I think it's fair to say that the ultimate goal for most retro gamers is to have an arcade cabinet in your home.I really want one. I always have. I have various arcade PCB's that I run via a supergun but I don't have any cabinets. I'm hoping to finally pick one up next year.Do you have an arcade cabinet? Even an emulated multicade could be cool if it's done right, most of them are garbage though. Feel free to post cursed 1up slop in this thread too.
No the ultimate goal is to have a job which pays me enough to afford my hobbies and to invest in retirement, that and free healthcare. I can care less about a fucking arcade cabinet....
>>12902532I have about 10 of them, but only my MVS i use to swap boards with. Would love to some day get off my ass and build homes for all my homeless pcbs.>>12902542Look at the fukin normie over here.
>>12902542I already have all of that. What I don't have is an arcade cabinet.>>1290255110 cabinets??? Dude that's awesome. Would you mind posting a picture to show off your collection?I used to watch this guy on YouTube who did these really long unedited videos of himself buying and repairing old arcade cabinets. He knocked down all of the walls in his basement and turned it into a dedicated private arcade, even had an electrician go on there and make it safe to have everything running. It was such a cool setup, I always loved watching his videos. Unfortunately he randomly stopped uploading like 5 years ago despite having tons of subscribers.I'd like to get two cabinets. One for my PCB collection and throw a MiSTer into the other one.
>>12902532A Snow Bros cab would be nice to own, since it's shockingly close to Genesis hardware. (Which itself was inspired by System 16 hardware.)
>>12902532No, I don’t want or need something like that
>>12902532>I think it's fair to say that the ultimate goal for most retro gamers is to have an arcade cabinet in your home.It is, until you own one. Then once the novelty wears off (about a year for me) you realize it's still the same games you've been playing all along. And that you can get the same experience sitting in front of a monitor on a desk with your arcade stick on a small table. >Do you have an arcade cabinet?Not anymore.
>>12902559I would have to post multiple pics because its spread out and some are in storage, but i will try and post something if i get time later. It's nothing fancy, some lined up against a wall and would love to get a basement arcade built for everything some day. What i have consists of a gold cab MVS(was paying off a big red cab last year but owner accidentally sold it to someone else), Vigilante, Time Pilot, Time Pilot 84, Capcom Bowling, VS Super Mario Bros, a table top Quiz Master game that at one point was something Nintendo, a 2 player Daytona USA and if you want to count them, i have a Midway and Konami official multi cabs from the 2000s that are like proto 1up Arcades, except they used actual crt monitors in them. I'm in talks with a local guy to buy his Junior Pac-Man cab that is in rough shape. I would still love a candy cab just to use for board swapping.Also theres an anon on this board with a garage full of vintage early 80s machines that blows everyone else away.
>>12902740It's not for your own enjoyment. It's about showing off and posting pictures online to impress strangers.
>>12902532Arcade was always money grubbing garbage.
>>12902740That's like saying the novelty of going to the arcade will wear off because you can just emulate, and yet I always have fun when I go to the arcade.
>>12902845>t. faggot
>>12902836It's for playing. Do you not play video games?
>>12902532>most poor retro gamersPeople who aren't poorfags have all the toys they want.
>>12902542/thread
>>12903370Anon... that's exactly why arcades died once people could play them at home
>>12903370>That's like saying the novelty of going to the arcade will wear off because you can just emulateIt absolutely did for me. Especially in these days of the free-to-play arcade where the normies treat it like a carnival where you go in a circle, play everything once, and leave without saying a word to anyone you didn't come with. I've gotten some of the dirtiest looks from people for just standing there watching them play asking to play 2p. I've also just walked up and slammed the 2p start button without saying anything, and this almost always results in the other person walking away. Extra note: when you're pretty good at arcade games the benefits of paying $10 to play all you want starts to look less appealing. I can play for 15-20 minutes at a time on a lot of games on one credit. If I'm there for several hours that's not going to add up to $10.
>>12903491That's not why arcades died. They died because they were no longer the most powerful hardware available that you could play.
