The most coolest arcade cabs ever

Dewclaw · Post by **Dewclaw** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:21 pm

We've come a long way since black wooden rectangles, baby. What in your opinion is the coolest arcade cabinet, aesthetic/features/functionality wise? A pic would be nice too. For my money, the Cosmic Smash cab beats all:

Love that transparent balltop joystick and the whole thing is just slick as hell. If I could find one of these for sale I'd flip.

Anyone else?

Valgar · Post by **Valgar** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:19 pm

That is just a NAOMI cab with decals for that particular game.

I like the Sega Blast City best.

Dewclaw · Post by **Dewclaw** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:31 pm

That's true, but this one has a black monitor surround and control panel plus the aforementioned transparent balltop. Here's an average naomi universal.
http://www10.plala.or.jp/vatora/game/na ... abinet.jpg

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:44 pm

Out Run Sit-Down Deluxe. Still the finest. Thing. Ever. Magical Sound Shower, in pumping stereo right behind your ears. Aural ectsasy.

Post by **undamned** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 4:58 pm

Valgar wrote:That is just a NAOMI cab with decals for that particular game.

Aaaaand that makes it not cool

-ud

Ramus · Post by **Ramus** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:02 pm

I like the shape of the old Pac-Man and Galaga cabs. The wood on the sides blocks out the real world so it feels like only you and the game exist at the time.

Valgar · Post by **Valgar** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:12 pm

undamned wrote:
Valgar wrote:That is just a NAOMI cab with decals for that particular game.
Aaaaand that makes it not cool
-ud

lol no, they are hella cool, but they are set-up for NAOMI games, I don't know if the monitors can do low res(?). Blast City all the way!

LAshujin · Post by **LAshujin** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:25 pm

Gotta love the original egret, I think the styling is bad ass

Post by **system11** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:37 pm

I still prefer wooden cabs actually - the artwork on them was a billion miles ahead of what we get now on JP style cabs.

Some ones to look at:

Ninja Warriors (triple screen)
Buggy Boy (triple screen)
Sagaia (double screen)
Taito Taitan (for multiple games, never full production)
Galaxy Force Super Deluxe
Star Wars 25" cockpit
Galaxian 3
Discs of Tron (environmental)
Sea Wolf
Wec Le Mans (simulator)

oxtsu · Post by **oxtsu** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:11 pm

bloodflowers, you'll probably like this setup then. Taito flavor.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:52 pm

That darius setup is almost worth wetting myself over.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:55 pm

oxtsu wrote:bloodflowers, you'll probably like this setup then. Taito flavor.

That looks neat, but I think I perfer the regular setup where the screens aren't split. It looks like it might be hard to play with the three huge split screens.

SPACE HARRIER · Post by **SPACE HARRIER** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:59 pm

The best cabin EVER!!!

oxtsu · Post by **oxtsu** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:46 am

My favorite cabinets are the standard JAMMA 29inch from early '90s - Konami Windy, Sega New Astro + Blast City, Taito Egret II....and Capcom Impress.

Valgar - Naomi Universal/Net City/New Net City (JPN versions at least) have the multisync 15/24/31kHz monitor, but are JVS standard (ex: Naomi, System 246, Type-X, etc.). For old JAMMA, it needs an adapter harness.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:09 pm

i got to say those Virtual On motion cabs or the planet harriers twin set-up. i am dead sucker for planet harriers, and i have never played it. in a few years when i am a kept man, that will change...

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:40 pm

R360.

Tar-Palantir · Post by **Tar-Palantir** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 4:05 am

oxtsu wrote:bloodflowers, you'll probably like this setup then. Taito flavor.
*snip*

Whoa...

But no, the coolest arcade cab is the SCI one in my mall's food court simply because it's the first one I've seen in India