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    Laptop arcade cabinet!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by shinakuma9, Jan 6, 2011.

  1. shinakuma9

    shinakuma9 Notebook Deity

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    shinakuma9, Jan 6, 2011
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    That looks awesome :p I wonder if they'll make it require quarters soon :D
     
    Baka, Jan 6, 2011
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  3. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    Me likey! I wanty!

    Vicious, looks like you have another arcade option!
     
    HTWingNut, Jan 6, 2011
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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Just get a TE Fightstick and plug it into your laptop and you would have the same final result without a useless cabinent taking up space.

    If you want a cabinet build a full size 2 player cabinet and use a cheap pc inside and not waist your laptop for it.

    Last I see he used Happ parts for this build but SF is a Japanese game/cabinet it should use Semetsu or Sanwa parts, and they are smaller too so it would have been easier to fit.


    In conclusion, do it right or dont do it at all.

    Real cabinet with a real screen, or just use your laptop with a joystick attached. Dont bother with useless extras.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jan 6, 2011
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  5. Dead2th3world

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    Useless extras are nice if you are one of those die-hard Street Fighter fan.
     
    Dead2th3world, Jan 6, 2011
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  6. ViciousXUSMC

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    When its the same parts and layout on a TE stick I do not thinking have your laptop in a wood box suddenly makes you "die-hard" I think building a real cabinet does.

    What kind of die-had fan only plays vs CPU and not 2 player?

    That mini cab limits you to single player only, but plugging 2 TE sticks into a laptop would let you do 2 player.

    It would be one thing if it was a stand alone screen and stand alone parts, but this is just putting your laptop in a wood box so just use the laptop.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jan 6, 2011
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