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Vigo:
I'm thinking my next project will be a full arcade machine with all the bells and whistles, and everything that I don't need, but want to include just because I can. It won't be for at least a year or two, but I am starting to squirrel away files right now and want to store everything on it's own dedicated hard drive(s) as I go.

I'm looking to get a picture of Hard drive space used. I'm guessing once you get into throwing in more modern console games, daphne stuff, intro movies for HS, PC games, etc. we are talking multiple terabytes.
 
So my question is how much you got going on in your cabinet, and how much space does it take up?
404:
I'll give you a grasp of what i have on a 500gb drive that's nearly completely full. all titles have screenshots and videos. might give you a general idea of what to expect in terms of capacity usage.

mame 0.142
nes
snes
megadrive/genesis
segacd
32x
sms/gg
pc-engine/tg16
gb
gbc
gba
few more..

the two biggest users of space are going to be CD isos and video clips.
spoot:
1.5TB atm myself for snaps, vids, roms, etc.......and counting.  Most systems are in it.
BadMouth:
I only use 500gb ones in my machines, but I keep of backup collection of roms that is on a 1.5TB drive with very little room leftover.

That includes a full MAME romset+CHDs, Daphne, Taito Type X, Demul, Makaron, Model 3, Model 2, Digital Leisure light gun games, all cartridge based systems, US release Sega CD, US release Sega Saturn, & Dreamcast.  If I have video snaps on there, they would only be for arcade games.

The consoles that had optical drives are what really eats up the space.  I only have isos for the sytems listed above, no PS1, PS2, NeoGeoCD, TurboGrafx CD, GameCube, Wii, etc.  I once saw someone selling 2TB drives with that they claimed was the entire PS2 library.

2TB is probably the going size for pokerom types (gotta catch 'em all) and they limit the optical images to the most popular titles or the first few consoles of that type.

I can see hitting around 6GB if you wanted everything that is out there.  The PS2 alone is more content than you could play in a lifetime.

It would be interesting to post actual numbers for each system.
Someone from the Hyperspin team should be able to tell you what size the total content they have available for download is.
Likewise with EmuMovies.

ark_ader:
10TB and counting.
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