>>12903569I still enjoy going to my local free play arcade with my friend, but i do wish more of them also had a means to just let you walk in and pay to play as they were meant to be. I'm always passing by my local one at the mall it's in and i would stop in and play a round or two of Q*Bert or Zoo Keeper if i could just pop in some quarters and not pay for a full all day pass.
I have multiple cabs, which I bought before they exploded in price. I generally would not recommend. Playing them is fun, maintaining them (and the PCBs) is not fun.
>>12902532I'd love to have one, especially for Armed Police Batrider. It's just that the entire affair of buying, owning and maintaining used arcade cabinets is so risky.Buying: You have no reliable sellers. You have no idea if the cabinet has defects or issues. You don't even know how long it'll last. For all you know, no matter how pristine the quality of the cabinet is when you receive it, the thing may very well break down in a year. Then there's the shipping fees that are probably insane, especially if you're buying a cabinet from overseas.Owning and maintaining: If parts of the cabinet break down, you either have to hope that someone knows how to fix it. Or, a safer move would be to actually learn how to fix simple issues yourself. As such, having arcade cabinet collection as a hobby should require the hobbyist in question to know how to fix a good chunk of hardware issues himself.
I always wanted one of these
>>12903569Wow that's what the "barcades" are like? That's so gay. I mostly see those "cheap thrills" or whatever the fucking name is an although the massive space invaders game is cool it seems everything is on a timer and it just eats your tokens and tells you to fuck off.
>>12903467That's not true. I have a ton of games and consoles and even several arcade boards, but I don't have an arcade cabinet (yet). I'm planning to get one in the spring but it's not a finance problem. It's a space issue.
>>12903491Arcades are so dead that I go to one frequently
>>12903569That's pretty gay. The arcade I go to is standard, put in a coin to get a credit. Also they hold tournaments and stuff all the time. Recently they started doing Virtua On tournaments which I've been wanting to take part in but it's on Wednesday nights and I'm busy at that time.Having everything on free play sounds super unappealing because you could just credit feed every game in there. There's no more challenge to the games anymore at that point. Where's the fun in that?
>>12903591What's the problem with maintaining them?For the PCB's, I wrap them in anti static bubble wrap and put them in plastic boxes on a shelf when they're not in use. That keeps them safe. Apart from keeping the dust off them and not letting them get zapped by static there's nothing else to maintain. It's very rare that a game needs a recap, I've certainly never had to do it. Sure some games might have suicide batteries that need fixed but after you rewrite the chips a single time they're fixed forever. What is it that you have to do that's so annoying?I can understand about the cabinets though because of the CRT monitor. I have considered getting a modern LCD cabinet and converting it to JAMMA but that feels like some kind of mortal sin.
>>12903630>You have no reliable sellers.The thrill of the hunt is part of the fun.>You have no idea if the cabinet has defects or issues.Just fix it if there's anything wrong with it.>You don't even know how long it'll last.Take care of your stuff and it will last forever.>For all you know, no matter how pristine the quality of the cabinet is when you receive it, the thing may very well break down in a year.Ok? So fix it.>Then there's the shipping fees that are probably insaneWhy would you ship an arcade cabinet? Do you want it to break?>especially if you're buying a cabinet from overseas.Why would you buy from overseas? Cabinets are everywhere.If all of that is too hard you could just get a kit for a modern cabinet and stick a MiSTer inside of it. There's nothing wrong with that.
>>12903648Perhaps the reason you're poor and don't have the toys you want is because of your retardation that compels you to cope comically like that?
>>12903804I literally told you that it's not a financial issue, it's a space issue. I'm in the middle of remodeling my house at the moment and I won't have a spot to put it until after the remodeling is finished. That's why I'm planning to buy it in the spring, because that's when we plan to be finished with the remodeling.
>>12902532This thread is pathetic.Why do you even have PCBs? Who are you trying to impress? Is your obsession to consume and collect so latestage and mindbreaking that you decided fucking PCBs was the way to go?What is the point of having an arcade cabinet in your home? Did you even play at arcades growing up, or do you just want to larp as a Gen Xer? Given by your post of the Astro City, maybe you want to larp as a Japanese Gen Xer.Don’t make assumptions about what the rest of us want, trying to justify your own poor financial decisions.
