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Zombie Arcades launches first machine in the UK. Opinions welcome.
Ginsu Victim:
The simple breakdown of all this:
It's not aimed at us. It's aimed at people with too much money to know better.
That being the case, good luck. I hope you dupe people into buying your nice looking, albeit, overpriced cabinet.
If I built my own for that amount, I could have the fastest PC available in my cabinet, with a 6 player panel, trackballs for everyone, Tron stick, spinners galore, a monitor for each player, the best sound system possible, an LCD marquee, and a little Puerto Rican boy hired to wipe the machine down every day.
Oh, and it would have a coin door. :P
Donkey_Kong:
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on May 29, 2008, 10:11:57 am --- the inebriated buddy is another obvious choice for inappropriate button mashing and has been known to foul-up the configuration of more than one MAME machine.
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:laugh2:
If all that really needs to be adjusted is the price, dude's done pretty good. As far as the buttons go, I think they are alright. Either way would be fine. I'm sure they will get pressed, especially if you tell people not to! Put a brand new arcade machine in front of me with 4-5 little shiny red buttons, and tell me not to press them. YEAH, RIGHT! :D
Maybe just rewire the buttons to some really funny sound bites like
"Hey you --smurfing-- idiot!! I told you NOT TO PRESS THE LITTLE RED --smurfing- BUTTON!!"
and, you know
"Insert actual funny or witty sound bites here"
That would be great. An awesome arcade machine that can really mess with your drunken buddies. Yea, do something like that and forget about lowering the price!
:dunno :cheers:
headkaze:
"Will Stimpy be able to resist pressing the button that will destroy himself and the entire universe? Will he be able to hold back from causing total annihilation just from the push of a...SINGLE...BUTTON? A BIG RED button? A BEAUTIFUL, SHINY, CANDY-LIKE button? Can he do it folks? Can he?!?"...
lettuce:
Im thinking of sticking my arcade cab on ebay soon, and i wouldnt dare ask more that £1000 for mine if that! (more like £800). The £2800 asking price does seem rather high, must be making 80-100% profit on it, but it is a nice cab though, not one for the purist but more for the average joe, but then does the average joe has the best part of 3 grand to spend on such a thing??
Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote from: headkaze on May 29, 2008, 12:03:01 pm ---"Will Stimpy be able to resist pressing the button that will destroy himself and the entire universe? Will he be able to hold back from causing total annihilation just from the push of a...SINGLE...BUTTON? A BIG RED button? A BEAUTIFUL, SHINY, CANDY-LIKE button? Can he do it folks? Can he?!?"...
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I was thinking the same thing. :cheers: