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Build Your Own Arcade Kit
Shawn Walters writes "Xgaming, Inc., has announced availability of the new X-Arcade BYO Arcade KIT, a $60 solution designed to allow users to create an authentic arcade machine in their home powered by any PC, Mac or game console, no advanced technical skills required." Heck of a lot easier than building your own.
I have no problem putting together a controller or ordering piece online, but I have some difficulty in obtaining an actual arcade cabinet.
Anywhere to get one of these online...
And I hate eBay... an old saying comes to mind... "A wretched hive of scum and villainy"
"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours." -- Yogi Berra
Kit?
This appears to be nothing more than an arcade controller interface. This is nothing more than 1 part that you need to build your own.
The "arcade parts bundle" at the bottom of the article really scares me and is probably quite telling. $19.95 for 20 arcade-style buttone AND 2 arcade-style joysticks? Quality.
I dub thee... Sir Phobos, Knight of Mars, Beater of Ass.
Kit not cabinet, i got all excited a "kit" for $60 i knew i was dreaming.
Either Taco is getting some cash under the table or he's too oblivious to see that the story submitter is pimping his own site. If it's the former than slashdot should at least show some ethics and say this is a paid submission.
I noticed that also.
If it's the same bits that means they are selling you a fancy case with the words "X-Arcade" painted on it for $90.50. The bare joystick cost $5.50 (a two-pack costs $11) and the 8 buttons are worth $4. (a twenty-pack costs $10)
From Happcontrols.com I can't find a bare arcade joystick for under $14.
The again Xgaming does say about their X-Arcade Solo:
"Measuring in at 11 inches from side to side and built with 12 LBS of industrial grade materials...
They must mean 1 pound of particleboard and 11 pounds of lead weights on the bottom.
I dub thee... Sir Phobos, Knight of Mars, Beater of Ass.
Wow, a keyboard encoder. Those have been around for what, decades?
Admit it, you posted this just for the sake of linking to your goofy homemade MAME cabinet.
BTW, there are many, many, many better homebuilt cabinets out there than yours. Why not throw a few more links in?
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
So don't read it. It's not that hard.
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
I can't understand why a lot of people loved this Arcade cabinet [arcadecontrols.com] stuff.
One word, nostalgia. The first video game that I ever played was at a corner pizza place in the late 1970's and I spent my entire 1980's youth in arcades playing video games. So for me, although the games are important, it is about more than just the games.
Asking why someone would build a cabinet when they can just use an emulator is kind of like asking why someone would restore an old classic car when they could just buy a new car.