Has anyone got an arcade machine at home?

[MackemX]

Ive always been interested in having an arcade game (maybe a desk type) or a pinball machine or both

has anyone got any and if so what's it like?

do you use them or is it just a passing phase?

[Faustus]

The sit down table like ones are called cocktails. The two player ones like that where the video orientation flips around for player 2 is called a flip cocktail.

I don't have one but came within seconds of getting a Galaga flip cocktail years back for only $250 at a fleemarket type sale here in Dallas. Stupid search for an ATM took to long and I lost out.

My cousin has a bitching MAME machine though...

[Conquest10]

My cousin has a bitching MAME machine though...

I've been thinking about building me one of these lately.

Has sound improved with the newer versions? I still use the 2001-ish version and have sporadic trouble with the sound on every game.

[Faustus]

I've only played on it once or twice and then only Street Fighter 2 since thats HIS passion. Sounded fine to me.

[Conquest10]

It was like a muffling, distorting, clipping effect to the audio. Got to try out the new ones. That was the only thing I hated about MAME (and the AR weirdness with some games).

[Abbadon]

Hi,

My father used to build that kind of machines, from the wood cabinet to the wiring all of the electronic connections. He kept a couple of them in his basement for his amusement.

They were expensive, I remember once he told me that the price for a motherboard, for a game called Tekken or something like that, was of USD$1,000.00

It is funny, but one of the machines I saw him building consisted of a full computer placed inside the cabinet and secured with bands, he then installed a touch screen mouse for the user to interact with the machine.

P.S.

God, I want to cry.

[Doramius]

Used to have 2 pinball machines before I got married. Sold those. 1 was Coney Island (1974)and the other was Pool Hall(1981). I got $450 a piece for them.

I always wanted to get the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Double Dragon, & POW arcade games. I like the Time Crisis Series arcade games. Wouldn't mind having any of those machines around.

[sbtuttle]

Got a 1955 Williams pinball machine, got it back in high school in '74, takes a dime, turns over at 10,000 - hows that for old school

[ps2daddy]

$450 free shipping
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=42600&cpc=HFP

wish I had the space and money

I used to have a playchoice 10 machine I payed $50 bucks for it when I got married my wife made me get rid of it

http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/nes/pc10.html

[SquirrelDip]

I don't but my sister and husband have 4 in a games room they set up. 2 electronic and 2 pinball - original Ms Pacman, Dragon Slayer, Adam's Family and I forget the 2nd pinball.

I love the old school pinball but IMO wouldn't pick up the old electronic ones (that Midway one ps2daddy posted looks like a much better deal).

[Supreme2k]

I have two that are similar to ps2daddy's link, but with about 2000 games on them.
I want to get a cocktail style, though.

[Doramius]

What's cool is you can get kits now for BAR TABLE game systems. Really simple to make ones. It has a glass top with 2 screens so 2 players can play on opposite sides. You can either connect a PC or a regular game console inside. Many kits tell you where you can get the coin insertion panels & box, or you can just build it without.

One kit, I almost bought, had instructions for turning an NES, SNES, SEGA, or any ATARI system into one of these tables. You provided the console, but it had the 2 arcade style 6 button joystick panel with instructions on how to wire the connectors for any of the consoles.


These are similar but use a PC. These are also tiny and use 1 screen. The one I was looking at had 2x 13" screens for head-2-head gaming.

http://www.dreamarcades.com/tables/s2s_kit.shtml

http://www.retroblast.com/reviews/dreamarcades.html

[Faustus]

Sounds nice. Linkage? heh

[Doramius]

Sounds nice. Linkage? heh

There you go. Edited just for you.

[Faustus]

Thanks. A bit pricey but nice.

[Doramius]

The console ones were cheaper, but the one I saw was on eBay. It was going for $350, and shipping was $90. That was a few years ago and haven't seen that style since. These aren't that bad though.

I agree that these are pricey, but if you're good at building things of this sort, you could try doing one yourself. You basically need a ventilated box that will support the weight of a CRT. You'll have to find your own joystick panel though.

[MackemX]

cocktail styles are cool and I suppose it wouldn't be hard to make one thinking about it

but you'd only be able to play certain 2 player games on it due to the viewing position of each player

[yoda313]

Well I've seen somewhere online those ones where people build a arcade cabinet around a pc monitor with the tower inside. Then they have the emulators all charged up but it looks like an arcade. Pretty neat.

[MackemX]

Well I've seen somewhere online those ones where people build a arcade cabinet around a pc monitor with the tower inside. Then they have the emulators all charged up but it looks like an arcade. Pretty neat.

pics and links dammit! , sounds interesting 8)

[yoda313]

Can't remember. Too long ago.

[MackemX]

Can't remember. Too long ago.

www.google.com

he's my friend normally but you can play with him also

[yoda313]

Actually yahoo is my friend - its so underutilized and bullied by google

http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/02/homemade_mame_arcade_cocktails.html?CMP=O...C-0D6B48984890

a pic of the "cocktail" game version.

[MackemX]

Actually yahoo is my friend - its so underutilized and bullied by google

http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/02/homemade_mame_arcade_cocktails.html?CMP=O...C-0D6B48984890

a pic of the "cocktail" game version.

it's amazing what friends do for you isn't it?

that's a pretty cool looking machine and there was a link I noticed

http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade.htm

[yoda313]

Not bad pretty authentic. I hope that single plug is for a powerstrip