/vr/ - Retro Games

I've been considering building something from scratch to fit into the corner of a room. Conveniently enough, I wouldn't have to worry about the sides.

>>5839303
There aren't really a lot of existing cabinets with sides angled at 90 degrees to one another lol. Form follows function.

>>5839315
I wasn't really planning on imitating something.

>>5839336
For your purpose it sounds like you should be imitating this new thing called a "shelf" and/or a "table"

>>5839362
Not for me. I want standing furniture in the corner of the room with multiple controllers.

>>5839370
So man up and get some tools and wood and make it.

>>5839370
No you don't. Trust me.

>>5839379
The logistics of a design like that just don't add up. By the time he had enough space for his screen and his control panel and for two people to stand beside each other he'd be as far from the wall as he would be with just a slim rectangular cab up against one wall and he's talking about not even putting sides on it. What he's describing is literally a shelf or a table

>>5839303
If that's you're biggest problem you have much bigger problems.

This art is pretty sweet since I was thinking about doing GnG cabinets, even though it's based on the NES art not the arcade. I like the idea of something similar to but not identical to original art on a cabinet that's also similar but not identical.

This guy's art

Different artist

I wonder if a modded Arcade 1up cabinet is worth it, as well as how good the stick and buttons are.
$250 doesn't seem like a bad price if it's at least of decent quality.

>>5839298

Dear mods, Babbage's Gramps is still ban evading. Please come up with a more effective means of axing his proxies.

>>5840230
Grow a pair and buy tools and wood to make your own.

>>5840312
A literally who being copied by other literally whos.

>>5840345
>A literally who
A Russian shill with no life who was tripfagging on /vr/ for years prior. He forgot to drop his trip before /pol/posting one day and the mods nuked it for good. That should have been the last we saw of him, but unfortunately he has access to a surprisingly wide network of proxies that have yet to be blacklisted.

>>5840230
This is what I'm gonna do with my two Arcade1Up cabs

>>5841521
If get both had controls for two players and they were back to back it would open up q way more multiplayer possibilities

How important is the shape of the cabinet's sides? Do these shapes actually evoke the specific manufacturers to which they pay homage to anyone but me?

What's more important, the bezel or the control panel overlay? I already have a good source for mini marquees.

>>5839298
Just settle on a candy cab and be done with it. Those are made with the intent of fitting any traditional game anyways, shit I've even seen them used as actual multicades in retail too

>>5841906
IF GET BOTH WOULD OPEN Q WAY MORE. You sound like a fucking retard, learn English you pathetic piece of shit.

>>5843505
Candy cabs look too Japanese. I actually already have the bartop style cabs they're "cubic". I'm just considering what art to replicate/reference and exactly how far I want to go with it. There's going to be at least 4, perhaps 6. Should they all follow a theme? Should they all have fighting game style controller layouts (they're pre-cut for it) or should I put in blanks or an acrylic overlay to more closely resemble the reference cabinet? Or are just using background color buttons enough like in the tempest one I posted? Just doing some conceptualizing really.

>>5843553
I was phone posting in the middle of the night. What language do you think I might speak that I would use a "q" in the middle of a sentence?

>>5844726
obligatory cringe

>>5846421
I think they're pretty cute

>>5846430
actual cringe

>>5846658
>>5846421

you and your momma are cringe and I fuck your mom!

So is it cheaper to build a cab than buy?
>that feel when you only like mid to late 90s arcade games like the Star Wars Trilogoy so you have to buy.

>>5846748
It's cheaper to buy. I bought these little cabs, I'm just thinking of redoing their generic artwork. I may see if my junk color laser printer feels like coming to life enough to print vinyls if I hand-feed it.

>>5846421
except that those look really nice

>>5847680
>i have cringe taste
I wouldn't admit it, let alone brag about it, but whatever floats your boat soi boi

>>5848016
It's so easy to criticize isn't it? Especially when you don't even have any actual criticism, just general undirected icor.

>>5847680
They do, they make me want to just get my laser printer fired up and produce my own custom scaled vinyl. Shane there doesn't seem to be any better resolution pics of them.

>>5848040
Yup. It's very easy to criticize turbocringe shitposters like you

>>5848387
>turbocringe shitposter
Yes that certainly is the easy way to do it. Do you have any specific complaints or is this just how you get out your frustration in your disappointing life rather than using that energy for something constructive?

>>5848595
I'd say my only complaint is you're a cringey shitposter but that's more a fact than a complaint

>>5850360
"Cringey" is ironically a word anyone should be embarrassed for using.

>>5839298
There is really not much contest

>>5850496
Candy cabs are really more functional and efficient than aesthetic. They don't even have side art. On the other hand, they're the only cabinet you can put Pachinko Sexy Reaction in.

Dat bezel doh

>>5850496
this, candy cabs are the clear winner

Modern game controllers are better than arcade buttons. Just make an arcade themed TV stand, and install a PC inside it. Put the sucker in front of a nice sofa.

>>5851654
or do what I did, and get an old xp machine, and old radeon card, an rgb to component converter, and an old crt and just connect that together and run crtemudriver and groovymame. Its kind of a bitch to setup but the results are pretty amazing, and using this fightstick with it while sitting on the couch is quite nice.

>>5851675
I dont play with it on the floor, this was just during setup.

>>5851680

>>5842559
>How important is the shape of the cabinet's sides?
Very important.it basically defines the look of the cab. I prefer "the cubic" myself.

>>5842559
I would go nero and mod it to stuff a small crt in.

>>5851654
>Modern game controllers are better than arcade buttons
Wow no. That is absolutely not true when it comes to buttons. There is an argument to be made that the design of the arcade STICK is fundamentally flawed but when it comes to buttons, arcade sticks can't be beat. The cabinets I'm customizing already have stick+8 in them though.

>>5850496
>>5851650
As I said before in a post that was randomly pruned for no rational reason, candy cabs are efficient not aesthetic - or only in an austere kind of way.

>>5851698
Well cubic is what I have. What I was really pondering then was whether it sounds bother me if I used artwork from say a Taito game on a cubic cabinet. I guess not, if only because that cubic shape was so standardized. If the cabs were say "contender" shaped, I would HAVE to put Nintendo art on them.

>>5852429
>randomly pruned
Pretty sure it wasn't random kiddo