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Wade:

I would definitely suggest selling them totally complete and set up, with MAME, ROMS, and a nice frontend.  I also recommend setting them up with only the games that really work correctly with the controls, even if that means limiting the game list severely.  I think it is better to have fewer games which play correctly, than have 3000 games and 95% of them don't play correctly.

Wade

paigeoliver:


--- Quote from: Wade on September 14, 2005, 09:17:32 am ---I would definitely suggest selling them totally complete and set up, with MAME, ROMS, and a nice frontend.  I also recommend setting them up with only the games that really work correctly with the controls, even if that means limiting the game list severely.  I think it is better to have fewer games which play correctly, than have 3000 games and 95% of them don't play correctly.

Wade

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Tell me about it, I watched one seller buy his Dig Dug mame back at auction multiple times.

All 3000 games installed, controls consisted of a 4-way joystick and one button.

Level42:


--- Quote from: DreamArcades on September 12, 2005, 04:16:02 pm ---Obviously I have a vested interest in turning any new low cost arcade builders away from the idea.

But I want to point out two things. First, there are a couple companies selling low cost arcades on eBay, Dream Arcades being one of them.

Second, it
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Nannuu:

Yeah it's worth it if you agree on price beforehand.  I've built quite a few cabinets for people.  It's nice to use my hobby to pay for new tools, parts for my own cabinet and college fund for my daughters.  If you don't build it they'll probably find a cabinet somewhere else anyway.  But you can get burnt out building after a few.  I wouldn't treat it as a business, it takes the fun out of it that way.  It's also a good way to test new setups to see if you'd like it more for yourself as well.

paigeoliver:

If you REALLY want to do it for actual money, then you can skip the whole "building" part and just order a container of Candy cabs from Asia and drop in computers with arcadeVGA.

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