    Obviously the knee drop during a finishing fireball would rip the hand off you.


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    #601
    timthumbni
    Registered Users Posts: 4,845 ✭✭✭timthumbni


    o1s1n wrote: »
    If I saw this up the north with a tri colour on the side I'd think it was an 11th of July bonfire.

    u5yx02tza2x21.jpg

    I don’t mind that actually as it is rustic and shows basic carpentry skills.

    I am from NI and you will probably laugh but we do like our pallets around here.

    I know ones who make furniture out of them too and they look alright. This cab isn’t anywhere near the worst compared to some of the monstrosities before. Lol.


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