Sit down driving arcade Old or new parts?

[sdweim85]

I want to have a sit down driving arcade and I'm trying to think of the most cost efficient way of getting one that revolves around having a G27 and Xbox in it.

There are 2 scenarios I can think of, Either

Buy a empty or broken Arcade sitdown cabinet like Cruisin USA or Outrun, gut it, and add my own paint and marquees.  Using a CRT inside it.

or

Just buy a Playseat Evolution, put everything on it and be done with it. probably have to buy a LCD for it also.



I'd rather buy a old Sit down driving arcade, but how in the world would I ever lift that on or off of a truck?  How do people even move those things anyways.  I have a Jamma UMK3 cabinet and it takes 2-3 people to move it around.

[brad808]

They come apart in a bunch of pieces, take it apart enough and you can pretty much move it by yourself.


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[sdweim85]

Ah thanks, that's pretty much all I needed to know.

[paigeoliver]

I'd rather buy a old Sit down driving arcade, but how in the world would I ever lift that on or off of a truck?  How do people even move those things anyways.  I have a Jamma UMK3 cabinet and it takes 2-3 people to move it around.

Where is this cabinet, the girl scout camp? I can load cabinets like that on and off trucks solo fairly easily.

Deluxe driving games are super cheap right now because fun centers and arcades and the like are closing in massive numbers AND the mid to late 90s stuff is now coming off the arcade floors and that is when they really started getting big. Last auction I went to had the big driving stuff going for around $100-$200 depending on the game. Don't even bother with the Xbox crap, just enjoy the game as it is.

They come apart in multiple pieces and are actually easier to deal with than that UMK3 cabinet which is just a single 370 pound hunk.

[sdweim85]

I would like a full sit down driving game like Daytona USA, or Cruisn World. And around here in NJ they go for like 100-300 which is great.  The thing is I'm not good with the innards of an arcade and if anything breaks on it I wont know how to replace it.

Its the only reason why I prefer empty cabs that I can just stick in a monitor/TV and a old PC/console and I'm done.

And when I meant 2-3 people for one cab its because I had to get it from my basement to the second floor.

http://southjersey.craigslist.org/for/3330692750.html 

I'd probably just get that.