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Man, these things cost alot...
fastredpacman:
look at the bright side. At least its cheaper and takes up less space than buying each cab individually.
GGKoul:
I'm way over $1000...
SteveJ34:
My total was in the neighborhood of $1,600 when I was through.
It was a scratch build with all controls from Happs including 3" trackball, hagstrom encoders, new 27" Toshiba TV, new PC, etc
It was easy to crack a 1,000 with the PC, TV, and controls purchases.
Pieman2004:
Well the good thing is you can pretty much spend as much as you want. I've only spent about $100 dollars(except for gas). I have a working arcade machine at the moment. I'll admit it is not pretty at all but it works and is a lot of fun. I just bought the controls and encoder. Everything else I already had, and I got the cabinet for free. If I had $1000 to spend though I easily could. (I have lots of plans when I strike it rich :))
But for now I'm happy with what I have.
LeedsFan:
I'm keeping a close tab on the costs for my first project. I set myself a budget of