>>12903661I had a JP Liquid Kids PCB die in storage. No clue what's wrong with it. I have a WonderBoy that will randomly glitch out, I assume bad RAM somewhere. 1942 had very low audio, but that was fixed by a recap. My The House of the Dead cab recently developed some sort of audio interference, unsure if it is just a bad audio pot or if I need to recap the audio board. Double Dragon board that fails initial self test (I forget the name of the chip that reads bad, but it's apparently a common problem, and sometimes is actually due to an adjacent chip failing and not the chip that reads bad; I replaced that other chip, since it is easier to get a replacement, but of course the problem wasn't resolved). TMNT had scratchy audio, and I think I replaced the culprits (tantalum caps) but I don't recall if I tested it long enough to see if the problem had resolved (apparently this is a common problem). I have some other boards that have developed problems, but those are some of them.
>>12903836kys
i want a sexy parodius cabinet for my coffee shop
>>12903836>Why do you even have PCBs? WhoTo play them>Who are you trying to impress?I'm not trying to impress anyone>Is your obsession to consume and collect so latestage and mindbreaking that you decided fucking PCBs was the way to go?I like to play games and owning games is the best way to play them.>What is the point of having an arcade cabinet in your home?So that I could put my PCBs inside of it (on rotation) and play them the way god intended instead of plugging a controller into a supergun.>Did you even play at arcades growing upI still play at arcades now>Given by your post of the Astro City, maybe you want to larp as a Japanese Gen Xer.I'm Japanese>Don’t make assumptions about what the rest of us want, trying to justify your own poor financial decisionsBuying something you want and can afford is a poor financial decision? Dude you must be an absolute poorfag. Are you that faggot from earlier in the thread who was crying about not having a job or healthcare?
>>12903846Anon, you're scaring me.
>>12903895>I’m JapaneseBahahahahahaha oh it’s you. Never mind, that explains everything.
>>12903897I'm sorry that you can't afford to buy things that you enjoy. I'm not sorry that I can. Why are you so offended that I want to buy a cabinet to put my PCBs in?
>>12902532>fair to say>cabinetsnah. they're mostly shit. I want pinball machines. Arcades I can emulate all day or plug jamma adapters into cheap boards i get online from cunts. pinballs are an entirely different level of pain and fun>>12903895>So that I could put my PCBs inside of it (on rotation) and play them the way god intended instead of plugging a controller into a supergun.chad arcade enjoyer>Buying something you want and can afford is a poor financial decision? according to the retards of this board if you aren't poor like them or as stupid as they are then it's a problem
>>12903907Chad pinball enjoyer. I kind of want a digital pinball table but I have a fear that it wouldn't be as good as the real thing.
>>12903996>I kind of want a digital pinball table but I have a fear that it wouldn't be as good as the real thing.they are pretty cool, fun and have some great recreations of classics, it's just not the same feeling. there's just so much going on with a real machine that it sort of feels alive. you get feedback through feel that software can't really give you. being able to nudge/tilt machines in various subtle (or semi-violent) ways is way too easy in software games/emulations.
>>12904012That's sorta why i haven't bought one or tried to make one. I don't have a ton of experience with pinball but my favorite arcade has some tables and I do enjoy playing them. They had an Adam's Family table and that was my favorite to play. I'm just worried that a digital table won't scratch that same itch.
>>12904038>That's sorta why i haven't bought one or tried to make one.I plan to make a real full sized table in the future. during my endless browsing around for ideas and asking for advice, the power and IO board to control all of the switches and solenoids (that eat up a lot of power), also a good idea for a game that doesn't suck, will most certainly be the trickiest part for me. the ever increasing costs is making it much harder to achieve this goal. making the software, dmd graphics and audio is the easy part!>They had an Adam's Family table and that was my favorite to play.it's great fun>I'm just worried that a digital table won't scratch that same itch.it'll be close but ultimately it won't
>>12903836you care this much. embarrassing.
