NES Home Arcade cabinet?

[BillyJack]

I was walking down the main street of my old home town and a cabinet caught my eye.  It was in the front of a closed down store that looked basically like a giant junk receptacle.  Anyway, I looked at the control panel, and it had an 8-way stick and 2 buttons per player.  I'm like "what game was this!?" then i notice the area for the monitor... it's a shelf, for a Television!  So I look a little closer, and it says (brand name here) Home Arcade.  Well, I figure since it's a "Home Arcade" and has 2 buttons per player it's gotta be for Nintendo 8-bit.

Anybody know what this thing is?  I've done some google searches but have found nothing.  


BillyJack

[DAmnb]

The Nintendo 8bit arcade hardware is called Playchoice, although how you link the 2 buttons Home Arcade and has to be Nintendo is beyond me  

[shmokes]

2 buttons, Home Arcade AND a TV shelf.  There are very few videogame systems that are made to hook to a TV and use two buttons per player.  It pretty much limits it to NES or Sega Master System.

[DAmnb]

Right, ofcourse now I follow you  
Thats a weird machine then, you think you can snap som pics of it?

[BillyJack]

It seems like a high priced toy for the kid who had everything.  It was definitely built for home use.  I'm gonna find out who owns it and offer 20 bucks for it.

[Odonadon]

2 buttons, Home Arcade AND a TV shelf.  There are very few videogame systems that are made to hook to a TV and use two buttons per player.  It pretty much limits it to NES or Sega Master System.

hey... Hey... HEY!

TurboGrafx 16, and don't you EVER forget that.

OD

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[paigeoliver]

They used to sell them at Toys R Us. They were $199 back when I was ten years old (1987). They kind of remind me of the X-Arcade cabinet, except that they kind of sort of actually resemble an arcade cabinet.

They also made a Sega Master System version.

[shmokes]

hey... Hey... HEY!

TurboGrafx 16, and don't you EVER forget that.

OD

Plug: http://turbo2k.net

 

[iwillfearnoevil]

They kind of remind me of the X-Arcade cabinet, except that they kind of sort of actually resemble an arcade cabinet.

BURN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They used to sell them at Toys R Us. They were $199 back when I was ten years old (1987). They kind of remind me of the X-Arcade cabinet, except that they kind of sort of actually resemble an arcade cabinet.

They also made a Sega Master System version.

Holy crap 1987...you were ten? Could you make me feel any older?

[HaRuMaN]

In 1987, I was 9...  

[hooded_paladin]

In 1987, I was, at the most, 7 MONTHS

In 1987, I was 9...  

*Tom Hanks* Cast Away....."Heeelllllooooo!"     "Heeellloooo!"    "Aaanybooody!"

[Snarbald]

In 1987I was 5.

[RetroJames]

I was in a class the other night and the Prof was talking about Internet law etc.  He posed the question to the class, "When was the first time you used the Internet?"  

When the answers died down the earliest use was around 1993-94.  He asked, "anyone else?"  I slowly raised my hand as I winced wishing I had just let it go.  He asked, "When was the first time YOU used the Internet and how?"

I replied, "Around 1982-83, on a Commodore 64."

A hush fell over the room.

And then...salvation.  The Prof exclaims, "DUDE!  I had a Commodore!"

Remeber the tape cassette drive...Yea!  I had one of those...OO, OO what about the modem with the big suction cups that you stuck the reciever into?  No Way, I totally forgot!  Bruce Lee...You had that too!  No Way!  WAY!

As though he had not made me feel good enough at that point, if there was any lingering feeling on my part of being the freak in class, (I could still hear people around me mumbling, "Man there wasn't any Internet back then....was there?") he topped it all off by asking...

"Who here remembers ATARI?"

Total Silence......I think I drew a tear.

The Prof and me chatted it up and compared high scores on various games for another few min leaving everyone else in the room totally stupified.  

But then again, after the dust cleared, I was still the old man in the class...such a burden when your only 34.  Yeesh.  Little whipper snapers.  Punk kids!

I was in a class the other night and the Prof was talking about Internet law etc.  He posed the question to the class, "When was the first time you used the Internet?"  

When the answers died down the earliest use was around 1993-94.  He asked, "anyone else?"  I slowly raised my hand as I winced wishing I had just let it go.  He asked, "When was the first time YOU used the Internet and how?"

I replied, "Around 1982-83, on a Commodore 64."

A hush fell over the room.

And then...salvation.  The Prof exclaims, "DUDE!  I had a Commodore!"

Remeber the tape cassette drive...Yea!  I had one of those...OO, OO what about the modem with the big suction cups that you stuck the reciever into?  No Way, I totally forgot!  Bruce Lee...You had that too!  No Way!  WAY!

