website about rare or unique arcade hardware

[mame_freak]

hi everyone, not sure if this belongs in this forum, but i figure that you guys & gals might have most of the rare stuff

please post links to pics or actual pics, and descriptions of what the item is and what it does


Thanx Mame_freak

[Apollo]

Ahhhh no.

[mattv]

google is your friend

Also check out the Killer List Of Video games (KLOV) here
www.klov.com
you can search by class, anything in the "prototype" class should be pretty damn rare

Marble madness 2 and the battlezone military training simulator are two that spring to mind.

[mattv]

On reflection, this is the dumbest question I have ever responded to. I'm ashamed to be associated with it.

[mame_freak]

lol ,

im sorry the question didnt come out exactly like i wanted it to, the website is more to help people identify rare aracade hardware, so they dont throw away something realy rare.

[mattv]

There was a huge fuss about the marble madness machine a few years back - I think there was only one in existance and it had not been dumped for use in mame.
So someone from one of the big rom dumping sites managed to track down the owner to see if they could borrow the board to dump the data - the owner said no and he would only sell it for some crazy amount, $20,000 US I think.

Anway, they eventully managed to scrape togehter enough donations to buy the thing but the owner had changed his mind and said he wouldn't sell at any price, he didn't want the game to be dumped.

As far as I am aware it is still not emulated

Will see if I can dig up the story  

[mame_freak]

awsome.

i had heard about this machine, appearently he brings it to some convention in CA and lets people play it for free.  Thanx for posting in this thread. Hope more people do

[mattv]

Pictures of marble madness II cabinet (including screenshots)
http://www.safestuff.com/marbleman.htm

Why this game will probalby never be released
http://www.safestuff.com/mmstory.htm

From the looks of the screenshots it seems to be running OK in mame - it's just a case of getting the data.

[Floyd10]

Ahhhh no.

Is that all you say now?

[Apollo]

WTF are you talking about? You start a dumb ass thread and I gave you a dumb ass answer what more do you want?

[mame_freak]

umm floyd didnt start the thread, i did

[Apollo]

Oooooops, sorry dude, my very bad. Apologies.