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Title: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: BluPhoenix on January 19, 2013 11:48 PM
you miraculously run into a few thousand dollars and decide to spend it on your own collection of arcade cabinets. you have enough space to fill with 5 games. independent of actual size or money, what do you choose?

Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: rtil on January 19, 2013 11:52 PM
hydro thunder 2p
ddr X2 2p
mr driller
neo geo classics (usually has ~5 games on it not cheating cuz its 1 cabinet fuck you)
tank! tank! tank! 2p
Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: BluPhoenix on January 19, 2013 11:55 PM
Quote from: rtil on January 19, 2013 11:52 PM
neo geo classics (usually has ~5 games on it not cheating cuz its 1 cabinet fuck you)

yeah the naomi cabinet has interchangeable rom cartridges so it's fair game
Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: Gilthwixt on January 20, 2013 12:40 AM
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Time Crisis 3
Jurassic Park: The Lost World
2 Spicy
DDR MAX

So much nostalgia, and yet, when we went to the local arcade the other day it just wasn't as fun as we remember it from 10 years ago.
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Post by: Sinitron on January 20, 2013 11:08 PM
battlezone

and that's it every other game SUCKS
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Post by: Crabarms on January 21, 2013 12:13 AM
Bioship Paladin
Rtype
Killer Instinct
Metal Slug
some random arcade machine.

I don't play arcade games to often.
Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: bd648 on January 21, 2013 03:39 AM
every rail shooter ever
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Post by: SHADOWFOX2 on January 21, 2013 04:22 AM
Cruisin' World
Daytona USA
Ollie King
Sugar Rush (JK fine how about Gaplus or some scrolling shooter)
Tekken
Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: zwimmy on January 23, 2013 01:38 AM
star wars podracing
pokemon snap
an atm
starcraft 64
wraek it ralf (LOOOOOL)
Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: Alta Don on January 23, 2013 01:43 AM
Mario kart racing, Simpsons arcade and 3 other metal slug games and I'm set.
Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: BluPhoenix on January 23, 2013 02:16 AM
Quote from: SeannyJ on January 23, 2013 01:38 AM
star wars podracing
pokemon snap
an atm
starcraft 64
wraek it ralf (LOOOOOL)
this is a pretty interesting list. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22YWYAtcyEA)
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Post by: valiums on January 23, 2013 02:55 AM
1. Pole Position
2. Pole Position
3. Pole Position
4. Pole Position
5. Xevious
Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: Greenkitten on January 23, 2013 03:45 PM
Quote from: BluPhoenix on January 19, 2013 11:48 PM
you miraculously run into a few thousand dollars and decide to spend it on your own collection of arcade cabinets.
I'd spend $700 on a cheap gaming rig then maybe $200 at most for the peripherals add an extra $50 or so for the wood and I'd build my own, its not hard at all. My father helped my uncle make the case for one with an old computer of mine. He turned it into a classic arcade machine with thousands of vintage games like tetris, space invaders and donkey kong, pretty sure my uncle still has it for his kids.

Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: rtil on January 23, 2013 11:00 PM
most of the games people have mentioned would require much more than that
Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: zwimmy on January 25, 2013 08:03 AM
Quote from: BluPhoenix on January 23, 2013 02:16 AM
Quote from: SeannyJ on January 23, 2013 01:38 AM
star wars podracing
pokemon snap
an atm
starcraft 64
wraek it ralf (LOOOOOL)
this is a pretty interesting list. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22YWYAtcyEA)

(https://thebackalleys.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebackalleys.com%2Fdump%2Ffiles%2F2716%2F910Yh6_EATSHIT.jpg&hash=ff80e41ae73420acece3f33c46a6327253db0c8a)
Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: shmeckelbutt on January 29, 2013 03:33 AM
Panic Park
Panic Park
Panic Park
Panic Park
Panic Park
Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: Rusty on January 29, 2013 06:53 AM
i'd want to have a little bit of everything

neo-geo is a must, i think
area 51 for my rail shooter
tekken III is the only fighter i can hold my own in, so that
a classic star wars sit down would be excellent
and...galaga?  i dunno this is pretty tough. 
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Post by: Greenkitten on February 5, 2013 01:34 AM
Quote from: rtil on January 23, 2013 11:00 PM
most of the games people have mentioned would require much more than that

