View Full Version : Has anyone seen these mini arcade things.
theshizzle3000
10-02-2006, 07:38 PM
Hey I ran across these things on the net does anyone know anything about them or what is your opinion on it.
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/ref=sc_pgc_r_3_0_1042122/602-2527481-1345407?%5Fencoding=UTF8&frombrowse=1&asin=B000AACDM8
Neil Koch
10-02-2006, 07:41 PM
Overpriced and cheaply made. I work at Target's HQ and they had a bunch of them set up one day, and they kept breaking.
They're basically cabinets running modified versions of MAME or some other emulator.
NE146
10-02-2006, 08:10 PM
Yeah don't even call those things "arcade" games :P
boatofcar
10-02-2006, 11:08 PM
Do they sell those in stores, or is it just an online thing?
Push Upstairs
10-03-2006, 12:59 AM
I saw the previous one at the Target near me.
I'm sure it was just a display, but it was running and i did play it.
MegaDrive20XX
10-03-2006, 01:02 AM
Dont go near it, someone pointed out the "Consumer reviews" for it...it's a POS
donkeykong1
10-03-2006, 01:23 AM
They've been out for a while now and as others have said, they're a POS.
CosmicMonkey
10-03-2006, 09:15 AM
I'm still wondering how the hell you're supposed to have 2 player on the thing. Player 1's D button is almost ontop of Player 2's joystick. Shockingly bad design.
However, apparently the units have a standard Jamma connector in them and a tiny Jamma PCB that's loaded with the romz.
theshizzle3000
10-03-2006, 11:54 AM
Yeah i figured if i was going to throw triple digits out for something it might as well be the real deal right
diskoboy
10-03-2006, 09:32 PM
If you look hard enough, you can probably find a real Neo-Geo cab (or console) for that much.
Muscelli
10-03-2006, 09:58 PM
are you kidding me? I wanna get one now after I saw it.. Whats wrong with it? The joystick and such cheap?
theshizzle3000
10-03-2006, 11:10 PM
If you look hard enough, you can probably find a real Neo-Geo cab (or console) for that much.
Yeah I had not even though about doing that, but what I really want is a famicon I have yet to pull that off however
Darren870
10-04-2006, 12:36 AM
Its got a jamma harness in it, so it actually has some good possibilites for some modifications.
If it was me...
Id throw in a 1 slot mvs, make a custom overlay with only controls for 1 player, and put like blazing star in it.
Might do that one day actually, i have a spare 1 slot...