Anyone here collect Arcade Machines or Pinball?

[KnightOfTruth]

Originally Posted by Twistedsymphony

Don't get me wrong, Mortal Kombat 3 is one of my all time favorite games but I had an MK3 as my only arcade machine for more than 10 years, so at this point it's pretty stale and I rarely play it.

I've already agreed to sell it to a friend who lives locally so it wont be going far

Double Dragon just isn't my cup of tea, however if I ever clear up some room I plan to fill the beat-em-up niche with a TMNT 4-player cab

The TMNT is definitely a must-have! I've been creating my MAME machine for over a year now (off and on -- but mostly off). Been purchasing individual parts and drawing (and redrawing) my plans/themes. I decided to go with the 4-player cab as I've often got a lot of people over the house. I don't really have the room right now for more than 1 so I've been really picky on the theme -- let's just call it a work-in-progress I'll post a link to my project thread on arcadecontrols once I get it into "progress" mode!

[twistedsymphony]

Originally Posted by kittychloe

Slim pickings in aus for a cheap ass, limited to $450 for now (bills) and within Sydney.. Hard to tell what machines are just remakes or simple paint jobs vs legitimate dedicated, can't trust Aussies not to rip you off lol jamma seem to start at $800 to $1200 here even when broken

telling a legit machine from a conversion really just comes down to knowing machines well. most of the time I can tell you what the machine used to be before it was converted. FWIW All machines have a metal (sometimes paper) plaque on the back that tell you what it was, provide a serial number, etc. so it's pretty rare that this wouldn't be in-tact.

as for those prices, $800-$1200 is what you might play for a Japanese Candy cab but I can't believe anyone would charge that much for a mid-90s fighter.

Originally Posted by KnightOfTruth

The TMNT is definitely a must-have! I've been creating my MAME machine for over a year now (off and on -- but mostly off). Been purchasing individual parts and drawing (and redrawing) my plans/themes. I decided to go with the 4-player cab as I've often got a lot of people over the house. I don't really have the room right now for more than 1 so I've been really picky on the theme -- let's just call it a work-in-progress I'll post a link to my project thread on arcadecontrols once I get it into "progress" mode!

if you're going 4-player why not just pickup an old 4-player konami cab and swap out the PCB for a PC?

[KnightOfTruth]

Originally Posted by Twistedsymphony

if you're going 4-player why not just pickup an old 4-player konami cab and swap out the PCB for a PC?

I enjoy the project aspect of creating my own. It also allows me to design it to spec. With the amount of work that I'll be doing on it, it would seem like a waste of a perfectly good cab. I do enjoy the CP layouts of some of them, but as this cab will be my All-in-1, I've got some great plans for my CP. And don't worry - its not one of those "franken-panels" that so many people seem to think is a "good idea"

The only major decision I've yet to finalize regarding the CP is whether I want to emulate N64 on it with the arcade controls (as I'm sure you may know this typically requires extra buttons) or just use the interface panel that I'll have on the front to plug in some n64 controllers and leave it strictly playable via that. (still haven't finished the front-end side of showing which CP layouts to be used yet for the n64 emulator). If I stick with the "controller only" option it should free up some space to let me either shrink the panel slightly or give a bit more room for arms and elbows and all that Just haven't resolved yet whether anyone would actually want to play N64 games with arcade controls or not...

[Treehouse_Ryan]

Originally Posted by KnightOfTruth

I enjoy the project aspect of creating my own. It also allows me to design it to spec. With the amount of work that I'll be doing on it, it would seem like a waste of a perfectly good cab. I do enjoy the CP layouts of some of them, but as this cab will be my All-in-1, I've got some great plans for my CP. And don't worry - its not one of those "franken-panels" that so many people seem to think is a "good idea"

The only major decision I've yet to finalize regarding the CP is whether I want to emulate N64 on it with the arcade controls (as I'm sure you may know this typically requires extra buttons) or just use the interface panel that I'll have on the front to plug in some n64 controllers and leave it strictly playable via that. (still haven't finished the front-end side of showing which CP layouts to be used yet for the n64 emulator). If I stick with the "controller only" option it should free up some space to let me either shrink the panel slightly or give a bit more room for arms and elbows and all that Just haven't resolved yet whether anyone would actually want to play N64 games with arcade controls or not...

I want to know so, so much more about all your plans....

I think people wouldn't complain about using arcade layouts for most N64 games, but I imagine the controller would add a good amount to the experience, for whatever my thoughts on the subject are worth.

Also, don't sleep on the DiveKick layout option! I've been wanting to take on something like this for years, but that game cemented my need. Jamming on those oversized buttons is the best way to settle all future disputes.