Screw $10k MAME cabinets
Class warfare time!
The cigarette-burned, peeling plywood contraptions of yesteryear have been transmuted into sanitized fashion accessories for the rich. Born Rich assembles a selection of twelve luxurious table-top arcade games. At first sight, it's another paean to MAME, the software that allows anyone to play these old games on commodity PC hardware. But on second thoughts, all of these things are as obviously unplayable as they are expensive.
For the price of just one of these, you can grab half a dozen classic cabinets — including table-tops — in perfect nick.
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Half a dozen?? Try a full dozen.. or more. It's very rare for upright arcade machines to go for $1000. It's uncommon for them to go much over $500. It was an unusually good deal, but I bought an excellent condition Gala *and* Asteroids for $250. (total) I wish I hadn't sold either one, but I just had too much stuff. (wistful sigh)
I would eventually like to have a personal arcade containing the following games played in times passed: Galaga, Defender, Asteroids, Turbo, Hang On, Double Dragon, Shinobi, Star Wars ... wait, what was the maximum allowed?
The only limit is room! You're just going to have to move into a warehouse. Go ahead and do it now.
Now how much would something like the Alpine game (with the skies) go for?
@4 - A friend of mine paid £750 for a used "Top Skater" machine - so probably in that region.
The only REAL problem, is serviceability - it's a lot easier to pick up some new cherry micro switches when they wear out than the whole motorized constructs in those bespoke cabs!