>>12902532Used to own several cabs in my parents garage. These days I can afford one but I can't afford a fucking house to keep them.
>>12904086Anything cool?
>>12903836I collect pcbs because sometimes it's the only way to own a copy of the game without emulating.
>>12904141Sometimes emulation just downright sucks and the only way to really play a game is by owning the PCB too
>>12902542>free healthcare. Hilarious how some idiots really think free healthcare exists. Maybe in Israel.
Dave discovered that public services have operating costs. Next he'll expose how roads aren't free either because asphalt costs money. Clap for Dave.
>>12904167Try every developed western country, mutt.
>>12904167I get free healthcare thru the VA for being a former ZOGbot
>>12904167>>12904168Not that anon, and I don't think that healthcare should be free, but healthcare in my country is so cheap that it's basically free when comparing to America. It's among the highest quality care in the world too.
>>12902532https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rslk9ozX2O8One day, /vr/ will be part of asuka-senpai's personal arcade room.
>>12904181You enjoy living somewhere healthcare is affordable enough to be "basically free" but apparently don't believe people should have a right to that security. Convenient distinction.>>12904183Kek
>>12904186What do you mean? We have universal healthcare in my country. The amount that you pay into the system scales based on your income and it's a right that everyone has access to.
>>12904183That's a really cool private arcade. She has a ton of Vewlix's so I fell in love with the collection instantly. I saved the video and will check it out later.Who is she? Is she that wrestler that's big in America?
>>12903569I go to an arcade and they giant space invaders displayed using individual led lights, the cinema they have cool looking skiing game. You have to buy a card and put $20 on it, I'll pay $5, for $20 I can just buy Cyber Punk of steam or something similar. I don't like it but the strategy is probably popular with parents.>>12902532Just an arcade 1up still in box, as a kid I never even cared what the cabinet look like. I'm starting to think it just an uncomfortable way to play. Those repro pac man multi cades can be pretty fun when I played them at work events.>>12904012I could have got one cheap about $1000, it was police themed one with animal characters and an anti drug message. Just had no room, every pinball I paid to play was alway broken in some way.
The thing that's ironic is, if you went back to the peak of either the 80s or 90s arcade booms, all any of the players cared about was being able to play the games. They craved them. And they'd play them any way they could get their hands on them. So today you've got a guy like OP who has these thousands of games at his fingertips waiting to be played RIGHT NOW, but he does not do so, because he desires to play them the *right* way, that a person who is from the era of the Right Way would not give two shits about. They wouldn't wait for a cab, they wouldn't be making posts on this desolate wasteland of a website, they'd be playing the game right now, right this minute.
>>12903809>I literally liedYes. I know. That's why I'm mocking you for being a retarded coping poorfag.
>>12905052why do you make shit up? I play my games on a supergun. I want a cabinet because it's a better experience. I already said this earlier in the thread.>>12905185No I didn't
>>12905403Honestly, I don't believe you do play your games on your supergun that much.
>>12902542Fpbp
>>12903895>I'm larpaneseOh. It's that kid again.
>>12902532Imagine not opting for Paperboy with the handlebars.
>ugly dust magnet you'll play on twice a year and still requires constant maintenance No thanks
>>12902532I definitely used to want a candy cab and whenIsee a nicely preserved one I do feel a certain way about it. They're great, especially since I didn't have access to those in the arcade era as an American. The reality is
>>12905573pressed post too quick... The reality is that the care that goes into these is part of the hobby so if you do it, do it right.
>>12905468Oh yeah, I'm totally larping. I'm so committed to the larp that I bought a house in Japauand filled my fridge with Japanese food. Here's a timestamp by the way.We have this conversation all the time. How long are you going to keep embarrassing yourself?
>>12905567I can ride my bike with no handlebars
>>12905424I play them pretty often. Just yesterday I repaired my joystick so I can play my CPS2 games. I play these about as Often as I play my Neogeo games.
>>12905694Repairs are not playing the game.
