An arcade cabinet in your house for less than $500

My wife would complain if I tried to bring an arcade cabinet in the house so I'd have to put it the garage. And if I was going to do that I'd have to add in cheap bench seats and tables and an air freshener that smelt like greasy pizza to get the true arcade cabinet experience. May place a few cig burns on the machine to give it an authentic feel.


The military should buy old ones and put missle control systems in them so you would walk into top secret military locations and feel like you're in an arcade and wonder if you were in the right place.
 
b_sinning said:
The military should buy old ones and put missle control systems in them so you would walk into top secret military locations and feel like you're in an arcade and wonder if you were in the right place.
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Just out of left field there.
 
what was the name of the old game at the arcade that you actually sat in - speakers in the frame behind you. You blow up asteriods and stuff ... something like omaga or something (it wasn't asteriods though). That would be cool to have a game center with build in chair, surround sound and big screen.
 
gottoys? said:
what was the name of the old game at the arcade that you actually sat in - speakers in the frame behind you. You blow up asteriods and stuff ... something like omaga or something (it wasn't asteriods though). That would be cool to have a game center with build in chair, surround sound and big screen.
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One that you could watch porn in.
 
thrawn said:
i rarely played arcade games growing up. it seemed like such a waste of money.
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a wasted childhood :dont: :p

i spent many hours on galaga, wolf3D, doom, counterstrike... i don't feel as if they were wasted hours though. probably because i still enjoy and play computer games ;)
 
thrawn said:
i rarely played arcade games growing up. it seemed like such a waste of money.
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Gawd I wish you were my kid!

They have had just about every game box, a killer laptop for gaming and then when I would take then to Bush Gardens or something they would rather me spend even more money on the arcade games then ride the rides.
 
Saw it on digg earlier this week. I want to see if its fullsized or not. it claims it is, but the picture on the website (words cannot describe how bad it is) shows the guy hunched over playing.
 
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Drool-Boy said:
This isnt the one is it? Cuz this bitch is friggin three grand:

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.htm...509702-3708603?_encoding=UTF8&asin=B000BNZBJQ
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did you read the review underneath that?

"The company that manufactures this machine [ultracade] has questionable business tactics and poor morals. There is a botcott against their products. More information can be found by searching the internet for "Ultracade MAME trademark". Many sites have documented it. They also don't even answer questions on their own forums."
 
elpmis said:
did you read the review underneath that?

"The company that manufactures this machine [ultracade] has questionable business tactics and poor morals. There is a botcott against their products. More information can be found by searching the internet for "Ultracade MAME trademark". Many sites have documented it. They also don't even answer questions on their own forums."
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Yep. whomever it is has outdated information.

1. Ultracade didn't make the device. This is some HK outfit called Big Electronic Games. http://www.mybiggames.com/index2_003.htm They may have made that 3,000 dollar one, but not this one.

2. Ultracade did attempt to trademark the MAME name but they only did it because Nicola Salmoria, the creator of MAME had failed to so so. Once he filed they dropped their claim. Ultracade filed because there were groups of people who were selling arcade machines running MAME and it would be a matter of time before one attempted to trademark the name. The new trademark status also changed the rules to prevent MAME from being used in a commercial product without permission as well. http://mamedev.com/trademark.html

Its funny how people automatically assume that if its a arcade machine that plays old games (although I think the 500 dollar one only plays one) then its ultracade.
 
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