Anyone here collect Arcade Machines or Pinball?

[kittychloe]

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/baulk...ine/1009722410
This is kinda cool

[twistedsymphony]

I got the monitor working

Progress on the machine has slowed downs since I'm spending all my time playing it
though I do try to do a little bit every day. the PCB is properly mounted inside, I've installed door locks and replaced the rusty control panel bolts.

Originally Posted by richy rude

Speaking of KI I remember the original KI in my arcade when it just came out. On the demo it mentioned Ultra 64 and I pooped my pants thinking this is what the forthcoming Nintendo 64 was capable of.... unfortunately it turned out this wasn't the case lol.

Yeah there were a number of game from that era that ran on "Ultra 64" hardware, The Crusin and Rush series as well as Area 51/Maximum Force (gun games) NFL Blitz I believe.

I remember thinking the same thing about the upcoming Nintendo 64... The funny thing is, once I got the game running and played my first round my first thought was (holy crap this resolution is horrible and the textures are so low res I can't even make up what half the stuff is.) it's still fun as hell to play but it's just funny how far game graphics have come, and what we used to consider "Amazing"

Originally Posted by kittychloe

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/baulk...ine/1009722410
This is kinda cool

I've never heard of this game before, is it any good?

[kittychloe]

Theres is a clip on youtube for the gameplay.. Its.. Interesting

[twistedsymphony]

It looks kind of like a 16 bit version of Hydro Thunder to me.

If I was going to have a game of that style, from that era I'd want to go with Stun Runner... probably one of my favorite games.

[comaamen86]

looks good, i am sure in ten years time the same will be felt about ps3 and 360 graphics

[richy rude]

Originally Posted by comaamen86

looks good, i am sure in ten years time the same will be felt about ps3 and 360 graphics

TBH I don't think they will improve much over what we have now m8. Graphics wise it seems like the industry has remained pretty stagnant during the last few years and what I thought was capable 10 years ago have never materialized.

[twistedsymphony]

Originally Posted by richy rude

TBH I don't think they will improve much over what we have now m8. Graphics wise it seems like the industry has remained pretty stagnant during the last few years and what I thought was capable 10 years ago have never materialized.

There's still quite a bit more that can be done but I think we've reached a point where the quality of the graphics is dependent on how expensive the game was to make.

I actually think that KI2 has some fantastic graphics, it's just the resolution that's crappy... I mean we're used to looking at 1080P quality displays on our phones... now I have a 25" screen about a foot from my face that's running at 240P the pixels... oh god the pixels. If they re-released the game with HD sprites and textures, I think it would hold up very well graphically.


I think real breakthroughs in graphics in the future will come from new technologies that will make it easier/cheaper to make high quality graphics... I mean this generation it was all about the Unreal game engine... Most good looking games ran on that engine because it make it easy to make good looking games. Other games that ran on different engines or custom built engines just didn't look as good.

Next generation we'll see Unreal 4 engine based games. The real break throughs in graphics will come from new game engines, as well as other new development technologies, more-so than the end user hardware itself.

[mawa]

not so long ago i help a friend off me with his recievment out off japan i already have post 1 picture but here are some more.







also he recieve 2 off this iff i am correct this are the first to in europa









he also have recieve some capcom mini cutes / neo geo cabs and allot more

[twistedsymphony]

Originally Posted by mawa

not so long ago i help a friend off me with his recievment out off japan i already have post 1 picture but here are some more....

WOW that's awesome I've never even seen a real picture of a MGS arcade machine!

Do you think you, or maybe your friend could help me find some parts?

I am looking for the art work for a Virtual On Oratorio Tangram machine (basically big stickers for the sides, the seats, and the control panel), it looks like this:

Side Stickers:



Seat stickers, and marque stickers:



Control Panel stickers:





I am also looking for 2 of these NAOMI cartridges:



Obviously these things were only sold in Japan so it makes them difficult to track down. If they were officially released in the USA I would know where to look, but I am lost when it comes to Japan. Any Help would be appreciated

[mawa]

Originally Posted by Twistedsymphony

WOW that's awesome I've never even seen a real picture of a MGS arcade machine!

Do you think you, or maybe your friend could help me find some parts?

I am looking for the art work for a Virtual On Oratorio Tangram machine (basically big stickers for the sides, the seats, and the control panel), it looks like this:

You have a pm give me this info and i will try for you