Arcade Baby

[Zap!]

I so need this, it looks amazing. While the $400+ price tag seems steep, it's still a lot less than the $1,700+ Ultracade. It seems to have a UK-only release as far as I can tell. Any opinions on this? Doesn't it look like something fun to have around the house? :)

* Scroll down the on-screen menu with joystick for quick and easy selection of games
* Instantly exit and reselect new games in a flash
* Pause button allows for interruptions - enabling games to be finished off at another time
* Professionally crafted pub-quality retro styled cabinet fitted with genuine arcade buttons and joystick controls for authenticity and reliability
* 10" TFT LCD Flat Screen Monitor
* Mains on/off and volume controls are fitted to the rear of the cabinet
* Perfect addition for the home, games room or work place
* Level Adjustable feet
* Height Adjustable Legs
* Height: 52cm x Depth: 31.5cm x Width: 34.5cm x Weight: 15 kg
* Over 99 all-time favorite arcade games

http://www.libertygames.co.uk/images/gallery/1622/254-arcade-baby-one.jpg

[Ro-J]

You can find a list of the games here (http://www.gremlinsolutions.co.uk/products/arcadebaby.htm). Looks like your standard pirate machine.

[TheDomesticInstitution]

Find a Jamma cab and plug in a multiboard. A lot of multi boards also have VGA out, so you can replace an arcade monitor with a new LCD, if you so desire. You could have a multi-game jamma cabinet for $400, and it'd be a lot cooler.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Thats ... thing has a PRINT-OUT INSTEAD OF A MONITOR D:

[portnoyd]

Looks to be a Famiclone no less too.

[skaar]

Did anyone else get the Muppet Babies song come to mind for this?

Arcade Baaaaby you make our dreams come truuuue.

[Zap!]

Looks to be a Famiclone no less too.

After seeing the list of games someone mentioned above, I agree. It looks like they're all NES/Famicom games. I doubt any are the actual arcade versions. :(

[buzz_n64]

Yeah, defiantly not worth the price tag. $100 is more reasonable. A famiclone with an arcade stick and a monitor, yup $100.

[JSoup]

Shouldn't this be in Arcade Alley?

[The 1 2 P]

I wouldn't mind having one of those with Tekken Tag or Soul Calibur 2 in it.

[Zap!]

Shouldn't this be in Arcade Alley?

Why, it's not a stand-up arcade game. It is a countertop. If there was a handheld/tabletop/countertop forum, I would post it there. This seemed the most likely place, being that all the games on the machine are old.

[kedawa]

I used to make little cabs like this as a hobby. The novelty of it wears off pretty fast, and it just becomes another bulky and rarely used toy.

[guitargary75]

It looks like shit! Just buy a real arcade controller and a computer! That thing has crap wriiten all over it!

[Pantechnicon]

Looks to be a Famiclone no less too.

I was going to post my tentative approval of this machine and its price point until I saw the screenshot with that all-too-familiar Famiclone game menu (65551-in-1!) so never mind. Not worth that price by half.


I used to make little cabs like this as a hobby. The novelty of it wears off pretty fast, and it just becomes another bulky and rarely used toy.

Funny, I am planning on building one of these eventually as I've gotten sort of tired of full-sized MAME cabinet conversions (I've built 7 of those). I have this nifty little 12" SVGA CRT monitor which will be the centerpiece of it. Even if I don't play it all that much myself it might be fun to take it to my kids' friends' birthday parties and the like.

[Tupin]

It's a Famiclone with a screen and arcade controls. Is there even an actual arcade game on that list?

[scooterb23]

It even has the events from Track n Field listed as different games.

Seriously, if you still are considering buying one of these. Send me the money. I'll pay off my credit card bill. That will be a much better use of the money.

[Sosage]

I think the greatest offense being committed here is someone playing Arkanoid with a GAWD DAMN JOYSTICK

Fuck. Someone slap that kid upside his head please.

[XYXZYZ]

It's a Famiclone with a screen and arcade controls. Is there even an actual arcade game on that list?

Right, I first looked at that and said "How the hell do you play Arkanoid with a joystick?"