As though he had not made me feel good enough at that point, if there was any lingering feeling on my part of being the freak in class, (I could still hear people around me mumbling, "Man there wasn't any Internet back then....was there?") he topped it all off by asking...

"Who here remembers ATARI?"

Total Silence......I think I drew a tear.

The Prof and me chatted it up and compared high scores on various games for another few min leaving everyone else in the room totally stupified.  

But then again, after the dust cleared, I was still the old man in the class...such a burden when your only 34.  Yeesh.  Little whipper snapers.  Punk kids!

LOL Ok we are the same age.  Do remeber the first time a kid called you sir???

[RetroJames]

LOL Ok we are the same age.  Do remeber the first time a kid called you sir???

Yup, as I remember, he went down on the first punch

[menace]

LOL--you old cootes crack me up--I suppose you had to walk to the arcade through 6 feet of snow uphilL..BOTH WAYS!!!

I was 14 in 1987--my golden years of gaming!

LOL Ok we are the same age.  Do remeber the first time a kid called you sir???

Yup, as I remember, he went down on the first punch

What is even worse.  I don't remeber the situation, but a younger female aproaching me and calling me sir.  

LOL--you old cootes crack me up--I suppose you had to walk to the arcade through 6 feet of snow uphilL..BOTH WAYS!!!

I was 14 in 1987--my golden years of gaming!

LOL... Listen sonny.  In my day we sat indian style on the floor in front of the tv.  We had an artari 2600. The controler had one button and we liked it!  It had no pause button and we liked it!  Oh damed.....you got me all excited and my false teeth feel out.

[RetroJames]

LOL--you old cootes crack me up--I suppose you had to walk to the arcade through 6 feet of snow uphilL..BOTH WAYS!!!

I was 14 in 1987--my golden years of gaming!

Back in my day arcade games only cost a quarter! Wait an min...

[SirPeale]

1987...hm, let's see...I was a freshman in High School, so I had to be about 13-14.  I'm 30 now.

[RetroJames]

1987...hm, let's see...I was a freshman in High School, so I had to be about 13-14.  I'm 30 now.

Yup, that is about right, I was a senior, now 34 and still a senior apparently.  Crap, my hip went out again.

[Tailgunner]

In '83 I could legally go into bars. My best friend, who's the same age, couldn't legally do so till '86.

In '83 I could legally go into bars. My best friend, who's the same age, couldn't legally do so till '86.

I got a couple of questions..  Ok what was the legal drink age in '83'  19?  Or was prohibiion in affect yet? (Sorry the kids were making me feel old)  

[RetroJames]

In '83 I could legally go into bars. My best friend, who's the same age, couldn't legally do so till '86.

So you lived in Wisconsin and your friend in Illinois?

[Tailgunner]

Florida. Until '83 you could drink there at 18, then they passed a law that raised it to 21. The way the law was written the age went up a year every year till it was at 21, where it's been ever since. The law went into effect on september 1st, so everyone who was born after that day had to wait while those of us born before it didn't. I was born middle of august, my friend was born september 4th so every year the drinking age went up 3 days before he was legal.

[RetroJames]

Yup, same deal in Wisconsin although that was a tad before my drinking time, (just a tad).  My brother and sister were weekend cheezeheads as the border was only 20min away.  (we were in Ill)

[IceCold]

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[paigeoliver]

On Wednsday nights I am one of the adult leaders for our churches teen group. It regularly makes me feel incredibly old. Both because of the teenagers, and because of the other (mostly in their 30s and 40s) leaders who treat me like a peer.

[namzep]

Wow, I feel fairly young for once.  I was 7 in 1987 and in first/second grade.  Practically any of the consoles (with a few exceptions) that were made before the Genesis/SNES era used two button setups.  I vaguely remember Toys R' Us offering that type of setup and thinking how cool it would be to have one.  Of course, at that point I was still playing on an Atari 2600 (my parents finally got us an NES for Christmas of 1988 when our Atari finally died).  

[iwillfearnoevil]

did you end up getting ahold of the cab?

[RacerX]

1987...hm, let's see...I was a freshman in High School, so I had to be about 13-14.  I'm 30 now.

Yup, that is about right, I was a senior, now 34 and still a senior apparently.  Crap, my hip went out again.

I'm with you, my brother!  I'll be 35 in 2 weeks!  But that's okay, because when I was a punk kid, I didn't have my own arcade machine in my living room!  

[Thenasty]

don't feel bad dudes, at 83 I was still being SHOVE in a HOLE. 9 months later, I decided to come out.  

[iwillfearnoevil]

don't feel bad dudes, at 83 I was still being SHOVE in a HOLE. 9 months later, I decided to come out.  

jail?

[shumph]

thanks no i feel all old again  

i was 19 in 1987