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John:
I saw one of these UltraCade at CAExtreme at San Jose last year. It was really great actually. The games that it emulates looks and feels more like the original arcade (for some reason even on MAME I still have a hard time getting the speed right)

I asked the rep there about the emulation. They designed their own pc and put it in a box (basically like what we are all trying to do here) the difference is they wrote their own emulator (maybe loosely based on mame) and they use the voodoo card for video. When it comes down to it, it's another pc2jamma conversion that has legal roms and mechanism to charge per pay.

I'd buy one but it's pricy. I think it starts around 3k. But then again, I'm at 1800 now and that's just buying the controls and the cab (no pc yet) so when it's all done I'd be looking at around 2500.

SirPoonga:
Really? It's costing you that much? I'd say I have about $600-$700 invested in my cabinet. Take a look at it on my site.

SNAAAKE:
REALLY???

$2500 for a cab :P

mine ran about $1000 because i got a dreamcast,psx,ps2 and god know what kinda extra add on i have over here..its like all all in ONE.and ofcourse the PC.

SirPoonga:

--- Quote from: planetjay on August 18, 2002, 11:16:44 pm ---
Ultracade is not useless. It is a simple, easy, LEGAL way for places that have arcade machines to have alot more games for you to play.

--- End quote ---

Right, this is marketted for a business, not the home user.
This is actaully a good idea. It doesn't cost that much after you think about it. You are not only paying for the cabinet and games, you are paying for the technical support and warranty stuff. For a business owner, that is well worth it.

Dave_K.:
Rampy, there is another thread discussing this as well in the Software Forum:
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=2533
You can play the most popular roms legally using Digital Eclipse's emulator and game packs ($9.99). They make game packs for Williams, Atari, and Midway games. I have the Williams one, and the license agreement doesn't prohibit "public performance" so you could make money off these if you wanted. A much cheaper solution than ultracade. Go to the Digital Eclipse website and you will see they make many classic game packs for PC and Consoles. Playing these roms legally isn't as expensive as everyone thinks.

-Dave

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