Would you (or do you) own an arcade machine.

JoeSnow · 2012-04-21 16:41:13

From time to time I'll browse eBay to see what is around. Mostly its very old machines which I'm not interested in. I'd love to see something like Daytona USA for sale to see how much that would go for. I'd seriously consider a purchase if reasonable. How about yourself?

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From time to time I'll browse eBay to see what is around. Mostly its very old machines which I'm not interested in. I'd love to see something like Daytona USA for sale to see how much that would go for. I'd seriously consider a purchase if reasonable.

How about yourself?

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#2 21-04-2012 04:50PM

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No, no one here even knows what you're talking about....
This is the Arts & Recitals Forum, keeps getting confused with the other A&R forum here, the brutes!

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#3 21-04-2012 04:56PM

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CiDeRmAn wrote: »

No, no one here even knows what you're talking about....
This is the Arts & Recitals Forum, keeps getting confused with the other A&R forum here, the brutes!

Now now, just because your not allowed have one doesn't mean we should all disregard bragging rights

I've got a Tekken 3 cab & a Ridge Racer cab.

Next!

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#4 21-04-2012 05:02PM

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I've an Egret 3 candy cab myself(Jap arcade machine).

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#5 21-04-2012 05:19PM

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I have one , and I'm itching to get another (hoping to disguise it as a wardrobe so I don't get killed)

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#6 21-04-2012 05:20PM

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I was very lucky to pick up that alien 3 machine.. I also have a semi-working Moon Base cocktail

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#7 21-04-2012 05:53PM

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I want a Robotron Cab, that's all, no Mame, no Neo Geo, just Robotron, is that too much to ask??

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#8 21-04-2012 06:02PM

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Naomi stand up
Naomi stand up shooter
Ridge Racer V stand up
Sit down mame driver ex Sega Rally
Electrocoin Jamma superman theme
Carnevil
Sega Lindbergh Project

I know someone who has a Daytona but its the woody version they might sell it, let me know if you want his number.

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#9 21-04-2012 06:14PM

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Jaysus Purplec,That's some list of cabs..Nice.

I'm the owner of an Astro city and A Midway Killer instinct 2 cab.
Really want a Neo Geo Cab next

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#10 21-04-2012 07:15PM

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So Far spread across to house
Would love to ave one room big enough to see them all on at same time together. Some day, ill make this happen

Sega Last Bronx Cab - mame'd
CockTail Cab - mame'd
Sega Rally Twin
MACE Cab (Current MVS1 slot Sidekicks, Puzzle Bobble and RASTAN PCB on the way for it)
Operation Wolf 3
Sega Virtual Striker
Sega Naomi (Virtua Striker, NetDimm and Xbox 360 SSF4:AE)

Kev

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#11 21-04-2012 07:30PM

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I only have one, that i built from my own hands with my own sweat and blood. like noah building the ark.. non of this buying a cab buisiness.. :pac:

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#12 21-04-2012 07:38PM

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keithgeo wrote: »

I only have one, that i built from my own hands with my own sweat and blood. like noah building the ark.. non of this buying a cab buisiness.. :pac:

Dexter much??

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=75332372&postcount=118

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#13 21-04-2012 07:40PM

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ok.. there might be some other peoples blood in there too... :pac:

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#14 21-04-2012 08:10PM

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kevin2me wrote: »

So Far spread across to house
Would love to ave one room big enough to see them all on at same time together. Some day, ill make this happen

Sega Last Bronx Cab - mame'd
CockTail Cab - mame'd
Sega Rally Twin
MACE Cab (Current MVS1 slot Sidekicks, Puzzle Bobble and RASTAN PCB on the way for it)
Operation Wolf 3
Sega Virtual Striker
Sega Naomi (Virtua Striker, NetDimm and Xbox 360 SSF4:AE)

Kev

Nice..Big up on the SSF4:AE...Thats mainly what I play on my astro city.
Send me your Gamer tag and we can have a few games.
Also swing over to fighting games forum for Lots of SF action

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#15 21-04-2012 08:36PM

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I'd like to eventially get one, but as it is right now I have no space for one and I don't think the mother would appreciate me replacing the dining table with an initial d cab :P

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#16 22-04-2012 07:31AM

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I have a New Astro City cab loaded up with nothing but shooting games.

I would love a second cab but don't have the room right now. Maybe next year. Looking at an Aero City or a Cute.

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#17 22-04-2012 01:43PM

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purplec wrote: »

Sit down mame driver ex Sega Rally

That sounds pretty amazing and I'd love to do the same myself - do you have any pics or vids of it playing some random MAME driving games? Are the cab features like force feedback working with MAME?

