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Questons about that new Ms. Pacman/Galaga reunion thing
paigeoliver:
It only costs that much because people are willing to pay it. The machine itself probably costs less than $800 or $900 to make. (That is what most games cost to produce in the old days, and electronics have gotten cheaper since then).
MinerAl:
It costs so much because it is a brand new release that has a large audience. Arcade game machines are designed to be money making parts of a business. At a buck a play you only have to convince a few drunken nostalgists to play it a night to quickly make your money back and begin profiting from one.
Why not just put in two old machines? Real estate and reliability. The reunion upright cabinets are the same size as the old ones except for the monitors (I haven't seen the cocktail). So you can take up space with 2 old machines that have 20 years of scars and problems, or you can have a brand new under-warranty(?) single cabinet that takes up only half the space, and only requires half the moving in and out of locations.
For the hobbyist though, yeah get two classics and restore them! The reunion machines are new and reliable and soulless. Get yourself something with a little character for your gameroom!
MameFan:
> "I have one of those sticks and a regular happ bat top stick sitting here, and they seem to be totally different."
Happ makes 3 different joysticks with bat handles. The have the Super, the Ultimate and Competition. The MsPac is a Super per Happs own statements (and the stuff on Bobs site) Perhaps one of your other sticks is not a Super but rather an Ultimate or Competition?
> cocktail didn't look bigger.. upright is the same size
The cocktail is bigger (5 inches deeper, 5 inches wider), the full size is almost the same size but a LOT heavier, the cabaret is significantly deeper than the old cabaret.
http://www.namcoarcade.com/nai_gamedisplay.asp?gam=mspcglga
New Full Size: 68 x 33 x 24 @ 395 lbs
New Cabaret: 62 x ~31.75 x ~19.75 @ 237 lbs
New Cocktail: 29 x 27 x 37 @ 250 lbs
Various sites on the net plus my own full size+cocktails:
Original Full Size: 68.5 x 33 x 26.75 @ ? lbs (not 395!)
Original Cabaret: 58.5 x 24 x 19.5 @ ? lbs
Original Cocktail: 29 x 32 x 32 @ ? lbs
OSCAR:
--- Quote from: MameFan on April 26, 2003, 08:11:43 pm ---- Upright now includes a 25" monitor (not 19" like original)
- Cabaret now includes a 19" monitor (not 13" like original)
- The cocktail uses a 25" too (not 19" like original)
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I wonder if they made the 25" in the cocktail an option, or a different cabinet alogether? I have a reunion cocktail cabinet and it is designed for a 19" monitor. The cutout in the top on mine doesn't appear that it is large enough for a 25". The cabinet swing out door for the monitor is only 20.5" wide, not even large enough for a 25" monitor to fit through at 23" wide.
The link you gave in a later post to the game specs on Namco's website appears that the cocktail is shown with a 19" monitor, too. It shows a black plastic monitor bezel, and the below pic of mine with a 19" bezel looks like the Namco photo with about an inch or so of the plastic bezel showing through the cutout. The monitor in Namco's photo shows that the monitor is about the same width as the control panel cutout like mine does, too. ???
http://www.oscarcontrols.com/tmp/reunion-top.jpg
planetjay:
--- Quote from: MameFan on April 26, 2003, 08:11:43 pm ---50 cents??? Thats cheap. One place close to me has a dollar bill acceptor on it. It costs $1 per play!!!!
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They are all $.50 here too. I however refuse to pay more than $.25. So I've never played it.
Also the comment on construction is true. The one at the Super Walmart closest to my house has had it's side art and CPO 1/2 torn off. And under the side art there's no paint. These art *NOT* Arcade Quality. Or at least not 1980s Arcade Quality. I expect them to become a collectors item in 10 to 20 years simply because... THEY WON'T SURVIVE!