[Plopboy]

This is my Arcade Cab

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Running Street Fighter III: New Generation and this is what it looks like behind the big door (going very Play School there )

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Anyhows this is a quick run down of the cab itself.

Specs

* Type: Sitdown
* Release: February-1993ish
* Dimensions: 750 x 905 x 1445 mm
* Wiring: JAMMA
* Monitor: Nanao MS8, 29 in, 15/24 kHz
* Rotatable: Yes
* Weight: 93 kg
* Power: 140 W

Condition

The cab itself isn't too shabby, it looks as though it fairly original.

The back still has the service stickers in Japanese and the transformer is 110V.

The monitor has some screen burn from Metal Slug X , there is a slight crack on the front of the controller panel and some general scuffs and scratches.

Inside there is a coin mech but it is a UK one not the original, though the coin bucket looks like it could be smile.gif. The jamma connector is ok, though there seems to be a slight crack at one end, and it is fitted with CPS2/3 kick harness.

Sound is working fine and is nice and clear.

The sticks still have a nice click to them, though I think the buttons have been hammered a bit and my need changing at some point, though they seemed responsive so they may be OK for a while.

It has a nice/nasty smell of old tabs when you open up the door to access the JAMMA loom though and the more eagled eyed of you will have notice that the top does not light up as the fluorescent tube needs a tweak.

Control Panel
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Now here I have been very lucky, not only is a CPS2/3 kick harness already fitted (need this to use the kick button on the CPS2/3 boards, Chun-Li would be shit without it smile.gif ) there are also seven button for each player. Now this may seem odd as Street Fighter only needs six, but the extra button is used for the Neo Geo games. I'll explain, most standard Neo Geo MVS games use four button (A to D) the top row in the picture and the the bottom three are the kick button for Street Fighter (and other CPS2 games that need it). Granted one of the kick button could have been wired up for this, but this keeps the wiring nice and simple and also keeps a good the button layout for both MVS and CPS2 boards.

This is a big bonus for me as I hadn't realised any of this before getting the cab, I had even gone as far as getting a price for a kick harness, so all good.

There is also a blanking plate for an eight button if need be.

I don't know if they are Happ, Sanwa, or cheap parts as I haven't opened the control panel up yet but they seem in pretty good shape.

Games

The cab is fairly versatile when it comes to which games I can get but obviously I can only play games tht have a standard JAMMA connector and are compatible with my monitor, but here are the ones I have

Capcom CPS3

Street Fighter III: New Generation
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike


Capcom CPS2

Super Street Fighter II (EU)
Street Fighter Zero 2 (JP)
Street Fighter Zero 3 (JP)
Super Puzzle Fighter II (JP)

NeoGeo MVS

King of Fighters 96
King of Fighters 99
King of Fighters 2000
Samurai Shodown IV
Blazing Star
Metal Slug
Puzzle Bobble
Super Side Kicks 2

Standard JAMMA

Cabal (Bootleg)

And that is that really, it is a great experience to own one and play on it free of charge but the games can be expensive SFIII: 3rd Strike is worth between £300 to £500 depending on condition and the there are the suicide batteries, but that is for another post

[Bazry]

When me and the girlfriend get our own place sometime next year and providing their space, I want to get myself an arcade machine whilst i've got money to get one. Yours looks great, I want one and have seen them on Ebay for about £400 that has a PC inside with ROMs loaded onto them so you can have 100s of games on it

[Mark]

Sweet cabinet!

I'm making do with my laptop (with all the ROM's on the memory) into the HDTV and a Hori arcade stick into the laptop.

Playing stuff like Robocop, Capain Commando and Cadilacs & Dinosaurs on a 37" tv with an arcade stick is cool, especially when you don't have to keep putting in 20p's!

But yeah, if I ever got the space and money I would love a cabinet like that

[Gimpy]

Awesome thread man, really nice cabinet. I've "wanted" one for ages, but its only recently its become something I've really been looking at. Feel like whenever I look at stuff online though that they're always about 800+ sad times

[Bazry]

http://www.bespoke-arcades.co.uk/

I was looking at those ones in work this money, look so good and everything I want in one. As soon as I saw they sell them in Selfridges though I knew I couldn't afford one, doesn't give you a price on the site but clicking on the articles in the likes of FHM prices them at between £2-3k

[Gimpy]

Yeah it makes me wish I lived in America full time, because even a quick glance on ebay shows me that I could probably have a mini arcade basement in 2 or 3 years of smart buys, yet in England you have to be minted or really lucky. Rubbish really

[Gimpy]

That Evo one PS3/360 support and iPhone remote control compatibility ffs

[Bazry]

I know, we can dream

[Gimpy]

I actually find the prices of arcade cabinets and ticket games confusing - You look around and acrade stuff seems to go for anywhere from $300 to about $10,000. Arcades are a bit more prevalent here in the US, but some places I've been to are ropey as fuck and still have apparently literally $200,000 of stuff according to prices I've seen. Do they rent them like some pubs do fruit machines? Can't imagine how anywhere can possibly sustain itself if they're paying so much for machines. Even shit like this is quoted at around $5000?



No wonder most arcades are filled with horrible 90's generic shit nobody has ever heard of and one Time Crisis II cabinet that desperately needs its monitor degaussing

[Plopboy]

Gimpy, on 01 August 2010 - 03:25 PM, said:

No wonder most arcades are filled with horrible 90's generic shit nobody has ever heard of and one Time Crisis II cabinet that desperately needs its monitor degaussing

Which is all the more depressing because usually there is a button inside the cab to do this

[Bazry]

http://www.turnarcad...ts&product=king

Was bored in work before so had a look at some more and come across this. Not much info on the site about ordering and how you go about it, but that King machine looks awesome and £999 doesn't seem too bad for the size of it

[Plopboy]

I'm not sure how much use you would get from 4 players, but it is a cost effective way of having an arcade machine as you wouldn't have to buy any games, though I sure you can get MAME arcade cabs cheaper.

[Bazry]

I'm just dreaming really, I can just see my girlfriends face when we need a new table or settee or something and I go and spent £1k on a arcade machine

[Gimpy]

Haha, does look wise though. What is more dangerous is that they have slightly lesser models/bartops for even more reasonable prices

[Bazry]

Found this forum which they use to update on news and progress

They're going to be at an exhibition in Blackpool in November where they'll have all their products on display and if you order one on the day you get £50 off.

http://www.r3play.info/

If I had my house now I think i'd be there

[Bazry]

Reading through that thread and seeing their progress over 2 years makes me want one now even more

[Gimpy]

We should go down together and see if we can get a bigger discount for a joint order

[Bazry]

ah dude keeps getting better, found an ebay listing for them

http://cgi.ebay.co.u...s%3DI%26otn%3D2

Scroll down and it shows everything they do with prices and optional upgrades. The King is £900 and they do a Slimline version of it aswell

Heres the art you get to choose from aswell for the top

[Gimpy]

Yeah I found that earlier after reading the forum thread you posted. Really fucking want one, but simply cannot justify it being a student, maybe next year if I save. Have just purchased a 50" 1080p TV and I also need to buy a new laptop/PC as my Laptop died a few months ago. Actually considering going all out on the PC, my mentality is that if im going to shell out for a new laptop, I might as well add a little bit of money and get an amazing PC

[Plopboy]

My lovely wife got me this game for my birthday

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How awesome is that