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Nintendo Joins the Retro-Arcade

Posted by Zonk on from the cue-8-bit-music dept.

pashdown writes "Namco has announced a Nintendo 3-in-1 arcade game that contains Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and Mario Bros. The new upright has a 25" monitor instead of the traditional 19". Arcadeflyers.com has the flyer."

26 comments

  1. Yeah it's neat, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I just can't justify 3 grand for an arcade game that plays games I can emulate on my 21 inch flatscreen.

    1. Re:Yeah it's neat, but... by StocDred · · Score: 3, Insightful
      Three minutes after the topic goes live, we get our first "I USE MAME DURRRR" post. Nice job.

      This is collectible and nostalgic. For many gamers, playing an arcade game on a coin-op upright cabinet is part of the game itself, and emulated MAME versions do not compare. These things (and other retro products like the Classic Collection compilation games, the TV Games handhelds, and the NES GBA series) appeal to two types: nostalgia gamers who want the full-on experience and casual gamers who don't know/don't wish to use MAME. Not for you.

      As for the price, well, coin-ops are expensive.

    2. Re:Yeah it's neat, but... by reptilezero · · Score: 0

      talking about mame also gets people interested in the preservation aspects of retrogaming :) there's a lot of games supported by mame that will never be released again, so it's nice to have around just to document all the different types of games that have come out over the years. i think mame has done a lot more good than harm, myself.

  2. If only.... by bizpile · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Now, if there was only some way for me to play those games on my computer for free...

    1. Re:If only.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah, someone should make an emulator or something ;)

  3. Add THAT to the list by RegalBegal · · Score: 1

    of things that are certain to take all my time and spare money.

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    1. Re:Add THAT to the list by lunatik42 · · Score: 1

      I guess it's time for the next generation of college kids who never have laundry money.

  4. Drat! by XxtraLarGe · · Score: 1

    I thought this was one of those stand-alone joysticks, not an actual arcade cabinet. I would have definitely bought one of the stand-alone joysticks!

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    1. Re:Drat! by Nodar · · Score: 1

      I agree, thats what I thought it was too, and I thought that would be great. Then I also thought "One button?" and then I realized it was mario, not super mario brothers. Then I quickly realized I was a moron and none of what I thought was actually truth.

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  5. Disappointing by MMaestro · · Score: 1

    Anyone remember the old PlayChoice arcade machines? They were basicly arcade machines that ran emulated version of older games (most notably NES games). If they managed to do this in the past, why stop at only 3 games in a system? Classic games are nice, but considering the cost for only 3 games...

    1. Re:Disappointing by sam_van · · Score: 2, Informative
      Actually, the PlayChoice machines were not emulators. Their hardware was very similar to that of the NES, and they actually had internal cartridges that could be swapped in and out by the operator.

      Growing up in South Dakota, we often got our first glance at new NES games at the arcade in the PlayChoice machines.

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    2. Re:Disappointing by British · · Score: 1

      I recently played Gauntlet from the Nintendo Playchoice 10.

      Let's think about this. Would you rather spend 25 cents playing a stripped-down Nintendo version of Gauntlet for a fixed amount of time(regardless of you lose your health or not?) or the full-featured arcade version for the same price?

  6. The Important Question by Guppy06 · · Score: 1

    Still $0.25 to play, or have they sold out and are now askign for $0.50?

    1. Re:The Important Question by borg1238 · · Score: 2, Informative

      Still $0.25 to play, or have they sold out and are now askign for $0.50?

      The price is whatever the operator chooses to set it at.

  7. Reminds me of.. by Taulin · · Score: 1

    "You mean my very own video game!? Where no one else can touch it!?" -King Vidiot. Sorry if you don't know where this quote comes from.

  8. Oh my... that's pretty damn ugly by borg1238 · · Score: 1

    Call me a purist (cause I am), but that's some ugly cabinet artwork.

    Can't they get someone to design art for these arcade re-issues who does something more then cutting up the old art and putting it together on the machine like a jigsaw? Maybe, I dunno, be creative and design something from scratch?

  9. Different Monitor ratios? by wikthemighty · · Score: 1

    This can't be 100% the same as the originals, Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. have vertically-mounted monitors, wheras Mario Bros. has a horizontally mounted screen.

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    1. Re:Different Monitor ratios? by Rico_Suave · · Score: 1

      That's the first thought I had... what a dumb oversight on Nintendo's part.

  10. I USE MAME DURRRR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I built a replica of a Centipede cabinet. It's exactly to spec. Coin door, joysticks, trackball, spinner, buttons, yadda yadda.

    Put a computer in it with MAME, Daphne, etc. For 99% of arcade games you can't tell a difference between "real" and MAME and with my removable control panels made specifically for certain games it damn near is the original.

    Cost was about $600 including the computer. I did all the labor myself though.

  11. Flyer Typo by eikonoklastes · · Score: 1

    Mario was known as Jumpman in Donkey Kong. He wasn't Mario until later.

  12. joystick system by pretzelsofwar · · Score: 1

    Finally they might come out with one of those joysticks that have like 50 games on it and all you have to do is plug in the RCA cables into the TV and play.... and all it will have it mario games... sounds like heaven to me..

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  13. Great idea but... by Hezerous · · Score: 1

    This is a great gesture, but I honestly don't think it will sell that great on the arcade level at least. I mean the nostalgia is there, I feel it, you more than likely feel it. But we've grown past the arcade stage. Whens the last time you stepped foot in an arcade? Maybe once in the last months, years. I used to spend all my waking hours in the arcade. Hell I used to stay after and help clean just to play games for free afterhours. Now it's been years since I've been near a decent collection of coin-ops (save for the "golden tee 200x that every bar seems to have.) The generation(s?) that would put money into it will never see it. We never go to the arcade anymore. Other things have entered our life... jobs, relationships, whathaveyou. I love this idea and God willing I had the money I'd buy one for the home but it'll never see an arcade where everyones drawn to the new flashy colours and not "that old crap that has four different screens and one button". /me wipes a tear from his eye thinking about the old days.

    1. Re:Great idea but... by DarkAdonis · · Score: 1

      This machine has potential to well in an adult-orientated arcade such as Dave & Busters. D&B is a restaurant, bar, arcade, and amusement center in one.

  14. Yawn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    These games are Horrible! The original donkey kong, dkjr, and mario bros were just tiny looping games. Not until Super Mario Bros did games actually start having decent lengthy content.