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Main => Buy/Sell/Trade - non-retail => Topic started by: ponyboy on December 14, 2004, 11:53:20 am

Title: ARKANOID CONTROLLER (JUST ASKING)
Post by: ponyboy on December 14, 2004, 11:53:20 am: Hello, if I were to come up with the original * NEW * Arkanoid Controller for the Coin-Op version game would there be any interest from anybody to purchase these units in any quantity??? Just Asking for now.
Title: Re: ARKANOID CONTROLLER (JUST ASKING)
Post by: Witchboard on December 14, 2004, 11:57:22 am: I guess that would depend on how much each unit costs.
Title: Re: ARKANOID CONTROLLER (JUST ASKING)
Post by: ponyboy on December 14, 2004, 12:00:08 pm: The cost would be around $75.00 - $100.00 per controller.
Title: Re: ARKANOID CONTROLLER (JUST ASKING)
Post by: fredster on December 14, 2004, 01:27:10 pm: I'd buy them if they were in the $25-$30 dollar range.
Title: Re: ARKANOID CONTROLLER (JUST ASKING)
Post by: Hoagie_one on December 14, 2004, 01:37:45 pm: Quote from: ponyboy on December 14, 2004, 12:00:08 pm
The cost would be around $75.00 - $100.00 per controller.

thats a little high. Oscars spinners are far cheaper and are awesome replicas.
Title: Re: ARKANOID CONTROLLER (JUST ASKING)
Post by: stevejt on December 14, 2004, 04:16:55 pm: I would probably pick up some too if you could let them go for $25-$30. Price makes the difference to most people. If you have the cheapest price and good quality, I don't think the design would matter to most people.

Steve
Title: Re: ARKANOID CONTROLLER (JUST ASKING)
Post by: spidermonkey on December 15, 2004, 01:22:34 am: Arkanoid spinners are rather limited as far as the number of games they can accurately play due to the fact that they are not weighted like a Tempest style spinner and they also use reduction/acceleration gears to change the speed of the encoder wheel. On a "playability" standpoint,they're really only good for paddle type games ie Arkanoid,Breakout ect.. They pop up on Ebay fairly frequently for well under $50.00 so unless you can get a hold of them super cheap and sell them in the $35.00 range then I wouldn't get my hopes up. You can always Ebay em as sometimes you'll get crazy bidders battling over stuff and you might make a good buck on some of them. It really all depends on how much you can get them for.
Title: Re: ARKANOID CONTROLLER (JUST ASKING)
Post by: Lilwolf on December 15, 2004, 09:57:45 am: Yeah... hard to compare Oscars with an Arkanoid. Arkanoid is really only good for...well... arkanoid and the such. Other games just don't feel right.

There are a TON of arkanoid type games out there... So its probably worth having a dedicated one...

But Oscars are better solutions for all emulated spinner games in my opinion... It does well in arkanoid and clones, but its the way to go for all others.