General Arcade & Retro Chat' Special Championship Edition

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Joe Bleeps did a unboxing and play of the PC Engine mini if anyone's interested

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-ZgbiTBwco

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Whenever I was in Drogheda I would make a point of calling in.
Unfortunately I didn't buy that much as there wasn't anything I was really after on the shelves.
Still, always sad to see a B&M retro shop disappear

I was gonna buy something online but think it sold before I'd the chance, not much I'm after atm either.
I think I met them at an event and seemed like a sound crowd so kinda sad for them.
Still no word if they'll continue to sell online only or just til stocks run out

DaveyDave

Alien Storm and Alien Soldier vinyls from Data Discs.

https://twitter.com/datadiscs/status/1271159802291462146?s=19

https://twitter.com/datadiscs/status/1271165046178152451?s=19

Jack burton

Just seen it. Can't wait for them.

Kylo Ren

Really loving the Gameboy in quarantine. Tetris and some Gargoyles quest.

What are yere favourite games? Hidden gems?

Retr0gamer

Final Fantasy Legend games are excellent little RPGs.

The megaman titles from Megaman 2 onwards are great. Especially V but it's rare outside japan.

Trip World is great but not worth the insane price.

Mole Mania is a great late GB game.

The wario land games are brilliant particularly 2 and 3.

Donkey Kong '94 is one of the best games of all time.

Castlevania 2 on the Gameboy is excellent.

Kirby 1 and 2.

Mr.Saturn

Dragon Warrior/Quest Monsters is a great Pokemon clone that's a better Pokemon game than, well, most early Pokemon games.

deadl0ck

Kylo Ren wrote: »

Really loving the Gameboy in quarantine. Tetris and some Gargoyles quest.

What are yere favourite games? Hidden gems?

Same here - I'm making my through Castlevania 2 Belmont's revenge

Mole Mania is also excellent, and so is Donkey Kong - it's starts like the arcade but when you clear a few levels it starts the real game - 100 puzzle levels

Edit: Sorry @Retro ! Just saw your reply and you mention all the games I did

sniper_samurai

Smyths have the MK and TMNT Arcade1up cabs up for preorder at €399 and €499 respectively.

Optimus Prime

You would want to be insane to pay those prices.

sniper_samurai

Optimus Prime wrote: »

You would want to be insane to pay those prices.

That's the rrp on them, and they come with the risers. Still wouldn't get one though, first thing that would need to be done is to replace the awful sticks.

Optimus Prime

They might drop in price like the last ones after a while. 500 quid though for one is madness. Didn’t think shops here would take a gamble on them again.

Inviere

sniper_samurai wrote: »

That's the rrp on them

People will undoubtedly pay it, but they're not worth remotely that much. These cabs should be €199, they're not worth a cent more.

sniper_samurai

Optimus Prime wrote: »

They might drop in price like the last ones after a while. 500 quid though for one is madness. Didn’t think shops here would take a gamble on them again.

Don't forget the TMNT one is a 4 player cab, hence the extra cost.

Ideally you'd be able to grab a TMNT one sub €300.

Optimus Prime

They aren’t for me to be honest , they are handy I guess for people just wanting a quick arcade without the hassle of building / restoring one.

Inviere

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Don't forget the TMNT one is a 4 player cab, hence the extra cost.

Ideally you'd be able to grab a TMNT one sub €300.

Two extra ****ty joysticks and 12 extra ****ty buttons hardly warrants that additional premium though?

sniper_samurai

Inviere wrote: »

Two extra ****ty joysticks and 12 extra ****ty buttons hardly warrants that additional premium though?

Even though they're crap, if you were to source those same parts they would run not that far away from €100. Best advice would be to wait until its cheap and swap it all out for Sanwa parts.

Inviere

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Even though they're crap, if you were to source those same parts they would run not that far away from €100

Arcade1up will be buying these crappy parts in bulk amounts...even retail prices for 2 cheap sticks & 12 cheap buttons wouldn't run anywhere near €100. The price is this high purely because of the game on it, because the hardware definitely isn't quality or expensive.

Here's the type of junk in those cabs - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Arcade-Joystick-Game-Part-2-Stick-20-Push-Buttons-Red-Black-Kits-Raspberry-Pi/132730478915?hash=item1ee75a6143:g:7dkAAOSwDmxcRnS8

^^ that's $37 for two sticks, x20 buttons, x4 wiring harnesses and x2 encoders. Arcade1Up are certainly paying less than that.

Shapey Fiend

I don't think the markup on these cabinets even at €500 is that mad. I mean distribution and marketing costs money. Other people retailing it for them. You can't just look at the cost of the raw materials.

I wouldn't be that arsed getting an arcade cabinet with an LCD personally. Although I get why it wouldn't be viable to make a CRT one.

Jack burton

20% of the retail price here is VAT too

o1s1n

Again, I'll liken it back to bartops selling for a grand and those monstrosity LED buttoned multicades selling for even more - sometimes items aren't worth the sum of their parts/the effort that goes into them.

Inviere

Shapey Fiend wrote: »

You can't just look at the cost of the raw materials.

Obviously not no, there's lots of other costs involved. At the end of the day though, it comes down to value. Are these cabinets worth €400/€500? Not even close is the answer imo. Even if it somehow cost a big chunk of the manufacturing/licensing to produce these things, the end result still isn't worth it (for rrp).

I've always felt the gut-feeling retail price of them is €199.

Retr0gamer

Some crazy Fecker has gone and done it:

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-06-15-someones-made-lee-carvallos-putting-challenge-from-the-simpsons

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Some crazy Fecker has gone and done it:

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-06-15-someones-made-lee-carvallos-putting-challenge-from-the-simpsons

I don't want to be overly hyperbolic, but that is perhaps the greatest thing I've ever seen.

CiDeRmAn

o1s1n wrote: »

I don't want to be overly hyperbolic, but that is perhaps the greatest thing I've ever seen.

You've had multiple Ponys in your living room...
And yet... this is the greatest thing you've ever seen?

DaveyDave

Anyone know off the top of their head if the Japanese PSP X and O select/back config can be swapped back to EU/US setting? I don't think it effects games just the system, would be nice to swap off possible with CFW.

Not seeing any nice examples of boxed 3003 models, found a nice clean one in Japan though.

The_B_Man

Speaking of those 1up cabs, did I have a dream, or is it real, that the Sinden guy is teaming up with them for their next 1up shooter??

o1s1n

The_B_Man wrote: »

Speaking of those 1up cabs, did I have a dream, or is it real, that the Sinden guy is teaming up with them for their next 1up shooter??

Mini Time Crisis? I might just...!

Atavan-Halen

DaveyDave wrote: »

Anyone know off the top of their head if the Japanese PSP X and O select/back config can be swapped back to EU/US setting? I don't think it effects games just the system, would be nice to swap off possible with CFW.

Not seeing any nice examples of boxed 3003 models, found a nice clean one in Japan though.

AFAIK no. I have a Korean PSP with CFW that has the x/o swapped and didn’t see any options to change it. That was years ago so I’m not sure if it Has changed recently. It only affects the home menu though so in games it’s the normal x for select

Retr0gamer

It should be O for select anyway. Fecking western playstation games changed that and I don't know why.... or how as the button on the SNES corresponding to O was always select.