Anybody else hate Candy Cabs?
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norton9478
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My Neo-29 is every bit a dedicated cab. It is no different than a Big Red or even a Taito classic.
I love the pacific style Allied Leisure cabs.
I love the pacific style Allied Leisure cabs.
11strings
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I've had an old namco candy cab for about 12 years. Over the years, I've put different jamma games in it, but I've basically refused to keep it in the arcade... just doesn't fit the time zone.
I've recently been tearing it apart and making it into a dedicated Super Street Fighter IV with a PS3 inside. It's been kind of a pain to convert, but it should hopefully come out pretty nice.... still, it will go upstairs and not be in the 1983 arcade. haha.
I've recently been tearing it apart and making it into a dedicated Super Street Fighter IV with a PS3 inside. It's been kind of a pain to convert, but it should hopefully come out pretty nice.... still, it will go upstairs and not be in the 1983 arcade. haha.
LyonsArcade
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I hate the name "Candy Cab".... There's nothing candy about mine. When anyone asks about it I tell them what it really is... a Japanese sit-at cabinet.
I have a Taito Egret 29, and it is the only generic cabinet left in my gameroom. I have no plans to get rid of it. I have hundreds of boards, and it is the perfect cab for swapping games.
Here's an old pic with my son playing Robotron:
LOL Love it!
LyonsArcade
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I will agree that for Super Street Fighter IV, this would probably be the best cabinet to put in, and the most 'dedicated' looking. Especially if you have one of the ones with a large marquee.
StrainedSky
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Is there a decent places anyone could recommend ordering one from ?
OregonPacman
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I hate the things. Its not like my previous dislike for cocktails that I eventually got over. Candy cabinets are ugly. Mostly, its the bigass monitor in a small cabinet. Looks like it could tip over if you leaned on it. The uniformity drives me nuts. If you've seen one, you've seen them all. Looks like somebody built one and cloned it a million times and converted the clones to whatever they wanted. The control panels are too small to give enough room for unique controls so they only really work well for single stick games and fighter layouts.
ckong
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No, I don't hate them, I love them, just as I love classic cabs. Earlier this year I still had 6 of them, but unfortunately I had to downsize my candy colection to three, 2 x New Astro City and 1 x Egret 2 (with a try-sinc chassis). I think these cabs are great for (modern) SHMUP's, like all the Cave ones.
Here is a picture of a bunch of them standing in my living room. the picture is from last year when I organized a group buy.
Here is a picture of a bunch of them standing in my living room. the picture is from last year when I organized a group buy.
Febreeze maybe?
I'm with Ian- when I first started collecting, I thought Astro City was a game. I could take them or leave them, but the versatility of them is attractive for a small game room like mine.
kencinder
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Considering they come in a Taito Viewlix cab dedicated, I think not.
Since I know this, seeing one in anything else doesn't look right for some reason.
Of course a PS3 isn't exactly dedicated SFIV
LyonsArcade
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O.K., then I agree with you... even Street Fighter IV looks like shit in one of these, lol.
rcaido
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SFIV is a garbage game no matter what cab its in...
ckong- Can i have one of those atomiswave?
ckong- Can i have one of those atomiswave?
kencinder
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Agreed, I just can't get into SFIV...it doesn't feel like SF, and the cell shading looks like ASS.
Zelda Wind Waker - Good use of CS, cartoony and meant to be.
SFIV - Bad, very bad. Not supposed to look cartoony, doesn't and should not look like a comic either...which it also fails at.
yzrider926
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I own 2 New Astro City's and a SNK MVU-4. I actually like them, didn't think I would until I went over to a guys house who had a room full, and I finally got to see and play games on them. The controls took some time to get a feel for, being as I have never played with Japanese controls before.
I also don't really have any classics in my gameroom. Most of the stuff I am interested in is 90's and up.
I actually like sitting down and playing on them, it's not as bad as I originally thought it would be. I will probably keep my dedicated cabs though, like MKII and UMK3, I don't think I could ever play those games on one.
I also don't really have any classics in my gameroom. Most of the stuff I am interested in is 90's and up.
I actually like sitting down and playing on them, it's not as bad as I originally thought it would be. I will probably keep my dedicated cabs though, like MKII and UMK3, I don't think I could ever play those games on one.
yzrider926
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Try Ken at the TheGameroom.com.
I hear he it is best to call him and see what he has in stock. I got my Astro City's from him. Don't expect perfectly clean machines or anything like that though.
norton9478
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Actually, they have a much lower center of gravity... That makes them easier to move around, but harder to tip back.
What is your take on Guilty Gear?
oyama82
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sf4 characters look like apes
norton9478
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They must love you over at shoryuken.com.
kencinder
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I hate KOF and fighters like it...figure it out.
sosage
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If there is one thing KLOV reinforces every day, it's that people shouldn't talk about fighting games here (and apparently, art direction as well).
