Is there a market for orignal arcade parts?? Re: Arch Rivals

[sewerrat]

I bought a perfectly good working Arch Rivals upright that I'm going to MAME.  The game works great, the CP is above average, the joysticks and buttons work well.  Is there anything salvagable in this machine or should I toss it all?

The inside of this cabinet is impeccable, all circuit boards, etc are clean as a whistle.

Sorry for the lame questions, I'm new here 

[shardian]

I'm sure some of it would sell if you posted it here with pics. Ebay is an option too. All of it is salvageable. As a matter of fact, there are several people on here who will be hitting their asthma inhaler at the thought of you trashing the innards of an original machine.

[sewerrat]

I'm sure some of it would sell if you posted it here with pics. Ebay is an option too. All of it is salvageable. As a matter of fact, there are several people on here who will be hitting their asthma inhaler at the thought of you trashing the innards of an original machine.

Thanks!  I have no idea as to the market value of this stuff or even what some of it is called 
Does the board allow "best offer" type posts or do I have to post a price?

[shardian]

Your best bet is to start a thread in Arcade Miscellaneous, post some pics, and start asking what things are. Tons of people on here will be more than happy to help you determine what everything is.

[Kremmit]

The circuit board, marquee, and wiring harness can all go to ebay.  The Arch Rivals joysticks are Williams 49-ways, and were also used on Sini-Star.  I love 'em, they're great sticks.  You might consider keeping them for your MAME project, you just need a pair of GP-Wiz49s from GroovyGameGear to interface them.

Also, the monitor is a MEDIUM res monitor, so it's not so good for MAME, but they're in short supply on the used parts market, so you might do OK selling that, be sure to get some really good pics of the game running, showing how clear and bright the screen is before your dismantle it.

-EDIT-  I was flat wrong here.  Arch Rivals uses a Standard res monitor.  My apologies to anybody that listened to me.  -EDIT-

[DefJam]

Ok somebody has to weigh in here.

The first game I purchased was a $150 arch rivals machine, not the most beautiful cabinet, but it was an original, great glass and when I went to pick it up the picture was flakey and had full intent to MAME.

Bring it home.... grab some beers, some friends come over, hours later remembered just how great that game is.  I couldn't bring myself to MAME it.  Figured it would break and I would MAME then.... ok 5 year's later, damn thing still running strong and its been to 4 different houses. (currently at a friends).


Only other reason not to MAME is if it is the original cab, its not the most ergonomic of shapes....  play it for a few hours and you'll see your kind of looking straight at it....   Good news is that the control panel is a good size....


Don't MAME it.  Great machine.   Do what I did, enjoy it, and but a different cab to mame.

I thnk its truely an underappreciated gem.  I would rank it up there with Hat Trick as some of my favorite 2 player games.

Where's the love for Arch Rivals on this board ? 

Tip:
Don't forget if you press punch and pass at the same time while following someone you can pull down there shorts.

 

[postalp123]

Where's the love for Arch Rivals on this board ? 

Don't forget "Hit the Ice", another "Rough-Sports" style of game.

[sewerrat]

Ok somebody has to weigh in here.

The first game I purchased was a $150 arch rivals machine, not the most beautiful cabinet, but it was an original, great glass and when I went to pick it up the picture was flakey and had full intent to MAME.

Bring it home.... grab some beers, some friends come over, hours later remembered just how great that game is.  I couldn't bring myself to MAME it.  Figured it would break and I would MAME then.... ok 5 year's later, damn thing still running strong and its been to 4 different houses. (currently at a friends).


Only other reason not to MAME is if it is the original cab, its not the most ergonomic of shapes....  play it for a few hours and you'll see your kind of looking straight at it....   Good news is that the control panel is a good size....


Don't MAME it.  Great machine.   Do what I did, enjoy it, and but a different cab to mame.

I thnk its truely an underappreciated gem.  I would rank it up there with Hat Trick as some of my favorite 2 player games.

Where's the love for Arch Rivals on this board ? 

Tip:
Don't forget if you press punch and pass at the same time while following someone you can pull down there shorts.

 

Def

If you scroll down a couple of topics you'll see I made a post looking for a cabinet about 2-3 days ago.  I just can't bring myself to MAME this machine.  As for the ergonomics, I like them.  You can sit on a stool and look directly at the screen.  Lastly, the whole reason this train got started is because of my love of Arch Rivals.  Many Saturday afternoons in college were spent playing this game and drinking beers at the local pool hall.

Anybody got a good lead on a cabinet . . my original post is still empty.

[Chris]

Def,

Please take a moment to read the ArcadeControls.com Manifesto before you rip the machine apart.

[sewerrat]

Def,

Please take a moment to read the ArcadeControls.com Manifesto before you rip the machine apart.

Its me with the machine, not Def - and your link doesn't go to a manifesto.
I'll poke around and see if I can find it.

[Chris]

Dang frames.

It's at http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade_manifesto.shtml .  Sorry about that.

--Chris

[cw]

 

[extremepong]

Could a Mame computer co-exist in the cab with the original equipment? That's what I would investigate unless I really hated the artwork and the monitor of the original cab.

[Kremmit]

Not with a medium res monitor in there.