Hardly, a lot of them have console ports, for a few thousand dollars it would be easy to get something done for under $1000 and a little effort.
Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: rtil on February 5, 2013 01:54 AM
what i mean is the hardware peripherals. for a game like ddr you need a very sturdy metal stand and dance pad if you're going to make an arcade box. you'd be spending more than $1000 easily.
Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: BluPhoenix on February 5, 2013 02:30 AM
"it's a better option to craft your own machine using a 2.99 box of nails, some wood from the back lot of the home depot, an old dell keyboard, and the used tv you got at that garage sale 3 weeks ago"
Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: Greenkitten on February 5, 2013 03:40 PM
Quote from: rtil on February  5, 2013 01:54 AM
what i mean is the hardware peripherals. for a game like ddr you need a very sturdy metal stand and dance pad if you're going to make an arcade box. you'd be spending more than $1000 easily.

Looking around you can buy a study metal pad for the PS2 version for ~$250 (and I'm sure you could make it or get it second hand for less), a metal pole would be no more than $20, a 32" TV for around $300 and some stupid strobe lights for $25 each. Add a few bits of wood for the case and paint to make it pretty (which is easily under $100) then put maybe a days work into it and it'd be around $800. Brand new PS2's were selling for $200 a few years back, and think of all the old neglected PS2s from the owners of PS3s I'm sure you could buy one for $50 or even for free. So I'm calculating $900 at most. And this is at Australian prices too so in America it would be a lot cheaper (even though our dollar is stronger)

I know this is for 1 game though so adding a few more games to the system with light guns or whatever I'm guessing around $1500 at most, so I guess I was wrong with my first estimate but since I looked at prices this time I'm fairly certain that if I had a few thousand dollars I could make one easily then keep the rest of the cash for something nice.
Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: BluPhoenix on February 5, 2013 08:42 PM
that's what i said

p.s. this arguement is irrelevant to the topic. arcade titles or get out
Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: rtil on February 5, 2013 10:41 PM
Quote from: Greenkitten on February  5, 2013 03:40 PM
Quote from: rtil on February  5, 2013 01:54 AM
what i mean is the hardware peripherals. for a game like ddr you need a very sturdy metal stand and dance pad if you're going to make an arcade box. you'd be spending more than $1000 easily.

Looking around you can buy a study metal pad for the PS2 version for ~$250 (and I'm sure you could make it or get it second hand for less), a metal pole would be no more than $20, a 32" TV for around $300 and some stupid strobe lights for $25 each. Add a few bits of wood for the case and paint to make it pretty (which is easily under $100) then put maybe a days work into it and it'd be around $800. Brand new PS2's were selling for $200 a few years back, and think of all the old neglected PS2s from the owners of PS3s I'm sure you could buy one for $50 or even for free. So I'm calculating $900 at most. And this is at Australian prices too so in America it would be a lot cheaper (even though our dollar is stronger)

I know this is for 1 game though so adding a few more games to the system with light guns or whatever I'm guessing around $1500 at most, so I guess I was wrong with my first estimate but since I looked at prices this time I'm fairly certain that if I had a few thousand dollars I could make one easily then keep the rest of the cash for something nice.

yeah it's always cheaper to do it yourself, some homemade dance pads have been done in the past and they're usually better than what you can buy online even though most are 3rd party knockoffs. if you can make the pad you can easily do the rest of it
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Post by: Sheepy on February 6, 2013 04:34 AM
I'll have five different Splatterhouse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splatterhouse) cabinets, albeit all modified in their own special ways.

Splatterhouse #1 would be left as it is except run at a slightly higher framerate.

