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eddhorse

Anyone see the MVS cart? Theres even an AES version. Bit of a saucy price tag.



https://www.neosdstore.com/shop/index.php?id_product=8&controller=product&id_lang=1

Review here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv6eYff-fZ0

airmax87

BGOllie wrote: »

I just don't like candy cabs in general. I find them soulless.
can't beat a nice wood-grained, spider-filled, marquee-adorned piece of kit.

as an aside, when did they come to the west first ? I just don't remember them being around when I was a kid or teen .
Is it just a byproduct of the everything-japan-is-awesome craze that seems to be dominating and re-writing the history of video games in europe these days ?

I remember playing the royal rumble naomi game somewhere in donegal in the early 2000s, candy and all.

o1s1n

BGOllie wrote: »

I just don't like candy cabs in general. I find them soulless.
can't beat a nice wood-grained, spider-filled, marquee-adorned piece of kit.

as an aside, when did they come to the west first ? I just don't remember them being around when I was a kid or teen .
Is it just a byproduct of the everything-japan-is-awesome craze that seems to be dominating and re-writing the history of video games in europe these days ?

Candy cabs are amazing pieces of kit. There's such a rich history to their design and manufacture.

It's very difficult to go back to small monitor chipboard generic western wood cabs when you've tinkered around with full metal Japanese cabs. They're just superior in every way in my opinion.

And no, it's not 'everything from Japan is cool', they're just better made with much nicer monitors :pac:

o1s1n

Just to go one further, there's an amazing element with candy cabs where they're actually made to order and branded by the games manufacturers of the Japanese games youre playing.

I find it more enjoyable to play an snk game on a Japanese snk cabinet rather than a wooden electrocoin westernised version for our market.

It's almost like playing a console game on an original console versus a playing it on a clone.

There's definitely a nostalgia with woods cabs here but if you're interested in original hardware it's just so much more enjoyable to have exactly what Sega/capcom etc intended.

geotrig

To add to this , I've always hated some of the **** wooden cabs we had ,most are ones that where crapily converted from poker machines (mozies conversions are example of what should be done )or the likes or not really fit for purpose or maybe my dislike came because some of the wood grains remind of the crap decor we had at home. lol
We had a good selection of cabs here in limerick, outside of the dedicated ones ,in the savoy they had a good selection of silverline and electrocoin cabs with sf and football champ in the electrocoin duets :aw: The Vic had better again (ive never found reference to what the cabs where and didnt pay enough of attention at the time ,too busy spending my money
These where plain red cabs square with seats and 25" monitors ,all universals nice and uniform and really good for a gaming session but quiet big iirc . stix and superbowl place i wont comment on ! kilkee was even worse again for cabs

Im with o1s1n here ,candys do the universal thing better than nearly all other cabinets and believe me the nanao screen are so much nicer than any hantarex' /wg.

some good old dedicated are hard beat in some forms though. anyway we'll still get asked the same questions no matter what it is and its always the same with any cab ive gotten "what game does it play ":pac:

o1s1n

geotrig wrote: »

anyway we'll still get asked the same questions no matter what it is and its always the same with any cab ive gotten "what game does it play ":pac:

If I had a quid for every time I'd been asked that question...

I usually reply with 'everything' :pac:

airmax87

on the hunt for a my first candy now, was ready to buy mozie's

o1s1n

airmax87 wrote: »

on the hunt for a my first candy now, was ready to buy mozie's

Oooh, anything in particular you're looking for? Ronnie's been sending out a few emails lately with extra stock, you on his mailing list?

airmax87

o1s1n wrote: »

Oooh, anything in particular you're looking for? Ronnie's been sending out a few emails lately with extra stock, you on his mailing list?

I am not, I'd honestly like anything with a 2p panel, banged up or not.

o1s1n

Newsletter sub down the bottom of the page here. http://www.rklok.com/

Definitely worth keeping an eye on.

what about the astros on done deal?

