Dreamer of the year (Arcade Edition)

Jesus! One of the worst ive seen, the cushioned control panel is new to me

Ronan|Raven

32" screen.....

eddhorse

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Jesus! One of the worst ive seen, the cushioned control panel is new to me

Yeah it's got ripples in it, also where do you put your wrists when pressing buttons, mid air.

Don't see what's so unrealistic about 1600 tbh.
Those thousands of games don't license themselves y'know

CathalDublin

eddhorse wrote: »

Lordy €1600

http://www.adverts.ie/15564019

We have a winner
Lock the thread, nothing will beat this:eek:

CiDeRmAn

CathalDublin wrote: »

We have a winner
Lock the thread, nothing will beat this:eek:

Ah now, how can you say that with so many truly ill-advised homebuilds posted here?
When you think there's no lower to sink along comes someone who not only built an arcade into something unlikely, but then want's to charge someone else the price of a Pony to take it off their hands.

arcadeblasters

I trimmed a control panel in leatherette before, might not be everyone's cup of tea but id say if there was any kind of foam underneath things are gonna get warm and sweaty.

CathalDublin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Ah now, how can you say that with so many truly ill-advised homebuilds posted here?
When you think there's no lower to sink along comes someone who not only built an arcade into something unlikely, but then want's to charge someone else the price of a Pony to take it off their hands.

How do they justify it, don't get me wrong, its a lovely drinks cabinet, but €1600. I love the comments too:D
I fully believe when they come down from the acid they are gonna feel pretty embarrassed:o

Inviere

eddhorse wrote: »

Lordy €1600

http://www.adverts.ie/15564019

Wooden box, pc inside, some sticks and buttons, €1600. Seems a deal?

Optimus Prime

Takes me back to my childhood when I played a sofa with a wide screen tv in the arcades.

DaveyDave

Inviere wrote: »

Wooden box, pc inside, some sticks and buttons, €1600. Seems a deal?

How much would cabinet materials cost? The hardware components shouldn't be that expensive. Of course it depends what they have in there, but any PC in the last 10 years should be able to run emulators.

A budget brand 32" can be had new for €180 or step up to an LG for €250. A bare bones 3.8GHz quad-core Intel i3, 4GB Corsair DDR4 setup including mouse, keyboard and speakers would cost about €350. I'm not familiar with arcade controls, but they don't look as robust as the €150 X-Arcade ones.

Purely speculating however. But given the history of Adverts cabs, they're all lousy looking.

If your building out of good materials its 60e a sheet of birch ply.
That cabinet has about 8 full sheets of mdf:D
probably weights 1000kg

Inviere

DaveyDave wrote: »

How much would cabinet materials cost? The hardware components shouldn't be that expensive. Of course it depends what they have in there, but any PC in the last 10 years should be able to run emulators.

A budget brand 32" can be had new for €180 or step up to an LG for €250. A bare bones 3.8GHz quad-core Intel i3, 4GB Corsair DDR4 setup including mouse, keyboard and speakers would cost about €350. I'm not familiar with arcade controls, but they don't look as robust as the €150 X-Arcade ones.

Purely speculating however. But given the history of Adverts cabs, they're all lousy looking.

Cabinet materials plus the work involved in putting it together are more or less moot when it comes to DIY cabs....you never make that back on something like this. So the cost of what is likely a basic 32" screen, a Pi for the games shown in the ad (there may be more complex ones, we can only go on what we see), and some cheap/rubbish controls. It's a long, long, LONG, way, from €1600.

Yep 100% agree with above,
Thats how you value home made cabs.

Doge

All I can say is bring on the Arcade1UP sit down cabs. That should help drop the prices of these overpriced cabs by offering stiff competition on the second hand market.

eddhorse

I agree with above comments, you will never make back what you put into either DIY cabinets or even sometimes dedicated cabinets.

Dr Bob

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Ah now, how can you say that with so many truly ill-advised homebuilds posted here?
.... Pony to take it off their hands.

Foe a minute I went full 'lock stock' and thought you meant 25 quid in cockney slang there..
(Its a candy cab right?)

CathalDublin

BrownFinger wrote: »

If your building out of good materials its 60e a sheet of birch ply.
That cabinet has about 8 full sheets of mdf:D
probably weights 1000kg

That means it's good, right?

super_furry

CathalDublin wrote: »

That means it's good, right?

Good value too. You can't beat €1.60 a kilo.

super_furry

super_furry wrote: »

Good value too. You can't beat €1.60 a kilo.

Cheaper than Ryan air

Im over in the Netherlands for a few days and I've just seen streets of rage 2 in a retro gaming shop for €72.
Sorry I have no picture but if I'm back there again tomorrow I'll take one

airmax87

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/arcade-machine-pandora-box-5-960in1/15829588

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/arcade-cabinet-running-on-xbox-360/15812169

Skerries

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/arcade-machine-pandora-box-5-960in1/15715743

I think Mario is very happy to see me

2ndcoming

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/arcade-cabinet-running-on-xbox-360/15812169

Based on cutting edge hardware like the 360, he should be asking more!

mm_surf

DaveyDave wrote: »

Inviere wrote: »

Wooden box, pc inside, some sticks and buttons, €1600. Seems a deal?

How much would cabinet materials cost? The hardware components shouldn't be that expensive. Of course it depends what they have in there, but any PC in the last 10 years should be able to run emulators.

A budget brand 32" can be had new for €180 or step up to an LG for €250. A bare bones 3.8GHz quad-core Intel i3, 4GB Corsair DDR4 setup including mouse, keyboard and speakers would cost about €350. I'm not familiar with arcade controls, but they don't look as robust as the €150 X-Arcade ones.

Purely speculating however. But given the history of Adverts cabs, they're all lousy looking.

Agreed on costs. Finally got around to putting my diy cab together. Only a 1 player cp, and had an ancient pc (think along the lines of a 50 euro thing from a charity shop). Was less than $200 (I'm in the usa).
Genuine sanwa stick and buttons. 20" screen. Painted but no decals/overlays.
I'd put up a pic but my woodworking skills are horrendous! Semi gloss black hides a multitude of sins

M.

mm_surf

mm_surf wrote: »

Agreed on costs. Finally got around to putting my diy cab together. Only a 1 player cp, and had an ancient pc (think along the lines of a 50 euro thing from a charity shop). Was less than $200 (I'm in the usa).
Genuine sanwa stick and buttons. 20" screen. Painted but no decals/overlays.
I'd put up a pic but my woodworking skills are horrendous! Semi gloss black hides a multitude of sins

M.

are real cabs not ten a penny in the us?

mm_surf

BrownFinger wrote: »

are real cabs not ten a penny in the us?

Locally its worse than adverts. There's great availability from the likes of coinop warehouse, but cheap? No. Well, not less than $300.
Shipping across a few states runs to about $300-400.
So even if i got a "beater" to convert to mame or whatever, it'd be easily $400 before a single part is needed.
I'll keep an eye out of course, but in the meantime Thomas still needs to save Sylvia ðŸ˜

Burzum

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/dreamcast-2x-controllers-40-games/15884492

cursai

Burzum wrote: »

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/dreamcast-2x-controllers-40-games/15884492

ah ffs! Cdr's and all.

DaveyDave

Not that I condone piracy but you could just get a Dreamcast for €70 and buy a pack of 50 CDs for €15. I also don't think it's very hard to get a console that plays backups...

I like music in my games though, so buying games has an advantage