The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Benevolance on November 04, 2008, 01:45:10 pm
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I saw this arcade cabinet (http://www.costco.ca/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=10304101&search=arcade&Mo=1&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-CA&Nr=P_CatalogName:BCCA&Sp=S&N=0&whse=BCCA&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BCCA&Ne=4000000&D=arcade&Ntt=arcade&No=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1) for sale at Costco when I was browsing the other day. I think it's similar to the one that Sears (?) was carrying way back?
I pointed out the price tag to my wife and she was glad we chose to build our own. Even with a few unplanned expenses, our current arcade bill is still sitting at about 1/3 that price. :)
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I think you are paying for a lot of those games with this one.
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This unit as well as the ones sold at Walmart/Target come up for discussion now and then and the general consensus is always "Garbage - PASS"... do a search for "COSTCO"...these things are the only time Costco comes up on the forums i'd imagine.
EDIT: I pulled a search and was surprised by the number of different posts containing COSTCO...in any case, it also pulls up a number of threads regarding this (and other) units from Costco...
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The construction didn't look great, but it didn't look terrible. I've seen a lot better cabinets on the forums.
The thing I noticed most was how short the cabinet was. They had it sitting on a crate at the end of the aisle, which propped it up about six to eight inches. At that height, it was comfortable to play. But remove the riser...
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That same Costco machine is what got me to do a google search for "building your own arcade machine." I ended up finding this site and now have a way better machine than that for a fraction of the cost, plus the satisfaction of doing it myself.
Build your own - you won't regret it! :cheers: