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| pbj:
My god, I didn't even look at the price. $1,000? AliExpress has tons of similar devices for $150 that nobody wants. Good luck. |
| Mike A:
One thousand dollars???? Holy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---! |
| dex77:
--- Quote from: Mike A on April 10, 2026, 07:30:18 am ---One thousand dollars???? Holy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---! --- End quote --- The mini Taito Egrett costs now around 350 bucks and it's a toy... The MGS version is around 1600 dollars, it's good but it's 3D printed, no marquee, no base, just a tabletop with a mini pc, this version is for those who want to train and at the same time buying something solid with a complete design... production price is high cause all parts will be made with a factory mold plus the electronic components are all premium... same thing happened with the Neo Geo AES, quality had a price in the 90's like in 2026... nothing crazy actually... DIY is surely the way for a low budget solution. |
| mikejkelley:
$1K is actually cheaper than the comps sold in this successful KS ca. 2016 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/multigamesystem/kawaii-cade-japanese-style-bartop-arcade-cabinets. I have a BOM spreadsheet for the countercades I've created and the totals are never less than $600, not including the many hundreds spent on R&D dead-ends. Apprx. $50 reclaimed mon, $25 Sanwa Joystick, $30 Sanwa buttons, $15 power button, $15 select/start buttons, $10 screws, $15 heat-nut inserts, $10 crimp connects, $20 wires, $15 HDMI splitter, $7 x 3 HDMI cables, $10 x 3 panel mounts, $10 speakers, $25 amp, $28 paint/clear coat, $23 spot putty, $50 filament, $130 R Pi5, $80 custom CP and sideart, $21 psu, $7 fan, $8 fan button, $10 JST connectors, $9 USB panel mounts, $10 LEDs, $18 encoder... that's just raw materials off the top of my head and I'm forgetting a bunch of stuff. A prototype countercade takes over 250 hours from CAD to completion. Subsequent builds are about half as expensive in times of time and only slightly less in money but are still not cheap! This is an expensive hobby but you get a lot out of it! |
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