For example, wall hanging options which can be hung on the wall like a cockpit or portraits and home models that look like up-right cupboards but has no slot for coin. AlternativeĪlternate models: Various lesser known models of cabinets are also available in the market. They are normally used to play shooting or driving games as they include accessories to improve the gaming experience of their players. Deluxeĭeluxe: The arcade cabinets of this type are available in up-right as well as sit-down models but their size is a bit bigger than other standard cupboards of these types. The height of this cupboard allows the users to sit on a stool or small chair to play their favorite video arcade games. Some of its models have an overhanging marquee to allow the players for long time. It is made from plastic and metal and includes the best quality screens to make it look more like a unique toy and for that reason is has been named as candy cabinet. CandyĬandy: Though the features, size and shape of this cupboard look like that of upright cabinet still they are different. It is normally used to play arcade games like Big Buck Wild released by Golden Tee. But it does not include a monitor as you can buy one as per your requirements and preferences. It also includes a quality and stylish control panel. Showpiece: This latest design of arcade cabinets allow you to use LCD monitor with flat screen. In business areas it can block the sounds coming from nearby tables to allow you to concentrate on your game. It provides a unique gaming experience which you cannot get at your home. It allows the player to sit inside the game like a cockpit as it covers his back and the top. Theatre or Environmental: The arcade cabinets of this type are normally popular in business environments as they provide a sit-down, almost corporate experience, playing Pac Man or Donkey Kong. The design of this type of arcade cabinets looks like a cockpit while playing racing games. Sit-Down: It comes with its own seats to allow its users to sit on them and enjoy the gaming experience. Though this type of arcade cabinets gained popularity due to their low profile and compact design but they are still uncommonly used for playing arcade video games. It has a dip switch to switch the direction of its monitor between the players alternatively. It more or less looks like a coffee table as it hangs low on the top of four small legs so that players can sit side by side or across the cupboard on stools to play on it. CocktailĬocktail: This rectangularly shaped cupboard for arcade was very popular in early 1980s or late 1970s. In some models, you can find trackball instead of knobs and joystick to control its horizontal moves whereas in some models buttons and joysticks are replaced with a lever and steering wheel.
Its controls usually have several buttons and knobs for different activities and 1-2 joysticks, depending upon the types of arcade. It has a backlit marquee hanging above the monitor.
It has an embedded monitor on the front and controls at around wrist level of the player and a coin slot a bit below the controls. It is generally 6 feet tall and the player has to stand to play an arcade game on it. Upright: It is the classic cabinet used for housing these machines for a long time in the USA. Some of the popularly used cupboards may include: Upright Today various types of arcade cabinets are available in the market. These cupboards are designed as per the JAMMA wiring standards since the mid 1980s. The cupboard shell used for housing the hardware used in a video arcade game console is known as an arcade cabinet.
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