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Is Street Fighter 2 for $400 a good deal?
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Gavica:
so about $200 is a good deal for a good working condition one?
MaximRecoil:

--- Quote from: Gavica on July 24, 2009, 06:50:23 pm ---so about $200 is a good deal for a good working condition one?

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Sure, if you can find one for that. People on forums often mention all these lowball prices that they've seen (which I have no doubt they've seen), but that doesn't mean that anyone can just step outside and find a machine for that price; or find a machine that you want within driving distance at all, for that matter (that's pretty much the situation where I live).

Like I said, I'd pay $400 for it if it really was in mint condition and local. That's a lot less than I could build it for, and also less than it would cost to have a $200 one purchased online shipped to you.
Ginsu Victim:
Around here, anyone asking $400 for a SF2 won't see anyone showing up to get it until they've halved the price.

You do bring up a good point about what the market will allow per area.
Malenko:

--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on July 24, 2009, 06:04:05 pm ---
--- Quote from: Malenko on July 24, 2009, 05:02:44 pm ---I still dont consider the specially labeled generic cab dedicated.

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So you must also not believe that there is any such thing as a dedicated Ikari Warriors, Victory Road, Ikari III, Guerrilla War, Double Dragon, or Double Dragon II.

Also, what about Namco's deal with Midway, or with Atari? What about Taito's deal with Midway? How is that any different than Capcom's deal with Dynamo, or Capcom's deal with Romstar for that matter? Are there no dedicated Pac-Man machines in the U.S. because they were all put together by Midway rather than Namco?

If an arcade machine is sold in completed form from the factory, or from anyone the factory has outsourced to, then it is a dedicated machine. To define it any other way raises all sorts of contradictions. 

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Lets not get all uppity over nothing. I had a long drawn out reply, but I don't think it is worth posting. If you really think a generic cab that wasn't specially produced for just one game is dedicated, then so be it.
MaximRecoil:

--- Quote from: Malenko on July 24, 2009, 09:26:31 pm ---
--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on July 24, 2009, 06:04:05 pm ---
--- Quote from: Malenko on July 24, 2009, 05:02:44 pm ---I still dont consider the specially labeled generic cab dedicated.

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So you must also not believe that there is any such thing as a dedicated Ikari Warriors, Victory Road, Ikari III, Guerrilla War, Double Dragon, or Double Dragon II.

Also, what about Namco's deal with Midway, or with Atari? What about Taito's deal with Midway? How is that any different than Capcom's deal with Dynamo, or Capcom's deal with Romstar for that matter? Are there no dedicated Pac-Man machines in the U.S. because they were all put together by Midway rather than Namco?

If an arcade machine is sold in completed form from the factory, or from anyone the factory has outsourced to, then it is a dedicated machine. To define it any other way raises all sorts of contradictions. 

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Lets not get all uppity over nothing. I had a long drawn out reply, but I don't think it is worth posting. If you really think a generic cab that wasn't specially produced for just one game is dedicated, then so be it.


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The Pac-Man cabinet wasn't specially produced for Pac-Man either. It was reused from Galaxian. There are many examples of this with dedicated machines.

I've already defined "dedicated" in the only logical way that it can be defined. What's your definition? So far your objections to SFII CE being dedicated have been arbitrary. I'm looking for a sensible definition of "dedicated" that would include Pac-Man as a dedicated machine, yet at the same time, exclude SFII CE.
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