>>12905695I repaired it so that I could play the game you dunce. It's implied that now that it's fixed I'll be able to play CPS2 games more often. I recently picked up a board for Street Fighter 2 the new challengers sobim going to try and play through it with every character.I've also got a ton of MVS games. Last night I played through Metal Slug 1 and then played Windjammers. Today I'm planning to play more Windjammers and then maybe Metal Slug X, KoF, or Marvel vs Capcom
>>12902532yes but i never got rich enough to justify the prices and space it took up. also couldn't be assed to DIY one with a retropie or whatever. i saw my local grocery store make a plasticky one for Street Fighter 2(modified).
>>12905692post a recent pic of where the SEGA store used to be....and your arm with a Mickey watch.
>>12905742What Sega store?>MickeyI'm not gay
>>12905692>I bought a house in Japauand>filled my fridge with Japanese foodHow long are you going to keep embarrassing yourself?
>>12905776You're the one crying because someone wants to add an arcade machine to their collection. You started off in this thread crying about how you can't afford healthcare.
>>12902542Ultimate goal would be all of that but with no job
>>12905052poor and newfag
>>12904183Kanako is pure sex and i suggest anons to see her extra previous work in japan.Also it is insane how many wrestling arcades exists there.>>12904224Anon...
>>12905692You live in Japan? That is embarrassing.
>>12902532>I think it's fair to say that the ultimate goal for most retro gamers is to have an arcade cabinet in your home.I think that's a fantastic goal fo arcade fans. But it depends on the type of gamer you are, and the space you have a available. Some gamers are console collectors or handheld collectors, so arcades don't appeal to them.It's funny. Arcade cabinets when they were first released were sold for a MASSIVE profit. Standard arcade cabinets were essentially just a cheap wooden cabinet that used the cheapest wood possible (like particle board or MDF), a CRT TV, cheap joysticks, the arcade hardware, and some artwork slapped on top of it. Then some company like Sega or Namco would sell the cabinet for $7000 to 10000 dollars. The company made a fortune. Unbelievable when you think about it. That's a huge amount of profit when you think about how little actually went into the cabinet.
>>12903569>when you're pretty good at arcade games the benefits of paying $10 to play all you want starts to look less appealing. I can play for 15-20 minutes at a time on a lot of games on one credit. If I'm there for several hours that's not going to add up to $10.That's not how you should calculate it. You are paying for access to these machines, their electricity costs, and their basic maintenance. You should be thinking, "How many machines do I get access to for just $10 dollars?". This isn't the 1980s or 1990s anymore where you brag about how much you can stretch a quarter. Those days are long over.
My ultimate goal is take care of my wife and leave the world a better place than I found it. But an arcade cabinet is pretty cool
>>12903809Dude it's a cabinet. The same size as a book shelf. It's not a giant sofa or a car. You HAVE the room. You just don't want to admit it. Stop thinking that you need to create a "special space" for a cabinet. That's what stops so many gamers. I had one in my garage. Then moved it to my living room. Then moved it to another room. There's always space.
>>12903907>nah. they're mostly shit. I want pinball machines. Arcades I can emulate all day or plug jamma adapters into cheap boards i get online from cunts. Most people aren't like you. They want the entire experience of the arcade cabinet including the physical presentation.>pinballs are an entirely different level of pain and funThere is literally a pinball emulation scene too. People emulating real pinball machines and companies try really hard to shut it down. Not sure why you don't know this.
>>12904438>as a kid I never even cared what the cabinet look like. Because you have aspergers. That's okay but don't pretend that everyone is the same as you. We actually care what the cabinet looks like. It's part of the experience.
>>12905052>The thing that's ironic is, if you went back to the peak of either the 80s or 90s arcade booms, all any of the players cared about was being able to play the games.Wrong and wrong. I'm from that era. The arcade was a social gathering place for the local community. It's how you many kids played with people, made friends, and met rival kids in the local community.If not for the arcade, you would have never met your annoying rival named Gary who lived 20 minutes away in the same neighborhood. You would have never played endless back forth epic matches on Street Fighter 2 with crowds of people watching.Nope. Judging by your post, you were probably that one overweight kid in a coat who looked annoyed and sat in the corner playing that one shmup game and gave anyone a nasty look who wanted join on Player 2 and help out.
