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Malenko:

--- Quote from: TOK on May 03, 2008, 09:37:13 pm ---I don't really think the board goes for much.

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Ive seen the PCBs alone go for $65, add in the marquee or CP and it goes up =)  I didnt mean to imply hundreds, but $65 aint pennies :)



--- Quote from: megaultrasuper on May 04, 2008, 12:13:14 am ---I think cabs that are manufactured and released with a certain set of games in them, like Namco or Sega usually does, then they are considered the dedicated versions of that game.  Putting them in anything else I would consider a conversion.

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Well, maybe but I consider a DEDICATED cab to have factory side art and the whole nine. I kinda see your point with System 1 cabs; but even they had side art from the factory.  Either way, I dont think him mame-ing that cab is destroying a classic at all.   Im actually gonna get rid of my Mortal Kabinet (converted Pengo) and Make my Dedicated MKII my Mortal Kabinet II (just cuttin a new CP top, completely reservable)
paigeoliver:
There are too many fighting games for also-ran titles like Soul Edge to ever have any real collector value to them (most collectors, even ones who love the 90s era won't want a whole row of fighters and if they do, then chances are pretty darn high that SF2 Champion, Mortal Combat and Marvel Vs. Capcom will be their first picks, with stuff like Soul Edge ranking about 30th or so.

Not to mention that collecting dedicated games is a bit of a dying hobby. The people who were old enough to play during the classic era are aging out of the hobby, and serious collecting of the 90s era in dedicated format will probably never really take off. The hardware is too difficult for hobbyists to repair and the larger footprint of the average 90s era machine severely reduces the amount of them a collector may have.

Also, early 3D games have NOT been aging well at all. I used to have a Soul Edge board, it was fun and all, but 3D games at that point still just weren't THERE as far as gameplay went, something that newer 3D games have shown.

I have seen the PCBs go for $65 and I have seen them go for $20. It isn't the most common board in the world, but is still somewhat recent, thus the prices swing wildly. The last 2 on ebay sold for $13 and $25 respectively.
Malenko:
I agree with you on every point, I was watching one soul edge board (the one that ended at $65) I honestly try to avoid eGay because no one understands that not everything si worth alot of money and untested means NOT WORKING. so maybe my one example aint the best but money is money. OP, I'll give ya $25 shipped for the board,lol

More over then the fact that there are other fighting games in the arcades that are more wanted, is the fact that Soul Calibur is a 99 cent PSX game, and SC3 and 4 and like 4 or 5 bux for PS2 or XBOX.

I'm actually trying to get a MK1 and UMK3 cab but not an MK4, I will get a KI2 cab eventually.
Jack Burton:
I think the monetary value of the board isn't really relevant to a games historical or collectable value.  I have seen SF2 boards go for 15$ and there is no disputing its status.  Additionally, the availability of a 99 cent PSX version of Soul Edge isn't any different from practically arcade perfect releases of any other classic game.  There are differences that the competitive gamer would notice.

I will agree that Soul Edge is not exactly going to be a common pick for fighting game players.  But it is not "Also ran", more like sleeper hit.  It is highly respected by fighting gamers.   To the right person, someone who may have played it in the arcades as a child or teenager, it may be very valuable.

The point that I trying to get across is this:  Any cabinet, no matter what game it is, no matter what era, should get a measure of respect.  For someone out there, it was "that game" that they played as a child.  What seem to be the games that just came out yesterday may be sought after in the future.  We shouldn't  want to turn Mortal Kombat's into MAME cabs to play Defender any more than we would want to turn a Defender into a MAME cab to play Mortal Kombat.

Serious collecting of 90's era arcade games may not be as big as the 80's era, but it is still significant enough for people my age, 23, to want to make sure that the games I played as a teenager and child aren't completely forgotten.

To the OP: Don't let me harass you too much though.  Go ahead and MAME it.  But please, try not to do anything that couldn't be reversed.
paigeoliver:
Untested Jamma boards are invariably dead. Untested low-value non-jamma boards actually usually work. My success rate with those is about 80 percent or so. I converted a whole bunch of those to jamma with fingerboards and soldering iron magic a few years back and it is amazing how a $5 non-jamma board turns into a $40 or $50 board when you solder a jamma connector onto it.

Value does matter, value tells you if people actually want to own what you have, and if there are enough of them to go around or not. Value can also tell you if you have a white elephant on your hands (most black and white games fall into that category).
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