2 people could split them for a grand i bet

airmax87

BrownFinger wrote: »

what about the astros on done deal?

2 people could split them for a grand i bet

always forget about donedeal since i started using adverts, could be a good plan.

CathalDublin

BrownFinger wrote: »

what about the astros on done deal?

2 people could split them for a grand i bet

you buy em and after Christmas when the funds build back up we'll buy them from you at cost:eek:

Andrew76

BrownFinger wrote: »

what about the astros on done deal?

2 people could split them for a grand i bet

Link? A quick search of 'arcade cabinet' yielded nowt.

I could be letting mine go in the near year. :eek:

CathalDublin

Andrew76 wrote: »

Link? A quick search of 'arcade cabinet' yielded nowt.

I could be letting mine go in the near year. :eek:

https://www.donedeal.ie/games-for-sale/arcade-games/13783926

airmax87

CathalDublin wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/games-for-sale/arcade-games/13783926

100% interested in the splits, would nearly pay full whack for one

o1s1n

Andrew76 wrote: »

I could be letting mine go in the near year. :eek:

Ah here!

CathalDublin

airmax87 wrote: »

100% interested in the splits, would nearly pay full whack for one

bad side of XMas for me but they seem like a bargain

TechnoFreek

Andrew76 wrote: »

I could be letting mine go in the near year. :eek:

Calm down man!
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Give me first refusal!

Andrew76

o1s1n wrote: »

Ah here!

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Calm down man!
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Give me first refusal!

:pac:

Ah wouldn't be for a little while yet, bad time of year to be selling stuff it seems anyway. But I have my eye on something else that would need funding (non-arcade related).

geotrig

airmax87 wrote: »

100% interested in the splits, would nearly pay full whack for one

Why don't you just buy the onefor 600- 650, for a candy in Ireland is about as good as it gets. if you where getting it from Ronnie you are looking at 850+ all in

eddhorse

In other candy news.
Moved mine from sitting room, disassembled, carefully mashed into car and reassembled in the office canteen

CiDeRmAn

O1s1n is an expert at carefully mashing arcade related items, not so much the putting back together though....

MrVestek

eddhorse wrote: »

In other candy news.
Moved mine from sitting room, disassembled, carefully mashed into car and reassembled in the office canteen

Right beside the casting couch.

Niiiiice. ;-)

Andrew76

MrVestek wrote: »

Right beside the casting couch.

Niiiiice. ;-)

Was wondering how long it would take for someone to mention that. Too long by A&R standards.
The lads taking a break from 'working'. :pac:

eddhorse

Andrew76 wrote: »

Was wondering how long it would take for someone to mention that. Too long by A&R standards.
The lads taking a break from 'working'. :pac:

There's been a lot of breaks alright, and i wouldnt go near that couch
SF2 is getting a lot of action

CiDeRmAn

Nice new hat!
Pimoroni are selling a new Picade hat, turning a vanilla RP3 into an arcade machine.

https://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/new-products/products/picade-hat

It has inputs for a single stick and 10 buttons, not including a soft power button.
It also includes a handy mono audio out jack too.

They also have a kit with everything you need to get started, I wonder if this will drive down the prices of Bartops everywhere?

Steve X2

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Nice new hat!
Pimoroni are selling a new Picade hat, turning a vanilla RP3 into an arcade machine.

https://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/new-products/products/picade-hat

It has inputs for a single stick and 10 buttons, not including a soft power button.
It also includes a handy mono audio out jack too.

They also have a kit with everything you need to get started, I wonder if this will drive down the prices of Bartops everywhere?

That's a very neat little board actually, and not a bad price on it. The ipac/jpac work out of the box on the Pi, but not at this price

The Last Bandit

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

They also have a kit with everything you need to get started, I wonder if this will drive down the prices of Bartops everywhere?

Nope, it'll just increase the amount of p1sspoor bartops being offered for sale I suspect.

eddhorse

Still wont do 15khz though meh.

Might try a bartop as i have so much spare stuff.