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All-In-One Arcade Console

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-isn't-that-special dept.

ArcadEd wrote in to plug his Arcade in a Box which is essentially a PC ready to play MAME, but built into a console with true arcade parts for the buttons and joystick for a more authentic arcade video game experience. It's not quite as realistic as, say building your own cabinet, but it definitely is a lot less time consuming ;)

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  1. Wow, that is ass by laertes · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Am I the only person in the world who thinks Taco's cabinet looks like ass. I mean, the Jubei Chan motif--while odd--is excusable; but the plans are almost inexcusably unauthentic. Seriously, while the "Arcade in a Box" isn't authentic, neither is Taco's.

    A couple of guys I know tore out the guts of a Mortal Combat cabinet, bolted in a PC and soldered the microswitches from the Cabinet's controls onto a keyboard's innards. That's authenticity.

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  2. no -- don't think so by lingqi · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Arcade-quality stuff can be very beneficial to the home user if they just *sells* the damn things

    consoles suck at giving me the enjoyment i want:

    1) every single gun i used for the console sucks ass. (compared to Time Crisis II guns in the arcades)
    2) think DDR (dance dance revolution). you know how flimsy the "home" pads are? many people resorts to building their own, or ebay (it's popular), or buying a machine outright (it's a 5k machine!).
    3) some of the more specialized contronls (just a *tad* specialized) are completely un-available. think any racing game. you have any idea how cheesy the logitech steering wheels are?

    but at the mean time -- if they just sold some high quality stuff, (that can be used for more than one game), you bet i will get them.

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  3. Wow... by Nindalf · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That is the most incredibly pathetic brand of snobbery I've ever witnessed.

    We're talking about toys here. Most people are already going to be a little embarrassed to put so much time and effort into such a childish indulgence, let alone becoming some sort of expert on it. And god forbid someone should want to make something of his own design with his own hands...

    No... wait... the most pathetic was that time I was in a gaming store and saw a morbidly obese man with poor personal hygiene loudly deriding some 14-year-old kid for buying the plain dice. This is just a close second.

    If you want to give suggestions, I'm sure people will appreciate it, but talking about how "home made cabinets are ASS" is just sad.

  4. Re:Sources of legal ROMs? by ArcadEd · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They way I understand it, and I have chatted with many people about this, is like this. If you have purchased a game collection cd from the store and it includes the actually roms running within an emulator, then those roms are legally yours to use. For example, Midway Classics for the PC. Namco Museum series for the PSX. Atari Classics for the pc, etc.. The subject is so gray that it is hard to tell for sure, but this is what many people have told me.