My new arcade Machine (Pics Included)

[MarioAllStar2600]

Well I told everyone I was saving up for a new arcade machine. I just purchased one. :D It was one I really wanted to, and X and O's football. It is in Really good running condition. i need to send a truck to get it picked up, but I should have it next week.
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[Flack]

Congratulations, that thing looks super clean.

I may have a post like this in the next could of hours if things go well ... :evil:

[MarioAllStar2600]

Congratulations, that thing looks super clean.

I may have a post like this in the next could of hours if things go well ... :evil:

Thanks. Good luck with the machine. I knew you would be one of the first to post. ;)

[Videogamerdaryll]

Sweeet!!!

Congrats!!

[Gamereviewgod]

Do you honestly think you can post something like that and not give us a price??? :P

[Balloon Fight]

Sweet find richie rich. ;) What did you pay?

[Flack]

Well, things didn't go as cheaply as I had hoped, but I still won.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3276434673

[MarioAllStar2600]

I think I got a pretty far deal. I am $200 in debt rigth now, so I am gunna have to do some work. Ugh :o . I sold alot of stuff, and babysat for some cash.

$500. I have $350, so im down $150. $500 seemed liek a pretty afir deal.

[MarioAllStar2600]

Well, things didn't go as cheaply as I had hoped, but I still won.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3276434673
Still a pretty nice machine, and for an alright price. Can't tell much on the condition, your gunna have fun with that though.

[Balloon Fight]

Well, things didn't go as cheaply as I had hoped, but I still won.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3276434673

Nice machine there. I've never seen a vs. arcade game like that. Plus you can just go pick it up which is always a plus. What is that like your 13th game?

[tholly]

to both people that just got new machines....very nice and good luck with them....i may be adding another arcade machine to my collection soon so i may be able to post something like that on fri, sat or sun depending on how it goes...i found someone with a nintendo vs. cocktail table and i just have to find time to go and check it out....

[Sniderman]

Wow. A rare find indeed. Prepare to have the ever-lovin' crap pinched out of the palm of your hands though. When those balls get to-spinnin' they will chew small bits of flesh from your palms.

Back me up on this X-and-O Football playrs!

[AB Positive]

I'm still jealous that y'all got room for cabs! I'm still doing the supergun route :P

-AG

[Flack]

Nice machine there. I've never seen a vs. arcade game like that. Plus you can just go pick it up which is always a plus. What is that like your 13th game?

Yeah, I had never seen one like this before either, that was part of the interest in it. If you count it as two games, they are cabinets 12 and 13.

On my personal website (http://welcome.to/theoharas, apologies for popups in advance), you can click on "My Own Arcade" on the left hand side and see pictures of all my games.

[98PaceCar]

MarioAllStar2600,

Very nice looking game! It's been a long time since I've seen one of those that has that much art intact! Not one of my personal favorites, but it's a pretty important game in the history of vids and it's a whole lot of fun to boot!!

Flack,

I've got a set of vs roms I'm not using. I think it's for Gumshoe. If you decide to add a gun, let me know and I'll make you a good deal on these

I guess I should add my find for the weekend as well. I was given a working Hanaho cocktail mame machine. Did some work for it and I'll be doing some more, but it's still a great deal. I'm still in the process of setting it all up the way I want, but it's working great so far. And the price was more than right for me!!

Congrats to all!
98PaceCar

[Flack]

I was just going to ask you ... so the VS. games just take regular VS chips? How difficult are they to switch and swap around? I've seen some go fairly cheap on eBay and wouldn't mind picking up a few, Gauntlet and Dr. Mario would be the two main ones.

Speaking of MAME cabinets, I just got my I-PAC installed about two hours ago. I'm in the process of copying ROMs over to it right now. Just got done with a wrist-numbing round of Sidearms.

[DotCom]

Really nice aracde machines both of you guys. Never played X and O's football but it's a beauty I can tell ya that. And the Vs. machine looks reall nice also. Those taletop arcade machines really work well with food. Have fun :)

[98PaceCar]

Flack,

Yep, to swap out a vs game you just need to pull the eproms and one security chip. I don't think it's too many chips to do it, but I've never had a vs board so I may be wrong! I do know for sure that the trick to changing the game is the security chip. It's some sort of special chip that most people can't burn (myself included). The other eproms can be pulled from a mame set if need be, just make sure the security chip is there when you buy something.

I've got a friend that deals in a lot of Nintendo stuff, so next time I talk to him I'll ask about any vs sets he has.

I'm really curious to see how this mame cocktail is put together. I hit their website and it looks like the are using something other than an iPac. This is a proto cab though, so no telling what they did. The computer in it is pretty bad right now (733 eMachine), but it's good enough to at least play with. I need to put some real speakers in it and see about getting the mame version upgraded. It's still running a version from Sept 2000! Just another project on my list!!

[SoulBlazer]

Congrats on your new buys!

There's only two arcade games I'd love to have -- okay, make that three: Tron, Star Wars (atari), and Star Wars Triliogy by Sega. I'd have to pay a arm and a leg to get those games, though. :(

[Arqueologia_Digital]

Congrats!!!

[Funk Buddy]

Pinched palms for sure Sniderman!!

I loved that game... good choice.

[NE146]

That game is an all time classic. Awesome and fun one on one action. Great buy :)

[Arcade Antics]

Flack,

Yep, to swap out a vs game you just need to pull the eproms and one security chip. I don't think it's too many chips to do it, but I've never had a vs board so I may be wrong! I do know for sure that the trick to changing the game is the security chip. It's some sort of special chip that most people can't burn (myself included). The other eproms can be pulled from a mame set if need be, just make sure the security chip is there when you buy something.

That sounds about right - I think it's roughly 6-8 chips depending on the game. But some games (Vs. RBI, Castlevania) only have one small board with all the chips on it to swap.

It's very easy, but you need to be C A R E F U L ! when swapping them so as not to bend the pins. As long as you use a small flathead jeweler's screwdriver to pry them out and rocker 'em very slowly, you should be fine.

Or you could just buy extra Vs. mobos and put a different chipset on each one. Then you only have to swap the cable between boards instead of bothering with all the chipsets. :)

@Marty - very nice score! Be mindful of Tim's advice though, I know many players who've complained about "the pinch" when those trakballs get going. :)

[Funk Buddy]

That was a good deal... here's one on eBay and it's higher than what you paid.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13716&item=3277325351

[charitycasegreg]

Well, things didn't go as cheaply as I had hoped, but I still won.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3276434673

Not cheap?!?! You got an arcade super mario bros! And on top of that excitebike! What else can you ask for!!!

[Flack]

Well Marty, I'm not sure which one of us cursed this thread. I drove about 2 1/2 hours to pick up my machine today, and when I got there it didn't work. The people said it works all the time and worked this morning, but when I got there and they turned it on all the monitors did was flash on and off repeatedly.

Sigh.

[Bratwurst]

What did you do, Flack? I would have chewed them down on the price. :D