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A "real" arcade game
« on: August 05, 2010, 10:27:54 AM »

Take an old German Nürburgring cabinet, a remote controlled car, a camera etc… and you get Wipeout. Sort of…

http://www.geek.com/articles/games/wipeout-recreated-with-an-rc-car-and-lots-of-cardboard-2010084/


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Re: A "real" arcade game
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2010, 10:32:07 AM »
Love the idea, love the SID music !

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Re: A "real" arcade game
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2010, 10:33:27 AM »
totally cool. if i remember correctly, this guy has been trying to sell the nürburgring cabinet on ebay for quite a while. obviously he couldn't and came up with something much better 8)
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Re: A "real" arcade game
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2010, 11:49:30 AM »
Ahhh, he should have just MAMEd the Nurburgring  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Just kidding, I think this is a BRILLIANT idea. Yes I saw the Nurburgring for sale a couple of time on German e-bay. The rack of cards that form the computer of the original game is SCARY !

By the way Nurburgring deserves the honor of being the first racing game with a moving seat set-up that follows the motion of the car !


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Re: A "real" arcade game
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2010, 12:46:13 PM »
Wow! that´s way to cool!!!! - only thing is, maby redesigning the car so it isn't so top heavy....