Arcades becoming extinct..

[Zane H. Healy]

At 4:18 AM -0500 1/10/09, Joe Giliberti wrote:
>That would be awesome (if MARCH ever got enough money)
>There really aren't any well known arcade machines that are in any way
>affordable. A complete, non working Ms. PacMan, for example, still goes for
>between $400-$500.

One option is a "Supergun" so you can just plug your JAMMA board into 
a TV.  Another good option is something like a Neo Geo arcade 
machine.  The advantage of Neo Geo systems and a couple others is 
that you have the basic cabinet and then swap out the games.  Our Neo 
Geo is a 4-slot, and we have about 20 different games.

Of course the best solution for at home is likely a MAME arcade 
machine.  I know Fry's was selling one for a while.

Zane


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