The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Buy/Sell/Trade - non-retail => Topic started by: Shadowgate on September 01, 2008, 01:26:33 pm
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I am posting to see if anyone would be interested in either purchasing this full machine or maybe having me part it out.
I built it a couple years ago and I am planning a move in the next 6 months so I have to get rid of it by then.
Here is a picture right before it was completed and I can take more if necessary.
Let me know if there is any interest and we can discuss price.
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I would like to see more pictures and specs on the monitor, etc.
How much you looking to get?
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I'm afraid to ask the price :scared
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The monitor is a Betson 27" (http://www.betson.com/products/IMP-44-4070-RT)
The PC is a custom build AMD Sempron 3000+ with 2gb of RAM. It has the IPAC-2 that controls all the input from the controls. It also has the ArcadeVGA card from Ultimarc to ensure the resolutions are compatible with the Betson monitor. It has a 10gb hard drive and a 70gb hard drive as well.
It has a working light up coin door that is rigged up to accept credits when you insert a token.
It is turned on and off by a switch on top of the machine that is wired directly to the PC motherboard to ensure a smooth shut down in conjunction with the "Smart" power strip that automatically powers down the rest of components. It has a logitech 2.1 sound system with external audio controls.
There are two bad things about the machine... 1st bad thing is that I'm not very good at painting so there is a bit of contamination but the machine could easily be sanded and repainted to correct this.
2nd bad thing is the monitor has a red hue at the very bottom left corner. It's not very noticeable and goes away after it has warmed up for a bit but I did want to mention it.
Everything else is great and I haven't used the system much at all over the last few years so it's basically brand new.
I did mount wheels to the bottom so you can easily roll it across carpet.
I will be wiping the hard drive so you will have to have your own OS, ROMS, emulator, etc to load on there.
I am hoping to get $2,000 for it as that is how much it cost to build the machine. Let me know if you have any more questions.
Here are some additional pictures I took:
http://shadowline.net/images/IMG_1599.JPG (http://shadowline.net/images/IMG_1599.JPG)
http://shadowline.net/images/IMG_1601.JPG (http://shadowline.net/images/IMG_1601.JPG)
http://shadowline.net/images/IMG_1602.JPG (http://shadowline.net/images/IMG_1602.JPG)
http://shadowline.net/images/IMG_1603.JPG (http://shadowline.net/images/IMG_1603.JPG)
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Eesh. I doubt anyone not local would be seriously interested, mainly because mame cab resale isn't great.
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Eesh. I doubt anyone not local would be seriously interested, mainly because mame cab resale isn't great.
It's probably a long shot but the price is negotiable.
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It's probably a long shot but the price is negotiable.
How negotiable is the price? I am not trying to thread crap. I could buy this cabinet: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=83449.0 and have it shipped to my door for less than $1100. $2000 seems really high.
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It's probably a long shot but the price is negotiable.
How negotiable is the price? I am not trying to thread crap. I could buy this cabinet: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=83449.0 and have it shipped to my door for less than $1100. $2000 seems really high.
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Wow that seems ridiculously cheap. I mean the monitor alone is $600? I'm willing to go as low as $1500 to get rid of this thing if that makes it anymore attractive.
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You could get $2400 easy on Craigslist. I say sell it and sit on it for a bit, put that all powerfull, "similar machines sell for much more" and post for dreamarcades. Take more photos and post them on a photobucket, repost your post every day and make sure you list a phone number.
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You could get $2400 easy on Craigslist. I say sell it and sit on it for a bit, put that all powerfull, "similar machines sell for much more" and post for dreamarcades. Take more photos and post them on a photobucket, repost your post every day and make sure you list a phone number.
Thanks for the advice... I don't have to sell it right away as we aren't moving for 6 months or so. I will give it a shot!
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For that asking price, you want to advertise as much as you can during these six months. You can get it, just not here.
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Good point Ginsu. I am looking for another cab to put my NAMCO boards in. I can get a fully functional machine at the auction for $275.00 in Oct so I will wait for that :cheers: