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Play Classic Video Games In NY, At Home

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the emulating-the-classics dept.

Iphtashu Fitz writes "If you'd like to play classic arcade games from the 1980s, then it might be time for you to take a trip to New York, according to Wired News, since the American Museum of the Moving Image is holding an exhibition called Blip! where you can play a selection of the classics, including some of those referenced in an earlier exhibition. Also mentioned on their site is the X-Arcade cabinet for playing arcade-style classics at home through emulation." Much easier than building your own cabinet.

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  1. Original article text by RobertB-DC · · Score: 5, Informative

    As part of my Ghosts of Slashdot project, I grabbed a copy of this article before it went "live". There was a Slashdot outage at about that time, so I don't know if CmdrTaco & co. decided to change the text, or if it was lost and had to be re-created.

    Same submitter, same "dept."... just the title and story text has changed.

    Play Those Classic Video Games Virtually Anywhere
    Posted by CmdrTaco in The Mysterious Future!
    from the emulating-the-classics dept.
    Iphtashu Fitz writes "If you're like me your introduction to video games decades ago was something like the Atari 2600, and you also pumped untold hundreds of quarters into arcade games like Space Invaders, Defender, and Asteroids. Well according to a Wired News article you can now play these and many more of those classic games in their original format on your PC, Mac, Playstation, XBox, or Gamecube. X-Arcade has an emulator & arcade-style interface that they claim will let you play over 4000 of the classic games on any of these modern gaming systems. Or if you'd prefer to play the actual arcade games from the 1980's then it might be time for you to take a trip to New York where the American Museum of the Moving Image is holding an exhibition where you can play these classics. Game emulators can be found linked from the museums website as well as through Retrogames." Much easier than building your own Cabinet.

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  2. Instead of buying the x-arcade cabinet by goldcd · · Score: 5, Informative

    Rescue an unloved genuine arcade cabinet, pop in a PC made out of all those bits and pieces you have lying around your house and join them together with bits from http://www.ultimarc.com/
    Appreciate that special aroma in your home and the genuine cigartte burns around the joysticks.

  3. Just buy a junked cabinet by Shiifty · · Score: 5, Informative
    $1000 is steep for a cabinet that doesn't even look like a real arcade machine. You have to add a PC and a TV to make it work.

    You can buy a scrapped cabinet for less than $100, or free if you know where to look. They typically include a coin door which is a real eye catcher, and just need a washing up. Attach a pre-made control panel ($100?) or make your own, drop in a TV + PC and Bob's your uncle.