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Anyone ever buy the X-Arcade Cabinet?
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dmckean:
You could buy a new empty JAMMA cab with monitor for less than half that.
slapaham:
haha, nope, I'm not rich... or stupid... all the points have been mentioned as to why not to buy one.
severdhed:

--- Quote from: Jack Burton on June 22, 2009, 04:17:43 pm ---I don't think a "beginner" should go spend $2000 on a cab.



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that's not what i meant.  i was referring to their control panels.  $200 for the tankstick isn't a bad deal for someone who just wants a simple no frills control panel to sit on their desk.  I would never recommend anyone spend that kind of money on a cabinet like this.  everyone says their stuff is inferior, but honestly i cannot tell difference between the x-arcade buttons i had in my cabinet, and the happ buttons i replaced them with.   yeah, the wiring on their encoder is crappy, but you cannot beat it for connectivity to game consoles.    i bought a 2 player xarcade unit around 2002, and honestly, if i hadn't bought it, i probably never would have found this website.  but the truth is, i got it, used it for console games and forgot about it.  a few years later it dawned on me that i could use it for MAME, then i set it up on a stand so i could stand up and play, then i started lookign into building an arcade cabinet..and thus i found BYOAC.  i then built my own panel using the components from the xarcade, and eventually built another panel with u360s and happ buttons. 

i think personally that the xarcade product is great because it introduces people to this hobby.  yeah, most people who buy an xarcade eventually replace it, but that doesnt mean it isnt a good product.

their cabinet is a rip off however and i would not tell anyone to buy it.  especially when you can usually find an empty cabinet for next to nothing if you look around for a little while.
ryofire:
Actually my university has one. It's ugly, but it's a lot more solid (IOW BIG AND HEAVY) than Id expect. I tried to move tip shake it etc to no avail. It's good for what they use it for, but I wouldn't want it.

As far as the controls go HanaHo has a much nicer 2 player controller (or so I have heard) for a similar price. They actually make cabs to. I own one of their smaller ones, but mines an old E-3 demo unit that is very different from what their selling now. Strangely mine came with an X-Arcade dual controller. But then I did get mine for $250 secondhand.

I think the usual complaints about X-arcade controls are that even though they claim to be real arcade controls they are designed and produced separately from anything that ever touches a real arcade machine and have less quality control. Whereas HanaHo for example just grabs them out of the same bin so to speak.

My own experience with my used X-Arcade is mixed. It's extremely buggy unless i plug it into a PC directly PS/2 and have a PS/2 keyboard plugged into it (mines an older model though). I keep an aluminum wrapped wireless keyboard transmitter plugged into mine on my cab. I have had 1 button stick but it was an easy fix. Once everything was set up and programmed It worked great.
Gatsu:

--- Quote from: TrAb on June 22, 2009, 01:04:12 pm ---I wouldent, you could get a awsome candy cabinet for that...

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for cheaper I think depending on where you look.
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