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    Default what's an ultracade worth?

    the guy that I bought the slot from had an ultracade with a large monitor... all the old classics in a standup arcade style cab.

    he's asking $650 for it, which seems very reasonable to me. problem is, I have no room for it...

    what do you guys think of price? are ultracades pretty reliable? I read the founder had some fraud issues with using games that weren't licensed. anyone know what processor is inside and whether one can upgrade it?

    maybe getting an Xbox or something else to play through my TV makes more sense. are there classic arcade packs for Wii, too?

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    Default Re: what's an ultracade worth?

    I looked into a similar machine before. I used to have several original arcade and pinball machines. I really ran into a space issue as well and ended up selling them off. I do miss my Karate Champ machine though, made for some interesting drinking games. I ended up putting a 60" TV in my gameroom and have an original XBOX, Wii and XBOX 360 connected to it. I have several classic arcade compilation dics for these systems and have found they get played a lot more than when I had the arcade machines. There is no denying the original machines had more of a cool factor but they really just took up too much space in my gameroom. I am considering however picking up a bar top multi-touch game machine for my bar. They don't take up that much space and have lots of fun games. I have looked at several used ones and am researching buying a touchscreen PC instead to put on my bar. It really depends if I can find the equivalent in games for the PC.

    In answer to your question though, I think your sellers asking price isn't bad compared to similar machines I have looked at if it is in good working condition.
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    Default Re: what's an ultracade worth?

    I built one from scratch with the cabinet, coin mech, old tube monitor, PC, knobs, buttons, interface, etc... it ran me about $700 on its own merit. My son played it to death with all the free plays and now it sits in the corner while he plays Wii or PS3. I have over 100 ROMs on it too.

    The best thing about it is that you finally get a chance to win all those games we wasted quarters on in the 80s for 'free' now.. and finally win the Simpsons without it costing $20...

    Enjoy - the best thing about mine was the experience of building IMO.

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    Default Re: what's an ultracade worth?

    buy the cabinet and rig it up yourself I bought the cabinet + pc and ipac board for like 150




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    Default Re: what's an ultracade worth?

    with homebrew on a wii you can setup 887 snes games fairly easy

    thats all the scarce, popular and rpg games too
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    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Arcade-Barto...item2318d4877d
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    http://www.ebay.com/itm/ARCADE-BARTO...item2ebaefe9fe
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    $585.00 + $38.45 shipping and handling http://www.ebay.com/itm/ARCADE-60-1-...item2eba5c89fb
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