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    21 hours ago, dcx4610 said:

    Thankfully the back of the front panel is black so I simply reversed it. Now I have a perfectly black front. It might look a little plain but I think it looks great and closer to an actual arcade unit minus the coin slot. A simple hack to make the cabinet look better.

     

    Speaking of side art, I'd love a fake coin slot sticker to put on the front.

    Ah, that's a great and simple solution. Plain black would be preferable IMO. A coin slot sticker is interesting; here's one that might be just right: https://www.recroommasters.com/Coin-Door-Decal-For-Xtension-Arcade-p/rm-xt-coindecal.htm

     

    RM-XT-CoinDecal-2T.jpg

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    Been really impressed with the launch and development of this cabinet. I was on the fence before, but it's now on my "to buy" list, maybe after the holidays.

     

    At one point there was talk of magnetically attached alternate side art. Not completely sure that I'm remembering right about the magnetic attachment, but I definitely recall talk of side art options. Is that still in the works?

     

    Also, it would be nice to have replacement art for the front as well. Not fond of the list of games along the front. FWIW, I feel the same way about the Arcade1ups.

  4. Posted · Edited by TapperP

    Live stream going on now aimed at giving AtGames feedback regarding this cabinet.

     

    I think it's probably too late to do some of the things they're talking about, though, which include some my own past criticisms. At this point, for me personally it's all about the quality of the cabinet and controls, since I would probably hack a PC into it anyway.

     

    NOTE: skip to about 8 minutes in. He was having audio issues, so it doesn't really start till then.

     

     

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  6. Posted · Edited by TapperP

    1 hour ago, Bill Loguidice said:

    I guess it can't be said enough here. There are several ways to play on this machine, including 350 built-in games, plugging in external consoles...

    Bill, does that mean we can simply plug a PC or console into the HDMI and USB ports to use the screen and controls?

     

    If yes, then that's great and even better than streaming (i.e. no extra lag).

     

    Also, I apologize for being a bit rough on the streaming implementation (although it doesn't sound like a service I would personally opt for, we'll see), but there's a lot of manipulative stuff going on these days in videogames and people are sensitive to it. You seem like a good guy and the cabinet has a lot of nice ideas in it. That's why I've been following news of it since it was announced (in fact I signed up here specifically to discuss this Atgames cabinet, although I am also an old Atari fan as well).

     

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  7. Posted · Edited by TapperP

    1 hour ago, Keatah said:

    Streaming games is an example of doing something because you can. Not because it's useful or required.

    FYI a lot of people stream games from PC's and consoles to other rooms and devices in their own homes. It's a great feature if you have good networking. So yes, it is useful. Whether it's required or not is up to the individual.

     

    Also, in just about every video posted from E3 about this cabinet, they mentioned that you could play your Steam games from a PC, and they showed off people playing the PC version of Street Fighter IV. That will have caught people's eye, for some even moreso than the early arcade titles included (there's a good reason they showed that game so often). The cabinet has a 16:9 monitor and a fighting game button layout (unlike Arcade1Ups that have 4:3 monitors, which are perfect for classic arcade games, but not for newer stuff). That setup is begging to play current fighting game titles (and other modern action/arcade games etc.), so yeah, people were interested in streaming their Steam games to it. Unfortunately the streaming implementation is not what many had hoped/assumed.

     

    Is that a deal breaker? Not necessarily, which is what I alluded to in my first post. It could still be a nice cabinet to own, and there is still a LOT left to learn about it. So we'll see.

  8. Posted · Edited by TapperP

    12 hours ago, Keatah said:

    Comprehension must be running low these days. The 1$ per hour streaming feature is/appears to be totally optional and wouldn't ruin the general arcade experience originally intended. It's like that 3D TV stuffage they tried making a few years back. No one ever used it for any length of time.

    Yours is certainly running low. You've just told us the sky is blue, but you missed the whole point of the criticisms. The Steam streaming feature was something a lot of potential customers were interested in, but the details of its implementation are very disappointing.

     

    And, looking at the bigger picture, the whole concept of charging people to play games they already purchased is yet another example of anti-consumer practices in gaming.

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  9. Posted · Edited by TapperP

    I've been following this thread for some time and have been very interested in this cabinet.

     

    But, after hearing about the $1 hour charge to play Steam games, my interest is waning quickly. Since local streaming is so common now, I'd assumed what most had probably assumed - that this cabinet would let us stream our already paid-for Steam games to the cabinet from our PC.

     

    This cabinet has a lot of nice ideas and I really like the control panel. But sadly, it looks like greed has killed its potential. In fact, I doubt many people will be OK with that service concept, and it will ultimately fail due to lack of customers.

     

    The cabinet might still be worth a purchase to hack for direct use with PC etc. But it's a shame that would be the only way to play PC games on it without paying absurd fees and needing constant high speed internet.

     

    Regardless of that issue, it remains to be seen what the actual final product is like. Will the build quality be acceptable? Will the controls and screen be good? Etc.

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