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#18 22-04-2012 03:24PM

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After seeing that pic someone posted of a Capcom Mini Cute recently, something clicked in my brain and I now want one. Always thought they were cool, but they never really registered that highly on the want list.

Seem really hard to come by though. I guess size wise, they're an easy one to smuggle into the house past wives.

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#19 22-04-2012 03:30PM

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If I had a few grand to spend on a dream purchase, I'm pretty sure I'd end up with one of these.

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#20 22-04-2012 03:32PM

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johnny_ultimate wrote: »

If I had a few grand to spend on a dream purchase, I'm pretty sure I'd end up with one of these.

Seriously?

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#21 22-04-2012 03:35PM

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So you can have any cab in the world, and you chose something obscure and bizarre like Taiko no Tatsujin?

You know, I've tried my best to stop with the hipster thing, but you're really not helping yourself

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#22 22-04-2012 03:37PM

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o1s1n wrote: »

So you can have any cab in the world, and you chose something obscure and bizarre like Taiko no Tatsujin?

Of course: too many fond memories of playing it! Wouldn't call it all that obscure or bizarre at all - pretty much the only constant in modern Japanese arcades.

Egret would be nice too, of course, but if I had to choose one I'd go for something that's unique.

All this is purely hypothetical, but Taiko is one thing one cannot come close to emulating outside of Japan without a full cab build.

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#23 22-04-2012 03:38PM

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The possibilities...

Giant House Of The Dead Cab
A 4 Player linked Virtua Racing Cab
A twin sitdown electrocoin SF2 HF
A Starblade Cab
A Vector based cab
Afterburner 360 Gyro Cab

Baically endless possibilities, & Sir Ultimate picks a pink bongo rhythm based cab? Ciderman surely has to bring the ban hammer out for this one

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#24 22-04-2012 03:43PM

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I wonder what hardware it runs on? Could you chuck another game PCB in there and try to play it with bongos?

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#25 22-04-2012 03:43PM

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#26 22-04-2012 03:44PM

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johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Of course: too many fond memories of playing it! Wouldn't call it all that obscure or bizarre at all - pretty much the only constant in modern Japanese arcades.

Egret would be nice too, of course, but if I had to choose one I'd go for something that's unique.

All this is purely hypothetical, but Taiko is one thing one cannot come close to emulating outside of Japan without a full cab build.

Even the Japs look down on that particular cabinet.
It's for the kiddies to use, no?

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#27 22-04-2012 03:48PM

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They were probably all laughing at the silly gaijin playing the kids bongo game.

Only to turn around and continue their game of Boonga Boonga

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#28 22-04-2012 03:52PM

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o1s1n wrote: »

They were probably all laughing at the silly gaijin playing the kids bongo game.

Only to turn around and continue their game of Boonga Boonga

Also known as "Pokebum, Gotta Poke em all".

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#29 22-04-2012 04:05PM

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EnterNow wrote: »

The possibilities...

Giant House Of The Dead Cab
A 4 Player linked Virtua Racing Cab
A twin sitdown electrocoin SF2 HF
A Starblade Cab
A Vector based cab
Afterburner 360 Gyro Cab

Baically endless possibilities, & Sir Ultimate picks a pink bongo rhythm based cab? Ciderman surely has to bring the ban hammer out for this one

Sure, hypothetically speaking I'd love a full Darius Burst: Another Chronicle cab. I'd have a nostalgia fit over a personal Silent Scope one. I could spend hours playing Afterburner, House of the Dead whatever.

But I'm also extremely fond of Taiko, and myself and friends (all of whom are not children, last I checked, to pre-empt that inevitable query) spent much yen on it on our travels around Japan. Given that all but the nichest arcades are largely devoid of shooter cabs (Hey, naturally, is different), it became our respite when we needed to play some videogames, and away from the smokey dungeons of the fighting games, where you'd just get your ass kicked online anyway before you even knew where your 100 yen had gone. Was a game even my hardcore videogaming friends and my non-gaming cousin were happy to play along with.

And yeah, I'd like to see a kid on Oni difficulty

So yeah: for personal reasons I'd be very happy with a Taiko cab, as it's a very unique experience I have of my time in Japan. Don't really see what's so odd about that

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#30 22-04-2012 04:12PM

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I see it's more a personal thing, rather than what's already established as 'dream' like in the cab world. No arguing that I suppose, we're all different.

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#31 22-04-2012 04:14PM

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EnterNow wrote: »

I see it's more a personal thing, rather than what's already established as 'dream' like in the cab world. No arguing that I suppose, we're all different.

Yeah, was honestly taken a little aback at the reaction!

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