Splatterhouse #2 would have modified graphics to mock those of the Turbografx version with the purple mask, toned down violence, and the removal of the religious iconography.

Splatterhouse #3 would replace all of the original soundtrack with music from another Namco arcade game "Tower of Druaga" and the music played during the final boss with Captain Mozzarella/Hell Chaos would be replaced with the music from Jaleco's "Momoko 120%".

Splatterhouse #4 would be your average run of the mill game of Splatterhouse, only except the external cabinet would be that of Namco's "Mappy" instead. The titlescreen would also be edited subtlety so the title would say "Splattermouse" (http://tinyurl.com/splattermouse) instead of "Splatterhouse".

and finally Splatterhouse #5 would change it's "This game is to be played only in Japan only" screen so it would display the sentence "Let's do some fuckin' carpentry." repeatedly from top to bottom of the screen and the intro sequence that plays at the start of each new game would replace the dramatic piano riff into a short 16-bit remix of yakkity sax and Jennifer's scream would be replaced with someone saying "Whoops!" in a cartoony manner. The boss Evil Cross' sprite would be changed to the head of Hello Kitty and it's shield of flying heads all be replaced with pink cartoon hearts. Lastly, every single sprite of every single enemy of the game would be given a smile, even when they're getting sliced, smashed, or shot. With that said, all the gorey sound effects would be changed to squeaks, honks, and duck quacks.
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Post by: rtil on February 7, 2013 10:55 PM
lmao

i never knew splatterhouse was ever an arcade cabinet... was it?
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Post by: Sheepy on February 8, 2013 03:13 AM
Only released in Japan!

(but then emulation)
Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: bd648 on February 8, 2013 01:37 PM
Quote from: Sheepy on February  6, 2013 04:34 AM
I'll have five different Splatterhouse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splatterhouse) cabinets, albeit all modified in their own special ways.

Splatterhouse #1 would be left as it is except run at a slightly higher framerate.

Splatterhouse #2 would have modified graphics to mock those of the Turbografx version with the purple mask, toned down violence, and the removal of the religious iconography.

Splatterhouse #3 would replace all of the original soundtrack with music from another Namco arcade game "Tower of Druaga" and the music played during the final boss with Captain Mozzarella/Hell Chaos would be replaced with the music from Jaleco's "Momoko 120%".

Splatterhouse #4 would be your average run of the mill game of Splatterhouse, only except the external cabinet would be that of Namco's "Mappy" instead. The titlescreen would also be edited subtlety so the title would say "Splattermouse" (http://tinyurl.com/splattermouse) instead of "Splatterhouse".

and finally Splatterhouse #5 would change it's "This game is to be played only in Japan only" screen so it would display the sentence "Let's do some fuckin' carpentry." repeatedly from top to bottom of the screen and the intro sequence that plays at the start of each new game would replace the dramatic piano riff into a short 16-bit remix of yakkity sax and Jennifer's scream would be replaced with someone saying "Whoops!" in a cartoony manner. The boss Evil Cross' sprite would be changed to the head of Hello Kitty and it's shield of flying heads all be replaced with pink cartoon hearts. Lastly, every single sprite of every single enemy of the game would be given a smile, even when they're getting sliced, smashed, or shot. With that said, all the gorey sound effects would be changed to squeaks, honks, and duck quacks.

brilliant.

also i wonder if there are arcade dating sims.
Title: Re: CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL ARCADE
Post by: Sheepy on February 8, 2013 01:54 PM
Pff, probably.
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Post by: bd648 on February 8, 2013 07:31 PM
I revise my list to be all rail shooters and all arcade dating sims
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Post by: lasse on February 17, 2013 04:54 PM
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Post by: ExBerian on February 17, 2013 05:02 PM
Quote from: lasse on February 17, 2013 04:54 PM
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Not sure if fake or just Japanese...
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Post by: lasse on February 17, 2013 05:05 PM
i hope condoms are mandatory, imagine catching something from that
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Post by: Sheepy on February 17, 2013 06:55 PM
Good heavens.