Playchoice 10 advice

[otaku]

I have a Playchoice 10 double monitor arcade that works great. It comes with the following games: Legend of Zelda, Mega Man 1 & 3, RC-Pro Am, Super Mario Brothers 1-3, Mike Tysons Punch-out, Duck Hunt, Double Dragon, Pro Wrestling, Contra, Metroid, and chips for Rushin' Attack

THats the guys CL post so is $650 a good deal and if not what should I offer?

[Flack]

Sounds high to me -- then again, I don't care for Playchoice 10 so I'm probably not the right guy to ask. I can tell you that about three years ago I saw one at an auction with 10 games go for $300.

[Masco73]

I also had one local to me on CL that was $400. I did go and check it out and wasn't impressed. The games play almost or exactly the same as the NES versions. I would go play it first and not pay more than $400 if you still want it.
My advise is get an NES for $50 and play them that way. If you want an arcade machine go for something else that is cheaper and more unique.

[otaku]

thanks for the help guys

[DreamTR]

Or you can get it and sell the PCBs =P

[otaku]

would I make money? And do what with the cab? Hmm if I make money then yeah thats cool

[Captain Wrong]

I also had one local to me on CL that was $400. I did go and check it out and wasn't impressed. The games play almost or exactly the same as the NES versions. I would go play it first and not pay more than $400 if you still want it.
My advise is get an NES for $50 and play them that way. If you want an arcade machine go for something else that is cheaper and more unique.

This is exactly I don't get why people go ga-ga over the Playchoice 10. It's exactly the same as the NES (or at least all the games I've ever played on one are) except you are limited to a timed play. If you are going to buy a cab, why not buy something that isn't the same thing as a console you can buy for much cheaper?

[madman77]

I'm with you, Captain. To each their own, but I really do not understand wanting to play regular NES games on a cab. Waste of space and no real "wow!" factor to me. I'd rather have a ms. pac-man cab or some other classic.

[otaku]

Besides one of these my other favorite cab is the MVS. Anyway I got him down to 500

[XYXZYZ]

I have a Playchoice 10 double monitor arcade that works great. It comes with the following games: Legend of Zelda, [snip]

Legend of Zelda was a PC10 title?

[Kevin H]

There were a few playchoice games not released on nes though I think. Goonies being one.

BTW- Thats sounds high to me for a playchoice.

[Deadpixels]

Yeah, that's definitely a bit high for a cabinet that, as others said, functions the same, if not better, as a console. Grab an NES and have a much more readily available library of games that play exactly the same.

Now, if an MVS is another favorite of yours, plunk down four or five hundred bucks and get a nice four slot with a 25'' monitor. At least with that purchase you'll pay less for games than you would on the home console, rather than spending more for PC10 boards when the actual releases cost just a few bucks and are readily available in almost any home or flea market you'll ever visit.

[Kevin H]

Another idea, see if there are any arcade auctions nearby. Superauctions is one place. I remember buying a working neo geo 4 slot for 125 at the last one I went to.

[Captain Wrong]

Now, if an MVS is another favorite of yours, plunk down four or five hundred bucks and get a nice four slot with a 25'' monitor. At least with that purchase you'll pay less for games than you would on the home console, rather than spending more for PC10 boards when the actual releases cost just a few bucks and are readily available in almost any home or flea market you'll ever visit.

QTF. The MVS is the only cab with a home console equivalent that makes any sense to me.











Says he who owns a ST-V/Titan.

[Deadpixels]

Another idea, see if there are any arcade auctions nearby. Superauctions is one place. I remember buying a working neo geo 4 slot for 125 at the last one I went to.

Wow, good find! Do you happen to know which revision it was? I paid over 600 dollars for my 4-slot rev. 3 cab, though I know that's a bit high.

[Kevin H]

Wow, good find! Do you happen to know which revision it was? I paid over 600 dollars for my 4-slot rev. 3 cab, though I know that's a bit high.

It looks like this one, copied from Klov website. Don't know if that helps. It only had 2 games with it though, so I bought a 8 pack for 45. Mostly fighting and sports in it though. The cabinet actually wouldn't power on when they had sold it, but it was a wire unplugged inside. I thought it may have been that, because me and my wife remember it playing when we had got there.

I also had bought a one slot that I though was a 2 slot that was working for 75 dollars that day. Once I found out it was only a one slot *you couldn't open the games until after you bought them* I decided to sell it since I already had a 1 slot cabaret. Sold it for 275 with two games including one of the duplicate games from the 8 pack.

[Deadpixels]

It looks like this one, copied from Klov website. Don't know if that helps. It only had 2 games with it though, so I bought a 8 pack for 45. Mostly fighting and sports in it though. The cabinet actually wouldn't power on when they had sold it, but it was a wire unplugged inside. I thought it may have been that, because me and my wife remember it playing when we had got there.

I also had bought a one slot that I though was a 2 slot that was working for 75 dollars that day. Once I found out it was only a one slot *you couldn't open the games until after you bought them* I decided to sell it since I already had a 1 slot cabaret. Sold it for 275 with two games including one of the duplicate games from the 8 pack.

Nice haul, that's a revision 3 cab as well, which in my opinion is the best MVS cab you can get your hands on considering it comes with a card reader, headphone port, and some great stereo speakers.

Here's a pic of mine in the game room.



I love those cabaret cabs, you sold yours for a great price and I wish I happened to be the buyer heh.

It's a shame you ended up getting stuck with a one slot though, two slot boards are really the way to go because of the added features like the headphone port, ability to switch games (obviously) and stereo sound.

[Kevin H]

The regular one slot is the one I sold. I kept the cabaret and 4 slot.

Reason I thought it was a 2 slot was it had the game select button, and the mantle for 2 slot. But anyways, person who bought it was happy to get it. What was funny was when he loaded it into a Pontiac Vibe plus 2 other people.

As far as the cabaret, I still own it and it is at my best friends house who does independent pro wrestling. It's hilarious watching a 6 foot 2 inch 380 lbs guy sit on a couch playing the cabaret. lol. Need to take pictures one day of that.

[Deadpixels]

The regular one slot is the one I sold. I kept the cabaret and 4 slot.

Reason I thought it was a 2 slot was it had the game select button, and the mantle for 2 slot. But anyways, person who bought it was happy to get it. What was funny was when he loaded it into a Pontiac Vibe plus 2 other people.

As far as the cabaret, I still own it and it is at my best friends house who does independent pro wrestling. It's hilarious watching a 6 foot 2 inch 380 lbs guy sit on a couch playing the cabaret. lol. Need to take pictures one day of that.

When you do throw those up, that sounds hilarious.

[spanks_4]

I paid $100 for my Neo geo 4-slot with 5 games delivered to my house and it isn't going anywhere.

With that same notion I own over 300 games for the NES and own a playchoice. The playchoice gets my money hands down because for some reason I like playing nes games on the arcade and always have. I forgot to say that I also paid $60 for my PC-10 delivered to my house.

650 for a playchoice with that game selection. I wouldn't have thought twice about buying it for that after watching the price of some of those games closely. If you get it/got it I will buy at least 2-3 of those carts from you immediately.