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Arcade 1up Star Wars released and Discussion of Yoke
leapinlew:
The Yoke review is nice. The "breakdown" video is disappointing.
At this point, this is looking to be a win for A1UP. They've been able to produce, what appears to be a good playing alternative for Star Wars. The quality for long term is still suspect. I know the haters are going to hate still (you know, pride and all), but I think anyone who looks at the Star Wars roll out should at least see the benefits of the lowered price Alan 1 yokes.
I have an original yoke and a USB converter and I haven't been 100% happy with it. I'm looking forward to testing one of these out.
wp34:
Quality aside it is crazy to me that a person could walk into a Walmart and purchase a Star Wars cabinet with a yoke on it. I spent a lot of time early in this hobby planning a cabinet with a yoke on it. Imagine the hacking that would have gone on 10 years ago with this cabinet?
If it gets marked down severely (it won't) I would consider picking one up to hack into a larger cabinet.
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: wp34 on October 24, 2019, 09:00:14 am ---Quality aside it is crazy to me that a person could walk into a Walmart and purchase a Star Wars cabinet with a yoke on it. I spent a lot of time early in this hobby planning a cabinet with a yoke on it. Imagine the hacking that would have gone on 10 years ago with this cabinet?
If it gets marked down severely (it won't) I would consider picking one up to hack into a larger cabinet.
--- End quote ---
No doubt!
I was selling arcade games for years. I'm sure the customer base I was selling to has dried up due to the availability. Seems my local Craigslist has had the same machines languishing for $800-$1,000 for a 60-n-1.
negative1:
here's the conclusion of the yoke review with an x-ray view:
later
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wp34:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on October 24, 2019, 09:54:02 am ---
--- Quote from: wp34 on October 24, 2019, 09:00:14 am ---Quality aside it is crazy to me that a person could walk into a Walmart and purchase a Star Wars cabinet with a yoke on it. I spent a lot of time early in this hobby planning a cabinet with a yoke on it. Imagine the hacking that would have gone on 10 years ago with this cabinet?
If it gets marked down severely (it won't) I would consider picking one up to hack into a larger cabinet.
--- End quote ---
No doubt!
I was selling arcade games for years. I'm sure the customer base I was selling to has dried up due to the availability. Seems my local Craigslist has had the same machines languishing for $800-$1,000 for a 60-n-1.
--- End quote ---
My local CL is similar. Either dried up or the same 60-n-1 machines just sitting there taking up bytes.
I think some of this is due to Barcades. We have four within 20 minutes of my house and even more if you expand the radius. My wife and I hit one of them about once a month. Owning an arcade game just isn't quite the novelty that it used to be. I have to admit it has impacted my own goals in the hobby. Some of the "rare" games that used to be on my want list are not anymore because (at the moment) I can easily play them locally. That was not the case when I got into the hobby over 10 years ago.
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