My wife saw it, not me.

[Herk]

Hey anybody,

We were at Costco and my wife saw this, funny she didn't tell me until we were home.  Not that I would get it, she just knows she would be hauling the kids around while I fine tooth combed it for an hour.  Here is a link.

Long Costco link shortened

Herk

[Jeff AMN]

Yeah, sadly the emulation isn't too great and stuff like SFII chugs a bit (ok, a lot). It's a cool idea, but it's not executed all that well. They've been around for a few years.

Oh, and you may want to shorten that link. 

[Green Giant]

With that big selection of games, how do they emulate them all.  Is there a board that includes them all?

[ptistheboss]

Burger time didnt look right at all.

[GAtekwriter]

They have one setup to play at the Atlanta Costco (on Cobb Parkway).  Most of the controls (buttons and joysticks) felt sturdy enough.  The entire cabinet did look nice.  It was the cost that kept me walking...

Jim

[shardian]

Hey anybody,

We were at Costco and my wife saw this, funny she didn't tell me until we were home.  Not that I would get it, she just knows she would be hauling the kids around while I fine tooth combed it for an hour.  Here is a link.

Shortened link

Herk

Herk, I fixed your link in the above quote. Please hit the quote button on my post, and review the changes I made to show the shortened link. Then of course, change your original. Those long links wreak havoc on the viewability of threads.

[ringram]

Saw one at our local Costco. I'll admit it looked nice. The big screen was nice too. Some of the games didn't emulate too well. Two sticks, 6 buttons per player and a trackball.

[Kajoq]

Don't get it.  I've messed around with one for a bit (at the Dunwoody costco in Atl in fact)  - The joysticks are pretty mediocre, and the games are just... a little off.  I spent 15-20 minutes playing SF2 one day and it was just frustrating because the controls are so mushy.  I can do jab Dragon Punches endlessly across the screen on my cab, and was having trouble getting 1/5 on that cab

Not worth the 2000 or whatever they want to charge for it.

[Jeff AMN]

With that big selection of games, how do they emulate them all.  Is there a board that includes them all?

It has some flash memory in the cab with the ROMs and OS stored.

[knave]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this.  I tried out various games for a while and Agree some of the games are not quite right.  I tried out Bust-a-move and it looked different from my Neo-geo cab.  didn't play quite right either.  Still, I thought it was a cool toy.  If I had wads of cash and no time...

But not worth the price...I can fill my garage with cabs for that.

[Neverending Project]

Two sticks, 6 buttons per player and a trackball.

Tempest with a trackball? Criminal.

[brandon]

Two sticks, 6 buttons per player and a trackball.

Tempest with a trackball? Criminal.

and how about Arkanoid!  EEKK!

[knave]

Two sticks, 6 buttons per player and a trackball.

Tempest with a trackball? Criminal.

and how about Arkanoid!  EEKK!

Arkanoid was better with a trackball than with a joystick...

But still I feel your pain.

[Neverending Project]

I just saw one at my local Costco. The cash-and-carry price is $1999.

Also, the trackball seemed pretty stiff. I don't have a trackball (yet), so I am not familiar with them at all, but this one seemed to have a lot of friction. Is that normal?

[More Cowbell]

These are at our local Costco in Chicago suburbs for $1,999 too. The good thing is that it always seems to have people around it checking it out. The bad thing is that I hope that they don't think that's their only option.

[Avrus]

I've had 3 people I know tell me about this now.  And they're like:

'Look at the money you could have saved' 

It's akin to going out and 'buying' a hotrod instead of building one.

[knave]

'Look at the money you could have saved' 

Saved?  I'm too cheap...err..."on a budget" to spent that even on my own cab.  I have yet to come close to spending that kind of money on one of my cabs...But I'm slow...so give me time.

Incidentally I was at costco again so checked it out again and some games do play well on that machine.  Robotron was good, centipede, final fight...some others...some were horrible though.  And I really missed the pac games and nintendo.  I mean what kind of arcade classics cab can not have Pac or Mrs Pac and Donkey Kong. 

Admittedly I've been in a pacman phase of late so this is a big deal to me. (even my Jakks unit has been getting some play.) 

[Tiger-Heli]

I mean what kind of arcade classics cab can not have Pac or Mrs Pac and Donkey Kong. 

Admittedly I've been in a pacman phase of late so this is a big deal to me. (even my Jakks unit has been getting some play.) 

One that's sold commercially.  Nintendo is pretty protective of their copyrights.

[brandon]

I mean what kind of arcade classics cab can not have Pac or Mrs Pac and Donkey Kong. 

Admittedly I've been in a pacman phase of late so this is a big deal to me. (even my Jakks unit has been getting some play.) 

"One that's sold commercially.  Nintendo is pretty protective of their copyrights.

so is NAMCO..  we had a run in with one of their Artwork Nazis when we tried to sell a Ms Pacman Cocktail on ebay.. and it was stuff we bought from Two Bit! BTW,  isnt "Miss Pac MAN" a bit of an oxymoron? Ms Pacman a trannie?

[4Aaron GE]

I've had 3 people I know tell me about this now.  And they're like:

'Look at the money you could have saved' 

It's akin to going out and 'buying' a hotrod instead of building one.

Actually, given what people's comments have been in this thread and over at redflagdeals.ca regarding performance, I'd say it would be buying this, instead of building this

[Tiger-Heli]

Actually, given what people's comments have been in this thread and over at redflagdeals.ca regarding performance, I'd say it would be buying this, instead of building this

Looks about right to me. 

[Glaine]

That side art makes me nauseas.