>>12906671No I don't, I'm renovating. I'm going to put it in my office.
>>12906684>pinball emulation topkekmight as well emulate 4chan by talking to chatgpt
>>12906690>t. contrarian dickhead
>>12906690>Nope. Judging by your post, you were probably that one overweight kid in a coat who looked annoyed and sat in the corner playing that one shmup game and gave anyone a nasty look who wanted join on Player 2 and help out.Top kek.
>>12906816>topkek>might as well emulate 4chan by talking to chatgptYou've never heard of digital pinball? Load up your favorite game and play.
>>12906824What's the matter? Can't handle the opinion of a 49 year old dude who lived through the final years of the golden age of arcades? I was there anon. I LIVED it. I was saw how good things were at the peak of arcades. I've played on giant ass machines that you can't even find in arcades anymore. (Rest in Peace ... Ridge Racer Full Scale of Las Vegas Treasure Island arcade....wherever your rusted remains are. RIP)>>12906831That's assuming he even went to arcades at all.
>>12906860>hey anon I heard you like womenhell yeah>well look at this lovely trans lady. give her a play.*visual disgust*
>>12906874Weren't you the anon complaining that no arcades or pinball exist near you? Well this is the "official" solution that pinball companies provided. So spend the $5000 and buy one.
>>12906865*American arcadesArcades are certainly on their last legs even in Japan, but there were many great arcade titles that came out long after arcades had died in America. There were some really cool games available to play in Japanese arcades even in the 2010s. I haven't gone to one in a few years but I used to love playing BlazBlue and others on the NESICA cabinets.
>>12906885Him and the anon who cried about not having a job or healthcare are the funniest fags in this thread
>>12906886arcades are thriving in china. they are always full. reason being they are subsidized by the malls as loss leaders to generate traffic. you can get 10 minutes at a iidx machine for like 10 cents. in japan they are alive but like america they are subsidized by claw. usually its claw on the first floor and arcade on the second. arcade has people in it but its not packed. pachinko is way more popular sadly
>>12906890Ive seen dudes who rented an old 1 bedroom apartment. They had one or two cabinets inside their house. Just an old Tekken 3 cabinet sitting inside their living room. They bought it for 150 dollars. These machines aren't exactly expensive. You just need to have the will to actually do it and go buy one.
>>12906903>japanArcade companies are the ones killing arcades in Japan. They force business into "profit sharing" contracts where they agree to give 50% of the profits the arcade machine earns back to the arcade company. You must also agree to install their monitoring software and keep the machine connected to the internet at all times. If you don't agree to this contract, then the arcade companies won't sell you their new arcade cabinets (looking at you Sega, Namco, and Konami). There's no way small Japanese mom and pop arcades can stay open with those kinds of harsh conditions. So they shut down. Arcades would be thriving in Japan if it weren't for those greedy arcade companies.
>>12906916the problem worldwide is that machines are simply too expensive. and if they are cheap to replicate the question becomes "why wont the user just replicate it at home"
>>12906865Oh it's you. Thread's over everybody, pack it up.
>>12906921They need to be expensive because China will copy it and build knock off designs made with inferior materials. They don't respect copyright laws or trademarks.So they need to offset the costs knowing China will just copy it. This was an issue in the 1980s and 1990s with China building knockoff cabinets and arcade motherboards (like Street Fighter 2 "rainbow edition" ) and selling them worldwide.
>>12906925Okay what new bad guy strawman did you invent in your head now?
>>12905692You can get slot of these brands in America too. Just shop at the local Asian or Japanese market. Nice try.
>>12906903>ChinaNobody cares
>>12906964I'm not sure what's worse, the fact that you believe that you can buy Japanese milk in America or the fact that you think I'm American.
>>12907110We get Japanese milk imported from Japan all the time. Especially if you live in Hawaii or the West Coast of the continental USA.
>>12907160Well I don't buy newspapers so that's the best time stamp you're going to get. How do they ship the milk across the Pacific without it going bad? There's no way it's moving by plane.
